# 52nd Golden Horse Awards

The 52nd Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin： 第52屆金馬獎) honored the best Chinese-language films and filmmakers of 2014–15 and took place on 21 November 2015 at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony presented 23 categories of Golden Horse Awards and was televised in Taiwan by TTV. Mickey Huang and Lin Chi-ling were the hosts of the ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film The Assassin Thanatos, Drunk Port of Call Tharlo Mountains May Depart | Best Documentary The Chinese Mayor 32 and 4 On the Rim of the Sky The Verse of Us Wansei Back Home |
| Best Animation Feature McDull: Me & My Mum Monkey King: Hero Is Back | Best Short Film The Death of A Security Guard Under the Sun No No Sleep Filial Piety Award Time to Die |
| Best Director Hou Hsiao-hsien — The Assassin Chang Tso-chi — Thanatos, Drunk Tsui Hark — The Taking of Tiger Mountain Pema Tseden — Tharlo Jia Zhangke — Mountains May Depart | Best Leading Actor Feng Xiaogang — Mr. Six Lee Hong-chi — Thanatos, Drunk Aaron Kwok — Port of Call Deng Chao — The Dead End Dong Zijian — De Lan |
| Best Leading Actress Karena Lam — Zinnia Flower Sylvia Chang — Office Vivian Sung — Our Times Shu Qi — The Assassin Zhao Tao — Mountains May Depart | Best Supporting Actor Michael Ning — Port of Call Cheng Jen-shuo — Thanatos, Drunk Lawrence Ko — Murmur of the Hearts Michael Chang — The Laundryman Wang Qianyuan — Saving Mr. Wu |
| Best Supporting Actress Lü Hsueh-feng — Thanatos, Drunk Elaine Jin — Port of Call Ma Sichun — The Left Ear Jian Man-shu — Maverick Jiang Wenli — The Final Master | Best New Director Bi Gan — Kaili Blues Alec Su — The Left Ear Lee Chung [zh] — The Laundryman Xiang Guoqiang — Young Love Lost Frankie Chen — Our Times |
| Best New Performer Lee Hong-chi — Thanatos, Drunk Jessie Li — Port of Call Michael Ning — Port of Call Cecilia So — She Remembers, He Forgets Ado' Kaliting Pacidal [zh] — Panay | Best Original Screenplay Jia Zhangke — Mountains May Depart Chang Tso-chi — Thanatos, Drunk Tom Lin Shu-yu and Liu Wei-jan — Zinnia Flower Philip Yung — Port of Call Guan Hu and Dong Runnian — Mr. Six |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Pema Tseden — Tharlo Sylvia Chang — Office Acheng, Chu T’ien-wen and Hsieh Hai-meng — The Assassin Xu Haofeng — The Final Master Cheng Yu-chieh and Lekal Sumi Cilangasan — Panay | Best Cinematography Mark Lee Ping Bin — The Assassin Hsu Chih-chun and Chang Chih-teng — Thanatos, Drunk Christopher Doyle — Port of Call Yu Lik-wai — Mountains May Depart Lu Songye — Tharlo |
| Best Visual Effects Kim Wook — The Taking of Tiger Mountain Victor Wong and Bryan Cheung — Rise of the Legend Guo Jianquan and Christian Rajaud — Wolf Totem Jason Snell, Ellen Poon and Tang Bingbing — Monster Hunt Rick Sander and Christoph Zollinger — Gone with the Bullets | Best Art Direction William Chang and Alfred Yau — Office Yohei Taneda and Lee Kin-wai — Monster Hunt Yi Zhenzhou — The Taking of Tiger Mountain Hwarng Wern-ying — The Assassin Liu Qing — Gone with the Bullets |
| Best Makeup & Costume Design Hwarng Wern-ying — The Assassin Yee Chung-man — Monster Hunt William Chang and Lui Fung-shan — Office William Chang — Gone with the Bullets Zhai Tao and Chen Yuye — De Lan | Best Action Choreography Xu Haofeng — The Final Master Corey Yuen — Rise of the Legend Li Chung-chi — SPL II: A Time for Consequences Yuen Bun — The Taking of Tiger Mountain Liu Mingzhe — The Assassin |
| Best Original Film Score Lin Shangde and Tseng Yun-fang — Thanatos, Drunk Kung Yu-chi — Zinnia Flower Chen Yang — Murmur of the Hearts Lim Giong — The Assassin Yoshihiro Hanno — Mountains May Depart | Best Original Film Song "Aka Pisawad" — Panay Composer： Suming Lyrics: Suming Performer： Suming "Darkness on the Sea" — Port of Call Composer： Ding Ke Lyrics： Ding Ke Performer： Ding Ke "Twist" — The Laundryman Composer： Luantan Ascent Lyrics： Luantan Ascent Performer： Luantan Ascent "He Bi Ne" — Office Composer： Lo Ta-yu Lyrics： Lin Xi Performer: Eason Chan "A Little Happiness" — Our Times Composer： JerryC Lyrics： Hsu Shi-chen and Wu Hui-fu Performer： Hebe Tien |
| Best Film Editing Chang Tso-chi — Thanatos, Drunk Zhong Renbo — The Verse of Us Chen Po-wen — Murmur of the Hearts Ding Sheng — Saving Mr. Wu Liao Ching-song — The Assassin | Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih, Chu Shih-yi and Wu Shu-yao — The Assassin Kuo Li-chi — The Laundryman Kinson Tsang, George Lee and Yiu Chun-hin — Monster Hunt Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao and David Richardson — Office Zhang Yang — Mountains May Depart |
| Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Hou Hsiao-hsien | Audience Choice Award Mountains May Depart |
| FIPRESCI Prize Kaili Blues | Piaget Award Mr. Six |
| Lifetime Achievement Award Li Li-hua |