# 54th Golden Horse Awards

The 54th Golden Horse Awards (Chinese: 第54屆金馬獎) took place on November 25, 2017 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2016 and 2017. The ceremony was televised by TTV.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Free and Easy The Great Buddha + Love Education Angels Wear White | Best Documentary Inmates Mama Plastic China Condemned Practice Mode Looking For? |
| Best Animation Feature Have a Nice Day The Guardian Barkley | Best Live Action Short Film Babes’ Not Alone The Night of Arzu Blind Mouth Love After Time The Dress on Her |
| Best Animated Short Film Losing Sight of a Longed Place Fundamental St(r)ay Revelation – The City of Haze Stories About Him | Best Director Vivian Qu — Angels Wear White Geng Jun — Free and Easy Sylvia Chang — Love Education Ann Hui — Our Time Will Come Yang Ya-che — The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful |
| Best Leading Actor Tu Men — Old Beast Kaiser Chuang — Who Killed Cock Robin Huang Bo — The Conformist Takeshi Kaneshiro — See You Tomorrow Tian Zhuangzhuang — Love Education | Best Leading Actress Kara Hui — The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Shu Qi — The Village of No Return Sylvia Chang — Love Education Vicky Chen — Angels Wear White Ivy Yin — The Island That All Flow By |
| Best Supporting Actor Bamboo Chen — Alifu, the Prince/ss Mason Lee — Who Killed Cock Robin Lei Jiayin — Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield Leon Dai — The Great Buddha + Tony Leung Ka-fai — Our Time Will Come | Best Supporting Actress Vicky Chen — The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful Wu Yanshu — Love Education Chen Shiang-chyi — The Receptionist Deanie Ip — Our Time Will Come Hsu Wei-ning — The Tag-Along 2 |
| Best New Director Huang Hsin-yao — The Great Buddha + Huang Xi — Missing Johnny Tan Seng Kiat — Shuttle Life Zhou Ziyang — Old Beast Chan Ching-lin — The Island That All Flow By | Best New Performer Rima Zeidan — Missing Johnny Kent Tsai — All Because of Love Elane Zhong — Youth Zhang Aoyue — The Hidden Sword Wu Nien-hsuan — The Tag-Along 2 |
| Best Original Screenplay Zhou Ziyang — Old Beast Liu Jian — Have a Nice Day Sylvia Chang and You Xiaoying — Love Education Wang Yu-lin, Hsu Hua-chien, Hua Bai-rong, Juliana Hsu and Chen Hui-ling [zh]— Alifu, the Prince/ss Yang Ya-che — The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | Best Adapted Screenplay Huang Hsin-yao — The Great Buddha + Li Baoluo — Bangzi Melody Wong Kar-wai and Zhang Jiajia — See You Tomorrow Geling Yan — Youth Xu Haofeng — The Hidden Sword |
| Best Cinematography Nagao Nakashima — The Great Buddha + Wang Weihua — Free and Easy Chen Ko-chin — Shuttle Life Matthias Delvaux — Old Beast Peter Pau and Cao Yu — See You Tomorrow | Best Visual Effects Johnny Lin, Perry Kain and Thomas Reppen — See You Tomorrow Yeh Jen-hao and Liu Wei-yi — Who Killed Cock Robin Quan Hongkun, Yung Kwok-yin and Chan Tik-hoi — This Is Not What I Expected Pao Cheng-hsun and Huang Mei-cing — Mon Mon Mon Monsters Henri Wong and Eric Xu — Wu Kong |
| Best Art Direction Alfred Yau — See You Tomorrow Huang Mei-ching — The Village of No Return Chao Shih-hao — The Great Buddha + Shi Haiying — Youth Penny Tsai — The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | Best Makeup & Costume Design William Chang and Cheung Siu-hong — See You Tomorrow Liang Tingting — Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield Dora Ng — The Village of No Return Liu Xiaoli — Youth Wang Chia-hui — The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful |
| Best Action Choreography Sang Lin — Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield Ku Huen-chiu — Wu Kong An Wande — Explosion Xu Haofeng — The Hidden Sword Sammo Hung — Paradox | Best Original Film Score Lin Sheng Xiang — The Great Buddha + Lim Giong and Point Hsu — Missing Johnny Kenji Kawai — Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield Joe Hisaishi — Our Time Will Come An Wei — The Hidden Sword |
| Best Original Film Song "To Have, or Not To Have" — The Great Buddha + Composer： Lin Sheng-xiang Lyrics： Ong Chiau-hoa Performer: Lin Sheng-xiang "I Love Shangri-La" — Have a Nice Day Composer： Wang Da Lyrics： Liu Jian Performer：Wang Da and Zhu Hong "Lullaby" — Free and Easy Composer： Second Hand Rose Lyrics： Liang Long Performer： Liang Long "Keep Me By Your Side" — See You Tomorrow Composer： Tang Hanxiao Lyrics： Tang Hanxiao Performer： Eason Chan "Flowers in Blossom" — Love Education Composer： Kay Huang Lyrics： Lam Kwun-fan Performer： Sitar Tan | Best Film Editing Jean Tsien and Bob Lee — Plastic China Kipo Lin — Who Killed Cock Robin Lai Hsiu-hsiung — The Great Buddha + Liao Ching-song — The Foolish Bird Mary Stephen and Kong Chi-leung — Our Time Will Come |
| Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih, Patrick Tu and Wu Shu-yao — Mon Mon Mon Monsters R.T Kao, Chen Wei-liang and Forgood Sound — Who Killed Cock Robin Wen Bo — The Conformist Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao — The Great Buddha + Rockid Lee, Yang Che-chin, Warren Santiago and Richard Hocks — The Tag-Along 2 | Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Hu Ding-yi |
| Audience Choice Award The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | FIPRESCI Prize Old Beast |
| Piaget Award Love Education | Lifetime Achievement Award Hsu Feng |