Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director explained

Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director
Awarded For:	Achievement in cinematic direction
Presenter:	Hong Kong Film Awards
Country:	Hong Kong
Year:	2002
Year2:	2022
Holder:	Kin Long Chan (2022)

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a director who is considered the best of the year.

History

In 2002 the new category of Outstanding Young Director was created as a way to recognise up-and-coming directors, the first award was presented to Stephen Chow for his 2001 film Shaolin Soccer. Two years later at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards the award was renamed Best New Director and continues to be presented.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Table key

Indicates the winner

Year	Director(s)	Film
2002 (21st)	Stephen Chow	Shaolin Soccer	^[2]
2003 (22nd)	Law Chi-Leung	Inter Sense	^[3]
2004 (23rd)	Pang Ho Cheung	Men Suddenly In Black	^[4]
	Wong Chun Chun	Truth Or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat
	Carol Lai	The Floating Landscape
2005 (24th)	Wong Ching Po	Jiang Hu	^[5]
	Barbara Wong Chun Chun	Six Strong Guys
	Toe Yuen	Mcdull, Prince De La Bun
2006 (25th)	Kenneth Bi	Rice Rhapsody	^[6]
	Mathew Tang Hon Keung	Before Twenty…. Before Too Old….
	Derek Yee Tung SingChun Tin Nam	2 Young
	Stephen Fung	House Of Fury
2007 (26th)	Daniel Wu	The Heavenly Kings	^[7]
	Law Wing Cheong	2 Become 1
	Patrick Kong	Marriage With A Fool
2008 (27th)	Yau Nai Hoi	Eye In The Sky	^[8]
	Derek Kwok	The Pye-Dog
	Adam Wong	Magic Boy
2009 (28th)	Derek Kwok	The Moss	^[9]
	Heiward Mak	High Noon
	Ivy Ho	Claustrophobia
2010 (29th)	Cheung King Wai	KJ	^[10]
	Philip Yung	Glamorous Youth
	Roy Chow Hin Yeung	Murderer
2011 (30th)	Felix Chong Man Keung	Once A Gangster	^[11]
	Ivy Ho	Crossing Hennessy
	Freddie Wong Kwok Shiu	The Drunkard
2012 (31st)	Tsang Tsui Shan	The Big Blue Lake	^[12]
	Calvin Poon Yuen Leung	Hi, Fidelity
	Bill Yip Kim Fung	Cure
2013 (32nd)	Chow Hin Yeung	Nightfall	^[13]
	Brian Tse	The Pork of Music
	Fung Chih Chiang	The Bounty
2014 (33rd)	Adam Wong	The Way We Dance	^[14]
	Alan Yuen	Firestorm
	Juno Mak	Rigor Mortis
2015 (34th)	David Lee Kwong Yiu	Insanity	^[15]
	Ruby Yang	My Voice, My Life
	Amos WHY	Dot 2 Dot
2016 (35th)	Raman Hui	Monster Hunt	^[16]
	Nick Cheung Ka Fai	Keeper Of Darkness
	Lau Ho Leung	Two Thumbs Up
2017 (36th)	Wong Chun	Mad World	^[17]
	Derek Tsang	Soul Mate
	Jazz Boon	Line Walker
	Andy Lo	Happines (film)		Happiness
	Stevefat	Weeds On Fire (film)		Weeds on Fire
2018 (37th)	Kearen Pang	29+1	^[18]
	Jonathan Li	The Brink
	Chapman To	The Empty Hands
	Derek Hui	This Is Not What I Expected
	Chan Tai Lee	Tomorrow is Another Day
2019 (38th)	Oliver Chan Siu Kuen	Still Human	^[19]
	Lee Cheuk Pan	G Affairs
	Sunny Chan	Men On The Dragon
	Jeff Cheung	Agent Mr Chan
	Jun Li	Tracey
2020 (39th)	Norris Wong	My Prince Edward	^[20]
	Jazz Boon
	Wong Hing Fan	I’m Livin’ It
	Nick Leung Kwok-Pun	Lion Rock
	Cheuk Cheung	Bamboo Theatre
2022 (40th)	Kin Long Chan	Hand Rolled Cigarette	^[21]
	Chiu Sin Hang	One Second Champion
	Man Lim Chung	Keep Rolling
	Lau Ho Leung	Caught in Time
	Jun Li	Drifting

Notes and References

1. Book: Cheung. Ruby. New Hong Kong Cinema: Transitions to Becoming Chinese in 21st-Century East Asia. 2015. Berghahn Books. 118. 5 November 2016. 9781782387046.
2. Web site: Shaolin Soccer Best Film at Hong Kong Awards Ceremony. china.org.cn.
3. Web site: 22nd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. lovehkfilm.com.
4. Web site: 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
5. Web site: 24th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
6. Web site: 25th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
7. Web site: 26th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
8. Web site: 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
9. Web site: 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
10. Web site: 29th Hong Kong Film Awards . zh . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140515081759/http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist29.html . 2014-05-15 .
11. Web site: 30th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
12. Web site: 31st Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
13. Web site: 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
14. Web site: 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
15. Web site: 34th Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
16. Web site: 35th Hong Kong Film Awards. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards. zh.
17. Web site: 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. 2019-04-26.
18. Web site: 37th Hong Kong Film Awards. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. 2019-04-26.
19. Web site: 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards. zh. 2019-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20190415071051/http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist38.html. 2019-04-15. dead.
20. Web site: Hong Kong Film Awards 2020 winners: Better Days takes eight prizes, including best picture, director, screenplay and actress. South China Morning Post. 6 May 2020.
21. Web site: Hong Kong Film Awards: List of The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards winners. 17 July 2022. Hong Kong Film Awards. 19 July 2022.