# 60th Golden Horse Awards

The 60th Golden Horse Awards (Chinese: 第60屆金馬獎) took place on November 25, 2023, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honoured the best in Chinese-language filmography of 2022 and 2023. Nominations were announced on October 3, 2023.
Stonewalling from husband-and-wife duo Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji won Best Narrative Feature (along with Best Editing), awhile Old Fox get the most win with 4 awards despite Snow in Midsummer received most of the nomination (in which, they only won Best Sound Effects). One of the big headline during the award ceremony was Audrey Lin, who became the youngest actress ever to won the Best Leading Actress at the age of 12.

## The ceremony

* Due to changes in the maintenance schedule, the awards ceremony took place once again at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.
* Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee who is the former Chair of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee (2018−2022), serves as president of the jury for the second time, ten years after he served in the 50th edition in 2013.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Narrative Feature Stonewalling Marry My Dead Body Time Still Turns the Pages Eye of the Storm Snow in Midsummer | Best Documentary Feature Youth (Spring) Elegies Where Free Beats: The Musical Journey of Chen Ming Chang The Clinic |
| Best Animated Feature Pigsy | Best Live Action Short Film Before the Box Gets Emptied Reclaim My Summer Boys on the Bridge Al Niente The Stag |
| Best Documentary Short Film The Memo Of Dreams in the Dream of Another Mirror Hearing from the Dolphin Eviction and Beyond Girl of Wind | Best Animated Short Film Monsoon Blue The Egret River Ever-Changing Clouds, Like My Ever-Changing Life Ghost of the Dark Path Braided |
| Best Director Hsiao Ya-chuan – Old Fox Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka – Stonewalling Cheng Wei-hao – Marry My Dead Body Chong Keat Aun – Snow in Midsummer Wong Ching-po – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon | Best Leading Actor Wu Kang-ren – Abang Adik Ethan Juan – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon Wang Po-chieh – Eye of the Storm Greg Hsu – Marry My Dead Body Austin Lin – Marry My Dead Body |
| Best Leading Actress Audrey Lin – Trouble Girl Hu Ling – Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate Chung Suet Ying – The Lyricist Wannabe Monica Lu – Day Off Jennifer Yu – In Broad Daylight | Best Supporting Actor Akio Chen – Old Fox Jack Tan – Abang Adik Sean Wong – Time Still Turns the Pages Fu Meng-po – Day Off Bowie Lam – In Broad Daylight |
| Best Supporting Actress Beatrice Fang – Day Off Eugenie Liu – Old Fox Ivy Chen – Trouble Girl Wanfang – Snow in Midsummer Rachel Leung – In Broad Daylight | Best New Director Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Alan – This Woman Jin Ong – Abang Adik Lee Hong-chi – Love Is a Gun Sun Jie – The Mountain Is Coming |
| Best New Performer Yoyo Tse – Fly Me to the Moon Tan Kim-wang – Abang Adik Daniel Hong – Miss Shampoo Travis Hu – A Boy and a Girl Yeh Hsiao-fei – Who'll Stop the Rain | Best Original Screenplay Sun Jie – The Mountain Is Coming Yan Xiaolin – Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka – Stonewalling Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Chin Chia-hua – Trouble Girl |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Wu Chin-jung and Cheng Wei-hao – Marry My Dead Body Wong Yee-lam – The Lyricist Wannabe Chong Keat Aun – Snow in Midsummer Sasha Chuk – Fly Me to the Moon | Best Cinematography Yu Jing-pin – Fish Memories Kartik Vijay – Abang Adik Jake Pollock – Eye of the Storm Hsu Chih-chun – Snow in Midsummer Chen Chi-wen – Who'll Stop the Rain |
| Best Visual Effects Archin Yen – Eye of the Storm Tu Wei-ting – Trouble Girl Lin Chi-feng, Bala Lin, Liu Jia-xuan and Aben Lee – The Bridge Curse: Ritual Tomi Kuo, Hulk Chen and Gareth Wang – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon | Best Art Direction Huang Mei-ching and Tu Shuo-feng – Eye of the Storm Wang Chih-cheng and You Li-wen – Old Fox Huang Mei-ching and Cheng Chia-cheng – Trouble Girl Wu Jo-yun – Miss Shampoo Albert Poon Yick-sum and Kate Tse – In Broad Daylight |
| Best Makeup & Costume Design Wang Chih-cheng and Shirley Kao – Old Fox Elaine Ng – Abang Adik Elaine Ng – Snow in Midsummer Karen Yip, Hsiao Pai-chen and Liu Hsien-chia – Miss Shampoo Albert Poon Yick-sum and Chan Hau-sin – In Broad Daylight | Best Action Choreography Hung Shih-hao – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon Chiu Li-wei and Tony Wang – Pigsy Hung Shih-hao – Marry My Dead Body Hung Shih-hao – Miss Shampoo Wu Jun-xi – The Bridge Curse: Ritual |
| Best Original Film Score Chris Hou – Old Fox Thomas Foguenne – Trouble Girl Luming Lu – Eye of the Storm Yii Kah-hoe and Chong Keat Aun – Snow in Midsummer Luming Lu, Lin Hsiao-chin, Lin Sih-yu and Baobu Badulu – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon | Best Original Film Song "The Usual" – Day Off Composer: George Chen Lyrics: Wu Nien-jen Performer: Hung Pei-yu "Untitled" – Marry My Dead Body Composer: Jolin Tsai and Kay Liu Lyrics: Vison Chen and David Ke Performer: Jolin Tsai "A Walk to Remember" – Abang Adik Composer: Ryota Katayama Lyrics: Aki Huang and Ryota Katayama Performer: Ryota Katayama "Fledgling" – Old Fox Composer: Chris Hou Lyrics: Hsu Hui-ting Performer: Power Station "May Threnody" – Snow in Midsummer Composer: Aki Huang Lyrics: Chong Keat Aun Performer: Wanfang |
| Best Film Editing Liao Ching-sung and Ryuji Otsuka – Stonewalling Chen Chun-hung – Marry My Dead Body Keith Chan Hiu-chun and Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Shieh Meng-ju – Eye of the Storm Wong Ching-po – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon | Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao and Chen Kuan-ting – Snow in Midsummer Sidney Hu and Li Chun-yi – Trouble Girl Book Chien, Sun Sy-yuan and Tang Hsiang-chu – Eye of the Storm Tu Duu-chih and Huang Yuan-tse – A Boy and a Girl Book Chien, Chen Jia-li, Yang Jia-shen and Tang Hsiang-chu – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon |
| Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Lin Shih-ken | Lifetime Achievement Award Brigitte Lin Chen Kun-hou |

