Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) The major honors handed out by the 59th Golden Horse Awards were divided between films made in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with a Hong Kong-based Malaysian director winning big at the awards ceremony held in Taipei on Saturday night.
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Veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong took top honours at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards Saturday while a Chinese short film won for the first time since Beijing shunned the event due to political tensions.
After dominating the Hong Kong Film Awards race with 14 nominations – and winning in four categories – earlier this year, Hong Kong crime thriller Limbo leads the field at the 59th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan with 14 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor (for Lam Ka Tung) and best actress (Cya Liu Ya-se). Soi Cheang Pou.
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