April 8, 2006

Winners of the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards have been announced in Hong Kong. This is a night of Johnnie To's Election vs. Peter Chan's Perhaps Love. Gangster drama Election collects four heavy-weight awards - Best Film, Best Director for Johnnie To, Best Actor for Leung Kar-Fai and Best Screenplay. Meanwhile Perhaps Love wins in six categories, more than any other movie does. Mainland Chinese actress Zhou Xun is named the Best Actress for her role in Perhaps Love, a big screen musical. Anthony Wong is selected as the Best Supporting Actor for portraying a tofu store owner in Initial D and Veteran player Teresa Mo is presented with the title of Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 2 Young.

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Best Film - Election

Best Director - Johnny TO - Election

Other nominees:

Other nominees:

Perhaps Love

Peter CHAN - Perhaps Love

The Myth

YEE Tung-Shing - 2 Young

Initial D

Andrew LAU and Alan MAK - Initial D

Best Screenplay - YAU Nai-Hoi and YIP Tin-Shing - Election

Best Actor - LEUNG Kar-Fai - Election

Other nominees:

Other nominees:

YEE Tung-Shang and CHUN Tin-Nam - 2 Young

LEUNG Kar-Fai - Everlasting Regret

James YUEN, FONG Ching and LO Yiu-Fai - Crazy N' the City

Andy LAU - Wait Till You're Older

CHEUNG Chi-Kwong and CHAN Suk-Yin - Wait Till You're Older

Simon YAM - Election

Best Actress - ZHOU Xun - Perhaps Love

Best Supporting Actor - Anthony WONG - Initial D

Other nominees:

Other nominees:

Karena LAM - Home Sweet Home

Sammi CHENG - Everlasting Regret

HU Jun - Everlasting Regret

Sylvia CHANG - Rice Rhapsody

LIU Kai-Chi - S.P.L. / Sha Po Lang

Karen MOK - Wait Till You're Older

WANG Tian-Lin - Election

Best Supporting Actress - Teresa MO - 2 Young

Best New Performer - Jay CHOU - Initial D

Other nominees:

SU Yan - Everlasting Regret

Isabella LEUNG - Bug Me Not

Karena LAM - Ah Sou

Annie LIU - Ah Sou

Maggie SIU - Election

YE Xuan - Moonlight in Tokyo

Best Cinematography - Peter PAU - Perhaps Love

Best Editing - YAU Chi-Wai - Divergence

Angie LAM - Seven Swords

Peter PAU - The Promise

LI Tung-Chuen and KWONG Chi-Leung - Perhaps Love

CHENG Siu-Keung - Election

Patrick TAM - Election

LAU Wai-Keung, LAI Yiu-Fai and NG Man-Ching - Initial D

Best Art Direction -

YEE Chung-Man and Pater WONG - Perhaps Love

Best Costume and Make Up Design - YEE Chung-Man and Dora NG - Perhaps Love

William CHANG - Everlasting Regret

Billl LUI - A Chinese Tall Story

William CHANG, Bruce YU and  LEE Pik-Kwan - A Chinese Tall Story

Tim YIP - The Promise

Tim YIP and Masago KIMIYA - The Promise

Best Action Choreography - Donnie YEN - S.P.L. / Sha Po Lang

Best Original Film Score - Peter KAM and Leon KO - Perhaps Love

LEE Chung-Chi - Divergence

Joe HISAISHI - A Chinese Tall Story

Jackie CHAN, Stanley TONG and YUEN Tak - The Myth

LO Tayu - Election

YUEN WO-Ping, YUEN Shun-Yee and GUK Hin-Chiu - House of Fury

CHAN Kwong-Wing - Initial D

Best Original Film Song - "Perhaps Love" - Perhaps Love - performed by 

Best Sound Design - Kinson TSANG - Initial D

"Endless Love" - The Myth - performed by Jackie CHAN and KIM Hee-Seon

Kinson TSANG - Perhaps Love

"Won't Happen Next Time (literal)" - Wait Till You're Older - performed by Andy LAU

Kinson TSANG - A Chinese Tall Story

"Drifting (literal)" - Initial D - performed by Jay CHOU

WANG Danrong and Roger SAVAGE - The Promise

"Rascal (literal)" - Dragon Reloaded - performed by Ronald CHENG

Best Visual Effects - Victor WONG, Eddy WONG and CHEUNG Chung-Wah -

Best New Director - Kenneth BI - Rice Rhapsody

Stephen FUNG - House of Fury

CHOI-JIU Man-Gei and TSO Chin-Nang - The Myth

Victor WONG and Eddy WONG - A Chinese Tall Story

Frankie CHUNG, Don MA, JENG Man-Jing and TAM Kai-Kwan - The Promise

Best Asian Film - Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (China)

Howl's Moving Castle (Japan)

Three Times (Taiwan)

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (South Korea)

Be with You (Japan)