Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: Sean Lau Wins Best Actor for the 5th Time

On the 12th, the Hong Kong Film Critics Society selected the five winners of the 31st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards and 10 recommended films. After 9 hours of intense discussion and 3 rounds of voting, the list of winners was finally announced: Best Film 'The Siege of Kowloon Walled City', Best Director Philip Yung 'Papa', Best Screenplay Edmond Pang Ho-cheung, Mak Kin-long, Wan Yn-ching 'Temporary Robbery', Best Actor Sean Lau 'Papa', Best Actress Cecilia Choi 'Tiger Strikes'. The 10 recommended films are: 'Temporary Robbery', 'Ten Directions Land', 'Hong Kong Four Trails', 'Watch How I Say Today', 'From Now On', 'The Romance I Had', 'Papa', 'The Future of Winter', 'Breaking Hell', 'Mr. Favorite'.
 

Cecilia Choi wins Best Actress for 'Tiger Strikes'.

The discussion for Best Actor was quite intense. In the end, Sean Lau for 'Papa' narrowly won the honor by one vote over To Man-shing from 'Watch How I Say Today'. This marks his fifth time winning this award, following his performances in 'The Long Arm of the Law', 'La Brassiere', 'Life Without Principle', and 'Overheard 3'.

The discussion for Best Actress was equally vibrant, with Cecilia Choi from 'Tiger Strikes' narrowly defeating Chun Yuk-ying from 'Watch How I Say Today', who recently won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, by just one vote to take the top honor.

News Source: China Times News Network