Anselm Chan’s The Final Dance leads the pack going into the 43rd Hong Kong Movie Awards (HKFA) with 18 nominations.
It’s adopted by Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In with 14 nods and Philip Yung’s Papa with 11 nominations. All three movies will face off alongside Adam Wong’s The Manner We Discuss and Ray Yeung’s All Shall Be Effectively, in each the very best movie and finest director classes.
The 18 nominations secured by The Final Dance is the best in HKFA’s historical past since Teddy Chen’s Assassins And Bodyguards obtained the identical quantity in 2010. Chan’s funeral rites drama earned a nomination in all classes (besides finest new performer) for which it’s certified. Six of its nominations go to the performers, together with finest actor for Michael Hui, finest actress for Michelle Wai and two every for supporting actor and supporting actress.
Veteran Hui, who’s in his 80s, is up towards Raymond Lam from Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In, Sean Lau from Papa, Neo Yau from The Manner We Discuss and Aaron Kwok from Rob N Roll for the very best actor crown.
Wai is competing with All Shall Be Effectively’s Patra Au and a youthful era of expertise together with Natalie Hsu from Final Track For You, Hedwig Tam from Montages Of A Fashionable Motherhood and Chung Suet Ying from The Manner We Discuss (who was named Golden Horse finest actress for a similar position final November).
Each The Final Dance and Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In set new milestones on the Hong Kong field workplace final 12 months because the third and second native movies to ever hit HK$100m ($12.8m) and subsequently ended up as the most important and third largest Hong Kong movies of all time respectively.
Some 46 Hong Kong productions had been eligible for this 12 months’s HKFA, down from 50 the earlier 12 months, based on famend filmmaker Derek Yee, who has served as HKFA chairman since 2015. Whereas attending a HKFA press occasion immediately (February 14), he mentioned {that a} new rule change has been launched this 12 months to incorporate co-directors in the very best new director class.
Co-directors Thomas Lee and Daniel Ho and twin brothers Albert Leung and Herbert Leung are up for finest new director for An Deserted Workforce and Stuntman respectively, together with Jill Leung (Final Track For You), Ho Miu Ki (Love Lies) and Robin Lee (documentary 4 Trails).
As directorial function debuts, Final Track We Sing and Love Lies did nicely with seven and 6 nods respectively. The previous landed nominations for rising star Natalie Hsu for finest actress and Ian Chan from boy band Mirror for finest new performer, whereas the latter secured nominations for director Ho and producer Chan Hing Kai for finest screenplay and Stephy Tang finest supporting actress.
The HKFA ceremony will likely be held on April 27 on the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Hong Kong Movie Awards 2025 nominations
Finest Movie
- Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Papa
- The Manner We Discuss
- The Final Dance
- All Shall Be Effectively
Finest Director
- Soi Cheang – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Philip Yung, Au Cheuk Man – Papa
- Adam Wong – The Manner We Discuss
- Chan Mou Yin Anselm – The Final Dance
- Ray Yeung – All Shall Be Effectively
Finest Screenplay
- Ho Miu Ki, Chan Hing Kai – Love Lies
- Philip Yung – Papa
- Chan Mou Yin Anselm, Cheng Wai Kei – The Final Dance
- Ray Yeung – All Shall Be Effectively
- Chan Wai Bun, Albert Mak Kai Kwong, Man Uen Ching – Rob N Roll
Finest Actor
- Raymond Lam – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Sean Lau – Papa
- Neo Yau Hawk Sau – The Manner We Discuss
- Michael Hui – The Final Dance
- Aaron Kwok – Rob N Roll
Finest Actress
- Natalie Hsu – Final Track For You
- Hedwig Tam – Montages Of A Fashionable Motherhood
- Chung Suet Ying – The Manner We Discuss
- Michelle Wai – The Final Dance
- Patra Au Ga Man – All Shall Be Effectively
Finest Supporting Actor
- Louis Koo – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Philip Ng – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Lo Chun Yip – Montages Of A Fashionable Motherhood
- Tommy Chu – The Final Dance
- Paul Chun Pui – The Final Dance
Finest Supporting Actress
- Stephy Tang – Love Lies
- Jo Koo – Papa
- Rachel Leung – The Final Dance
- Rosa Maria Velasco – The Final Dance
- Maggie Li Lin Lin – All Shall Be Effectively
Finest New Performer
- Lau Wai Ming – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Ian Chan – Final Track For You
- Dylan So – Papa
- Ng Tsz Ho Marco – The Manner We Discuss
- Marf Yau – Blossoms Underneath Someplace
Finest Cinematography
- Cheng Siu Keung – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Lau Oliver Kuan Lok – Final Track For You
- Chin Ting Chang, Leung Yau Cheong – Papa
- Anthony Pun – The Final Dance
- Anthony Pun – Cesium Fallout
Finest Movie Modifying
- Cheung Ka Fai – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Jojo Shek – Papa
- Robin Lee – 4 Trails
- William Chang Suk Ping, Curran Pang – The Final Dance
- Li Ka Wing – The Prosecutor
Finest Artwork Course
- Mak Kwok Keung, Chau Sai Hung Ambrose – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Twiggy Tang – Final Track For You
- Mak Tsz Kwan Ida – Papa
- Yiu Hon Man – The Final Dance
- Lee Kin Wai – Cesium Fallout
Finest Costume & Make-up Design
- Bruce Yu, Karen Yip – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Dora Ng, Shasha Legislation – Love Lies
- Dora Ng, Kayden Chan – Papa
- Lee Pik Kwan – The Final Dance
- Man Lim Chung, Kwok In Wai – Rob N Roll
Finest Motion Choreography
- Tanigaki Kenji – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Kong Tao Hai, Tommy Leung – Stuntman
- Jack Wong Wai Leung – The Final Dance
- Jack Wong Wai Leung – Cesium Fallout
Finest Unique Movie Rating
- Kenji Kawai – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Chan Kwong Wing, Kay Chan – Final Track For You
- Day Tai – Love Lies
- Ding Ke – Papa
- Wan Pin Chu – The Final Dance
Finest Unique Movie Track
- 久別重逢 – Final Track For You
- 筆友 – Love Lies
- What If – The Manner We Discuss
- The Final Dance – The Final Dance
- Lak1 Kak1 – Blossoms Underneath Someplace
Finest Sound Design
- Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Man Hoi, To Burnard Davy – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Cyrus Tang, Mandy Kwan – The Manner We Discuss
- Yiu Chun Hin – The Final Dance
- Tu Duu Chih, Chiang Yi Chen – Cesium Fallout
- Lee Yiu Keung George – The Prosecutor
Finest Visible Results
- Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett Okay Lam, Yee Kwok Leung – Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
- Wong Sum Yin, Lin Chun Yue Jules, Loki Ho, Yee Kwok Leung – Customs Frontline
- Chan Tik Hoi Water – The Final Dance
- Dennis Yeung, Adrian Chan, Dennis Yeung – Cesium Fallout
- Ng Ka Lung, Yeung Hey Chiu, Wave Cheung Yiu Ho – The Moon Thieves
Finest New Director
- Jill Lai Yin Leung – Final Track For You
- Ho Miu Ki – Love Lies
- Albert Leung – Herbert Leung – Stuntman
- Robin Lee – 4 Trails
- Thomas Lee, Daniel Ho – An Deserted Workforce
Finest Asian Chinese language Language Movie
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- Useless Abilities Society
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