### External awards

| Audience Choice Award (picked by audience members who watched the Best Narrative Feature nominated entries in its entirety) Time Still Turns the Pages Stonewalling Marry My Dead Body Eye of the Storm Snow in Midsummer | FIPRESCI Prize (award for first and second features) Fly Me to the Moon This Woman Abang Adik Time Still Turns the Pages Love Is a Gun A Boy and a Girl Who'll Stop the Rain The Mountain Is Coming |
| NETPAC Award (award for feature films by Asian new talent) Fly Me to the Moon Time Still Turns the Pages Abang Adik Dreaming & Dying Trouble Girl The Mountain Is Coming A Tour Guide Guras Solids by the Seashore In My Mother's Skin After the Fever | Observation Missions for Asian Cinema Award (picked from NETPAC Award nominated entries) The Mountain Is Coming Time Still Turns the Pages Fly Me to the Moon Abang Adik Dreaming & Dying Trouble Girl A Tour Guide Guras Solids by the Seashore In My Mother's Skin After the Fever |

## Jury

Winners are jointly decided by the final stage jurors.

### Final stage jurors

* Ang Lee, Taiwanese filmmaker (Jury President)
* Eric Shih, Taiwanese film distributor
* Mo Tzu-yi, Taiwanese actor
* Anthony Chen, Singaporean filmmaker
* Kay Huang, Taiwanese musician
* Liu Wei-jan, Taiwanese film producer and screenwriter

### Shortlist and final stage jurors

* Sung Wen-chung, Taiwanese cinematographer
* Chris Shum Wai-chung, Hong Kong lyricist
* Boo Junfeng, Singaporean filmmaker
* John Hsu, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Umin Boya, Taiwanese film director and actor
* Ma Hsin, Taiwanese film critic
* Chen Po-jen, Taiwanese production designer
* Laha Mebow, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Heiward Mak, Hong Kong filmmaker
* Joe Hsieh, Taiwanese animation director

### Preliminary, shortlist, final stage and documentary juror

* Jill Li, Taiwanese documentary filmmaker

### Preliminary and documentary jurors

* Hung Chun-hsiu, Taiwanese documentary filmmaker
* Stefano Centini, Italian filmmaker
* Huang Yi-ling, Taiwanese film editor
* Lau Kek Huat, Malaysian filmmaker

### Preliminary and animation jurors

* Yu Yu, Taiwanese animation director
* Wu De-chuen, Taiwanese animation director
* Wong Ping, Hong Kong animation artist

### Preliminary and live action short film jurors

* Lam Sum, Hong Kong filmmaker
* Hsu Kuo-lun, Taiwanese film producer
* Tseng Ying-ting, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Huang Xi, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Ryan Cheng, Taiwanese film critic
* Hsieh Pei-ju, Taiwanese filmmaker

### Preliminary and narrative feature jurors

* Fiona Roan, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Ko Chen-nien, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Chan Ching-lin, Taiwanese filmmaker
* Chienn Hsiang, Taiwanese cinematographer and director
* Cora Yim, Hong Kong producer

### External awards
#### FIPRESCI Prize jury

* Paolo Bertolin, Italian film critic, film programmer and film producer
* Kalash Nanda Kumar, Malaysian film critic, film programmer and filmmaker
* Wang Chun-chi, Taiwanese film academic
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#### NETPAC Award jury

* Jo Ji-hoon, South Korean film programmer and film producer
* Loïc Valceschini, Swiss film programmer and film critic
* Chen Huei-yin, Taiwanese film programmer and film critic
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