Thursday, November 26, 2009

Dreaming of a Golden Horse

Finalists in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards have been announced.

The nominees for best
feature film are:
No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti, Cow, Crazy Racer, Face, Like a Dream

The nominees for best director are: Clara Law for "Like a Dream;" Leon Dai for "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti;" Guan Hu for "Cow;"
Tsai Ming-liang for "Face"


"Like a Dream" has nine nods; No "Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti" has eight; and "Cow" has seven.


The nominees for best actor are:
Daniel Wu in "Like a Dream;" Chen Wen-pin in "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti;" Huang Bo in "Cow;" Nick Cheung in "The Beast Stalker"

For best actress: Sandrine Pinna in "Yang Yang;" Yolanda Yuan in "Like a Dream;" Zhou Xun in "The Message;" Li Bingbing in "The Message"

for best supporting actor: Cai Zhennan in "Ending Cut;" Huang Chien-wei in "Yang Yang;" Zhang Hanyu in "The Equation of
Love and Death;" Wang Xueqi in "Forever Enthralled"

for best supporting actress: Liou Yiin Shang in "Sleeping with Her;" Lu Yi-ching in "A Place of One's Own;" Wai Ying-hung in "At the End of Daybreak;"
Zhang Ziyi in "Forever Enthralled"

for best original screenplay: Leon Dai, Chen Wen-pin for "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti;" Cui Siwei, Xing Aina, Wang Hongwei, Wang Yao, Zhou Zhiyong, Yue Xiaojun,
Zhang Cheng for "Crazy Racer;" Cheng Wen-tang, Cheng Jin-fen, Chang I-Feng for "Tears;" Eddie Fong, Clara Law for "Like a Dream"

for best cinematography
: Song Xiaofei for "Cow;" Sion Michel for "Like a Dream;" Zhao Xiaoshi for "Wheat;" Cao Yu for "City of Life and Death"

for best editing: Cheung King-wai for "KJ: Music and Life;" Leon Dai for "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti;" Kong Jinlei for "Cow;" Zhang Yifan, Du Yuan, Tang Hua for "Crazy Racer"


Blockbusters such as Ip Man, Red Cliff II, and Shinjuku Incident were passed over. Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" was also snubbed.

Winners will be announced on Saturday.

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