On September 27th, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival announces the full nominations of the 59th Golden Horse Awards, hosted by this year's Red Carpet hosts: Pink YANG and WU Nien-hsuan, former nominee of Best New Performer at Golden Horse. The nominations were finalized out of the 457 submissions (60 narrative features, 3 animated features, 40 documentary features, 228 live action short films, 63 documentary short films and 63 animated short films) and announced by Golden Horse Awards winner WANG Yu-xuan and former nominee TSENG Jing-hua.
Limbo leads the race with 14 nominations, including all the major categories, followed by Incantation and Coo-Coo 043, both grabbed 13 nods. The three films will compete in Narrative Feature, Director, Supporting Actor, Art Direction, Makeup & Costume Design, Original Film Score, Film Editing and Sound Effects.
▲《 Limbo》
Nominees for Best Leading Actor are Louis CHEUNG Kai-chung (The Narrow Road), LAM Ka-tung (Limbo), Anthony WONG (The Sunny Side of the Street), CHANG Hsiao-chuan (The Post-Truth World) and YU An-shun (Coo-Coo 043).
Nominees for Best Leading Actress are TSAI Hsuan-yen (Incantation), Angela YUEN Lai-lam (The Narrow Road), Cya LIU (Limbo), Sylvia CHANG (A Light Never Goes Out) and HONG Hui-fang (Ajoomma).
▲《Incantation》
CEO of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee WEN Tiang-hsien announces that the Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Award goes to Special Effects Specialist CHEN Ming-ze, in honor of his contribution to the industry. Chen was dedicated to the latest special effects knowledge, especially in explosions. He also established his own company to nurture new talents, delivering dazzling action scenes with utmost safety for execution. His input could be seen in this year's The Abandoned, Melody-Go-Round and Untouchable.
The Jury process is divided into three stages: preliminary, shortlist and final. The jurors include veteran professionals and scholars, on and off screen. The awards winners will be decided by the final stage jurors, voted on the day of the awarding ceremony. Lineup of the Jury will be revealed in November.
▲《Coo-Coo 043》
All nominated films will be screened at the Golden Horse Film Festival starting from November 2nd; tickets for sale from October 22nd. The 59th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony will be held on November 19th at National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, live broadcast by TTV and streaming exclusively on MyVideo. For updates and info of the festival and the ceremony, please check the official website and Facebook Fan Page.
