On January 5, the 4th Golden Elm Award was announced in Laiwu, Macau. In the Chinese film section, "Apotheosis of the Gods Part 1" won the best film, Cao Baoping won the best director for "Crossing the Angry Sea", Huang Zihua won the best actor for "The Vengeful Lawyer", Hui Yinghong won the best actor for "I Love" you! "Won the Best Actress.
The top ten foreign language films of 2023 were also selected, and 10 films including "Oppenheimer", "Killers of the Flower Moon", "Judgment of the Fall", "Barbie" and "658 Kilometers, Yoko's Journey" were selected.
"Fengshen Part 1" won the best film and Cao Baoping won the best director.
The chairman of the jury of the 4th Golden Elm Award is Suo Yabin. Chen Gang, Li Xingwen, Han Dongjun, Hu Jianli and other famous film scholars, media and film critics Serve as a judge, and the selection scope is Chinese-language films released in China and foreign-language films released globally in 2023. It is divided into two units: the Chinese-language Film Award and the Top Ten Foreign Language Films.
After professional and careful selection by the jury, "Fengshen Part 1" won the best film in the Chinese film section. This film can be regarded as the top level of domestic costume fantasy films in terms of story adaptation, photography and art, special effects production, costumes, actor performances, etc. It is a representative work of domestic films that modernize the excellent traditional Chinese culture. This time The award is well deserved.
Cao Baoping won the best director for "Crossing the Angry Sea". The film continues the large-scale and black style of the "Scorching Heart Series" works, while seeking breakthroughs to express the director's deep thinking on today's young people, human nature and family affection. Cao Baoping demonstrated his profound directorial skills through this film, so this award is not surprising.
Zhang Ji won the best screenwriter for "The Three Brigades". The film is adapted from real people and events, with a solid script, rich characters and vivid details, breaking the usual routine of domestic suspense crime films.
Huang Zihua won the Best Actor Award for "The Vengeful Lawyer". Hui Yinghong won the Best Actor award.
Huang Zihua won the Best Actor Award for his outstanding performance in "The Vengeful Lawyer". He played the role of lawyer Lin Liangshui in the film, which showed the sharp contrast between the front and back of the character very well. His impassioned speeches during the trial also showed his profound script skills. Hui Yinghong is famous for her role in "I Love You!" "Li Huiru, who plays the lonely old lady Li Huiru who picks up scraps, won the best actress. She vividly portrayed the character's subtle psychological and facial expression changes, and her superb acting skills won unanimous recognition from film critics and judges.
Wang Chuanjun won the Best Supporting Actor for "All or Nothing". In the film, he plays the role of Lu Bingkun, a fraudulent factory manager. He simultaneously expresses the character's cunning and cunning, ruthlessness towards workers, and tenderness towards his daughter, and his interpretation of both sides of human nature is impressive. Janice Man successfully played a femme fatale within a play in "The Lost Girl", which was completely different from her previous screen appearances. With this breakthrough role, she won the Best Supporting Actress at this year's Golden Elm Awards.
Kong Dashan won the Best New Filmmaker for "Space Exploration Editorial Department". Other awards in the Chinese film section also have their own categories.
"Oppenheimer" and "The Fall of Judgment" were selected into the top ten foreign language films
In the selection of foreign language films, "Oppenheimer", "Killers of the Flower Moon", "The Fall of Judgment", "Barbie" and "Spider-Man: Across the World" "Universe", "658 Kilometers, Yoko's Journey", "Past Life", "Don't Expect Too Much for the End of the World", "Punishment" and "Seoul Spring" won the top ten foreign language films in 2022.
The Golden Elm Award is a film award selected by Chinese film critics and was born in January 2021. The organizer, the Macau Laiwu Film Critics Association, was established with the approval of the Macau SAR Government on August 25, 2020. It is one of the film industry associations founded by Macau Laiwu. The first board of directors of the association is chaired by the famous film critic Zhou Liming. The vice president, chairman of the board of supervisors, secretary-general and directors are all well-known young and middle-aged film critics and scholars in the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, including Mao Jian, Lie Fu, Wei Junzi, Song Ziwen wait.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
editor/Qiao Ying
Source: Beiqing.com
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