# 53rd Golden Horse Awards

The 53rd Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第53屆金馬獎) took place on November 26, 2016, 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 films of 2015–16. The ceremony was televised in Taiwan by TTV. Matilda Tao was the host of the ceremony.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film The Summer Is Gone Godspeed Trivisa I Am Not Madame Bovary The Road to Mandalay | Best Documentary Le Moulin Small Talk The Road Yellowing City of Jade |
| Best Animation Feature — | Best Live Action Short Film A Sunny Day Fu and Li Crash Arnie Island |
| Best Animated Short Film Wander in the Dark Baumu White Tunnel Löss Bart | Best Director Feng Xiaogang — I Am Not Madame Bovary Chung Mong-hong — Godspeed Johnnie To — Three Derek Tsang — Soul Mate Midi Z — The Road to Mandalay |
| Best Leading Actor Fan Wei — Mr. No Problem Tony Leung Ka-fai — Cold War 2 Michael Hui — Godspeed Jacky Cheung — Heaven in the Dark Kai Ko — The Road to Mandalay | Best Leading Actress Zhou Dongyu — Soul Mate Ma Sichun — Soul Mate Hsu Wei-ning — The Tag-Along Fan Bingbing — I Am Not Madame Bovary Wu Ke-xi — The Road to Mandalay |
| Best Supporting Actor Austin Lin — At Cafe 6 Paul Chun — Book of Love Nadow Lin [zh] — Godspeed Eric Tsang — Mad World Lam Suet — Robbery | Best Supporting Actress Elaine Jin — Mad World Wu Yanshu — Book of Love Liu Bei — Someone to Talk To Li Xing — The Tenants Downstairs Lu Yi-ching — Forêt Debussy |
| Best New Director Wong Chun — Mad World Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong — Trivisa Cheng Wei-hao — The Tag-Along Chu Hsien-che — White Ant Zhang Dalei — The Summer Is Gone | Best New Performer Kong Weiyi — The Summer Is Gone Tony Wu — Weeds on Fire Buya Watan — Hang in There, Kids! Annie Chen — White Lies, Black Lies Kimba — Soul on a String |
| Best Original Screenplay Lung Man-hong, Thomas Ng and Mak Tin-shu — Trivisa Midi Z — The Road to Mandalay Laha Mebow — Hang in There, Kids! Xue Xiaolu and Jiao Huajing — Book of Love Zhang Dalei — The Summer Is Gone | Best Adapted Screenplay Mei Feng and Huang Shi — Mr. No Problem Fire Lee, He Xin and Frankie Tam — Robbery Liu Zhenyun — I Am Not Madame Bovary Lam Wing-sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yi-meng and Wu Nan — Soul Mate Tashi Dawa and Zhang Yang — Soul on a String |
| Best Cinematography Mark Lee Ping Bin — Crosscurrent Du Jie — Detective Chinatown Nagao Nakashima — Godspeed Guo Daming — Soul on a String Lu Songye — The Summer Is Gone | Best Visual Effects Douglas Smith, Sam Wang, Sam Khorshid and Strilen Liu — Mojin: The Lost Legend Charles Lee and Chishan Liu — The Tag-Along Yee Kwok-leung and Raymond Leung — Cold War 2 Zuo Zhi Zhong, Han Ho, Aeolian Yang and Jack Yu — The Tenants Downstairs Raymond Leung, Yee Kwok-leung and Garrett K. Lam — Ip Man 3 |
| Best Art Direction Chao Shih-hao — Godspeed Li Miao — Detective Chinatown Kenneth Mak — Ip Man 3 Lo Shun-fu and Premo Fang — One Night Only Akekarat Homlaor — The Road to Mandalay | Best Makeup & Costume Design Stanley Cheung — Detective Chinatown Hsu Li-wen — Godspeed Sukie Yip — Trivisa Dora Ng — Soul Mate Lei Jing — Soul on a String |
| Best Action Choreography Wu Gang — Detective Chinatown Shim Jae-won and Yang Kil-yong — Mojin: The Lost Legend Chin Ka-lok — Cold War 2 Yuen Woo-ping — Ip Man 3 Adam Chan — Mrs K | Best Original Film Score Lim Giong — City of Jade Tseng Si-ming — Godspeed Xavier Jamaux — Three Du Wei — I Am Not Madame Bovary Zhang Jian — Soul on a String |
| Best Original Film Song "Arena Cahaya" — Ola Bola Composer： Zee Avi and Rendra Zawawi Lyrics: Zee Avi and Rendra Zawawi Performer： Zee Avi "(It’s Not A Crime) It’s Just What We Do" — Soul Mate Composer： Leah Dou Lyrics： Leah Dou Performer：Leah Dou "Love Without Words" — Hang in There, Kids! Composer： Baobu Badulu Lyrics： Laha Mebow, Yinguyu Yatauyungana Performer： Lin Yi-han "Sawadika" — Detective Chinatown Composer： Hu Tingyang Lyrics： Zhao Chenlong Performer: Nan Zheng Bei Zhan "It’s Cold Without Your Love" — Big Fish & Begonia Composer： Kiyoshi Yoshida Lyrics： Liang Xuan Performer： Lala Hsu | Best Film Editing Allen Leung and David Richardson — Trivisa Lin Wan-yu — Small Talk Kao Ming-sheng and Wang Ching-Yannick Dauby— The Tag-Along Cheung Ka-fai — Ip Man 3 Derek Hui, Li Dianshi, Zhou Xiaolin and Tan Xiang-yuan — Soul Mate |
| Best Sound Effects Fang Tao and Hao Zhiyu — Crosscurrent Huang Ya-li and Yannick Dauby — Le Moulin Joe Huang — Mountain Cry Xu Chen, Li Xiaodan, Gao Qiuhui and Ren Dong — The Summer Is Gone Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan — Soul on a String | Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Midi Z |
| Audience Choice Award I Am Not Madame Bovary | FIPRESCI Prize The Summer Is Gone |
| Piaget Award The Road to Mandalay | Lifetime Achievement Award Chang Yung-hsiang |