36th Golden Rooster Awards explained

Number:	36
Award:	Golden Rooster Awards
Awarded For:	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Announced Date:	Nominations:
Site:	Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center Xiamen, China
Best Feature Film:
Lifetime Achievement:	Shichang Da
Best Film Drama:	The Lady of Qiao
Best Direction:	Er Cheng
Best Direction Film:	Hidden Blade
Best Actor:	Tony Leung
Best Actor Film:	Hidden Blade
Best Actress:	He Saifei
Best Actress Film:	Off the Stage
Best Supporting Actor:	Li Xuejian
Best Supporting Actor Film:
Best Supporting Actress:	Huang Miyi
Best Supporting Actress Film:	Ripples of Life
Free Award Type:	Special Jury Prize
Free Award:	The Wandering Earth 2
Most Nominations:	9 –
Network:	CCTV
Last:	35th
Next:	37th
Website:	Golden Rooster Awards

The 36th Golden Rooster Awards ceremony took place on 4 November 2023, in Xiamen, Fujian.^{[1] [2]} During the gala, the China Film Association presented Golden Rooster Awards honouring Chinese language films released from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. The ceremony, televised in mainland China by CCTV, was hosted by Lan Yu, Zhang Xiaofei, Alec Su and Huang Xuan.

won three awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Hidden Blade with three awards, The Wandering Earth 2 with two, and Back to Tibet, Born to Fly, Chang'an, Home Coming, Journey to the West, Like Father and Son, Notre-Dame on Fire, Off the Stage, Pathfinder, Ripples of Life, Snow Leopard and Her Friends, and The Lady of Qiao with one.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 15 October 2023. received 9 nominations and Hidden Blade received 8 nominations.^[3]

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Feature awards

Best Picture	Best Low-budget Feature
Hidden Blade Born to Fly A Guilty Conscience The Wandering Earth 2	Back to Tibet Ripples of Life Journey to the West Off the Stage Sunflowers in the Evening
Best Children's Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Like Father and Son Little Horse Whip Send Crane A Thousand Miles Away Jiang Mi'er	Notre-Dame on Fire – (France, Italy) A Man Called Otto – (USA) Memoria – (Colombia, Thailand) The Son – (UK) Fall – (US, UK)
Best Drama Film	Best Documentary/Educational Film
The Lady of Qiao The Story of Handan Guoding Soul The Legend of Mail Prince Rui and Concubine Zhuang	Snow Leopard and Her Friends Music without Sound Not an Island Beijing 2022 Through the Beacon Fire
Best Art/Animation Film	Special Jury Prize
Chang'an Four Seasons Snowy Boy	The Wandering Earth 2

Individual awards

Best Director	Best Directorial Debut
Er Cheng for Hidden Blade Wuershan for Deng Chao, Yu Baimei for Chen Guoxing, Lahuajia for Back to Tibet Wei Shujun for Ripples of Life	Liu Xiaoshi – Born to Fly Dashan Kong – Journey to the West Bai Zhiqiang – Like Father and Son Jack Ng – A Guilty Conscience
Best Actor	Best Actress
Tony Leung Chiu-wai – Hidden Blade as Mr. He Huang Bo – Study Dad as Lei Dali Song Yang – Back to Tibet as Lao Kong Hui Wangjun – The Like Father and Son as Gou Ren Yang Haoyu – Journey to the West as Tang Zhijun	He Saifei – Off the Stage as teacher Qi Wai Ying-hung – Love Never Ends as Li Huiru Yan Ni – Heart's Motive as Jin Ximei Yin Tao – Home Coming as Bai Hua Huang Yao – The Shadowless Tower as Ouyang Wenhui
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Li Xuejian – as Ji Chang Hu Jun – Born to Fly as Zhang Ting Jinba – Back to Tibet as Jiumei Lei Jiayin – Full River Red as Qin Hui Wang Yibo – Hidden Blade as Mr. Ye	Huang Miyi – Ripples of Life as Xiao Gu Cecilia Yip – Love Never Ends as Zhao Huanxin Wan Qian – Study Dad as Huo's sister-in-law Wang Shengdi – Keep You Safe as Wei Moli Yuan Quan – as Queen Jiang
Best Writing	Best Editing
Dashan Kong, Yitong Wang – Journey to the West (original) Ran Ping, Ran Jianan, Wuershan, Cao Sheng – (Screenwriting and Creation Collective) (Adaptation) Jack Ng, Jay Cheung, Terry Lam – A Guilty Conscience (original) Kang Chunlei and Wei Shujun – Stories of Yong'an Town (original) Er Cheng - Hidden Blade (original)	Er Cheng – Hidden Blade Shi Mingming – Like Father and Son Xiao Yang, Li Ruiliang, Wei Yong – Born to Fly Xi Dorje – Back to Tibet Huang Shuo, Zhang Jiahui, Du Yuan –
Best Cinematography	Best Art Direction
Wang Yu – Piao Songri – The Shadowless Tower Du Bin – Like Father and Son Jin Guirong – Sunflowers in the Evening Cai Tao, Liao Hui – Hidden Blade	Li Miao's – Home Coming Timmy Yip – Sun Li – Hidden Blade Gao Ang – The Wandering Earth 2 Huo Tingxiao –
Best Music	Best Sound Recording
Lao Zai – Pathfinder Li Heng – Home Coming Huwandeko Jason – Little Riding Whip Han Hong – Full River Red Liao Tongchen, Ou Leheng, Zhang Jianren – A Guilty Conscience Derge Cairang – Back to Tibet	Wang Danrong, Zhu Yanfeng – The Wandering Earth 2 Wang Yanwei – Born to Fly Feng Yanming, Lin Xuelin – Li Anlei – Never Say Never Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan –
Lifetime Achievement
Shichang Da

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Films	Nominations	Nominated for
	9	Best Feature Film Award Best Screenplay Award Best Director Award Best Supporting Actor Award Best Supporting Actress Award Best Cinematography Award Best Sound Recording Award Best Art Award Best Editing Award
Hidden Blade	8	Best Feature Film Award Best Screenplay Award Best Director Award Best Actor Award Best Supporting Actor Award Best Cinematography Award Best Art Award Best Editing Award
Back to Tibet	6	Best Small and Medium Budget Feature Film Award Best Director Award Best Actor Award Best Supporting Actor Award Best Music Award Best Editing Award
Born to Fly	5	Best Feature Film Best Directorial Debut Best Supporting Actor Best Sound Recording Best Editing
Like Father and Son	Best Children's Film Award Best Director's Debut Award Best Actor Award Best Cinematography Award Best Editing Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: October 15, 2023 . 第36届金鸡奖入围名单公布！惠英红：看到了我这粒尘埃 . The shortlist for the 36th Golden Rooster Awards has been announced! Hui Yinghong: I saw this speck of dust in me . October 16, 2023 . 8world Entertainment Lifestyle . zh.
2. Web site: October 16, 2023 . The nominees of the 36th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards were announced . October 17, 2023 . laitimes . en.
3. Web site: 第36届中国电影金鸡奖评委会提名名单. The 36th China Golden Rooster Awards Jury Nomination List . China Golden Rooster Awards and Hundred Flowers Film Festival. 15 October 2023. 16 October 2023. zh.
4. Web site: 36th China Golden Rooster Awards winners announced. Xu Fan, Hu Meidong . 5 November 2023. 5 November 2023 . China Daily . en.