The 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards were awarded on the evening of the 14th. In the end, " The Vicious Lawyer " won the Best Film Award, and Cheng Baorui won the Best Director Award for "Homicide". In " Under the Day " and " Yu Xiangning and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who had outstanding performances in "Goldfinger ", won the Best Actress and Actor awards respectively.
The competition for the Academy Awards this year is extremely fierce, with many high-reputation works receiving nominations. Among them, "Under the Sun" leads the way with 16 nominations, followed by " Teenage Diary " and "Goldfinger" with 12 nominations each. In the end, "The Vengeful Lawyer", which set a box office record in Hong Kong, had the last laugh. "The Vengeful Lawyer" starring Huang Zihua set a box office record of HK$115 million in 2023, but the number of nominations at this year's Academy Awards was not outstanding, and it only won the best film award in the end. In contrast, "Under the Day", which exposed the truth about abuse in institutions for the disabled, received even greater publicity. In the end, Yu Xiangning, who played a female reporter in the film, David Jiang and Liang Yongting won the Best Actress and Supporting Actor awards respectively. As a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry, this is the first time David Chiang has been nominated and won the award in more than 70 years in the industry. He also gave this award to his wife, who has been with him for 50 years.
's "Diary of a Young Man", which focuses on children's psychology and family secrets, won the Best New Director award. Directed by Chong Man-keung and starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau, "Goldfinger" was adapted from real cases and characters in Hong Kong history. It won multiple technical awards such as Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction, as well as the Best Actor Award. This is also the sixth time Tony Leung has won the best actor award for his subversive performance, following his masterpieces such as "Happy Together", "In the Mood for Love" and " Infernal Affairs".
"Homicide" can be regarded as another dark horse at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, and finally won three important awards for best director, screenwriter and editing. The recent hit at the box office in the Mainland, "" beat the other nominees "" and "" to win the Best Asian Chinese Film Award this year. Hong Kong's legendary kung fu star and senior martial arts instructor Sammo Hung won the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards; the best action design went to the famous martial arts director Dong Wei. Won this very important technical award in the Hong Kong film industry 7 times. (Dong Ming) ▲
