27th Hong Kong Film Awards explained

Number:27
Award:Hong Kong Film Awards
Date:14 April 2008
Site:Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Host:Carol Cheng
Sandra Ng
Sammi Cheng
Last:26th
Next:28th

The Ceremony for the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 14 April 2008 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Carol Cheng, Sandra Ng and Sammi Cheng. Winners in nineteen categories were unveiled, with the film The Warlords being the year's biggest winner.

The nominees were announced on 2 February 2008. Over a hundred nominees contested for seventeen categories of awards. The front runners were Protégé and The Warlords, with thirteen and twelve nominations respectively.

Awards

Below is a complete list of winners and nominees for the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards, which includes nineteen winners and over a hundred nominees in nineteen categories. Besides the regular categories, two special awards were given out this year, namely the Lifetime Achievement Award (to Raymond Chow) and the Professional Spirit Award (to the late Lydia Shum). The year's biggest winner turned out to be The Warlords, which won eight total awards including three major awards: Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .[1] [2] [3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Awardees of The 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. Hong Kong Film Awards. 18 March 2017.
  2. Web site: The 27th Hong Kong Film Awards (2008). Mtime.com Inc. 18 March 2017. 14 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200914170425/http://award.mtime.com/17/2008/. dead.
  3. Web site: The 27th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. Love HK Film. 18 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Hong Kong Film Awards for 2008. IMDb. 18 March 2017.