2013 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

This year's surprise big winner of the 50th Golden Horse Awards is Ilo. Ilo, a Singapore production that has received a mixed bag of reviews.  Personally, if you're in the mood to cry... ALOT, then watch the movie.  It was well directed and the acting was superb, but it will not be everyone's cup of tea.  Several other films also took home many awards including The Grandmaster and Stray Dogs.  I can highly recommend The Grandmaster as an amazingly good movie for plot, acting, action, it's got it all.


Many good films were represented at the Golden Horse awards this year.  Here is a list of all the winners from the 2013 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival held on November 11, 2013.

And the winners are:

Best Feature Film - Ilo. Ilo

Best Short Film - Butter Lamp

Best Director - Tsai Ming Liang for Stray Dogs

Best New Director - Anthony Chen for Ilo. Ilo.

Best Leading Actor - Lee Kang Sheng for Stray Dogs

Best Leading Actress - Zhang Ziyi for The Grandmaster

Best Supporting Actor - Xuejian Li for Back to 1942

Best Supporting Actress - Yeo Yann Yann for Ilo. Ilo.

Other Awards:
Best New Performer - Shu-yau Kuo for Step Back to Glory
Best Documentary - Beyond Beauty, Taiwan from Above
Best Original Screenplay - Anthony Chen for Ilo. Ilo
Best Adapted Screenplay - Li Qiang for So Young


Best Cinematography - Philippe Le Sourd for The Grandmaster
Best Visual Effects - Pierre Buffin for The Grandmaster
Best Art Direction - William Chang Suk Ping, Alfred Yau Wai Ming for The Grandmaster
Best Makeup & Costume Design - William Chang Suk Ping for The Grandmaster
Best Action Choreography - Jackie Chan, He Jun, JC Stunt Team for CZ12
Best Original Film Score - LIM Giong for A Touch of Sin


Best Original Film Song - I Love You (Lyrics & Composition by Spark Chen, Permed by Sleepy Dads)
Best Film Editing - Matthiew Laclau, Lin Xudong for A Touch of Sin
Best Sound Effects - Tu Duu-Chih, Duo Li Chi for Soul
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year - Yeh Ju-Feng
Audience Choice Award - The Grandmaster
FIPRESCI Prize - Rigor Mortis
Lifetime Achievement Award - Chen Chen


MDLers, if you've seen these films, do you agree? Were there any other movies this year more deserving?