# 50th Golden Horse Awards

The 50th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第50屆金馬獎) took place on November 23, 2013 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film Ilo Ilo A Touch of Sin The Grandmaster Stray Dogs Drug War | Best Documentary Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above Bridge over Troubled Water Pusu Qhuni Boundary Revelation |
| Best Short Film Butter Lamp Downstream The Busy Young Psychic A Breath from the Bottom | Best Animation Feature - |
| Best Director Tsai Ming-liang — Stray Dogs Chung Mong-hong — Soul Jia Zhangke — A Touch of Sin Wong Kar-wai — The Grandmaster Johnnie To — Drug War | Best New Director Anthony Chen — Ilo Ilo Zhao Wei — So Young Sunny Luk and Longman Leung — Cold War Juno Mak — Rigor Mortis Hsu Chao-jen — Together |
| Best Leading Actor Lee Kang-sheng — Stray Dogs Jimmy Wang Yu — Soul Tony Leung Chiu-wai — The Grandmaster Nick Cheung — Unbeatable Tony Leung Ka-fai — Cold War | Best Leading Actress Zhang Ziyi — The Grandmaster Cherry Ngan — The Way We Dance Gwei Lun-mei — Christmas Rose Shu Qi — Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Sammi Cheng — Blind Detective |
| Best Supporting Actor Li Xuejian — Back to 1942 Chen Tianwen — Ilo Ilo Eddie Peng — Unbeatable Huang Bo — Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Tong Dawei — American Dreams in China | Best Supporting Actress Yeo Yann Yann — Ilo Ilo Crystal Lee — Unbeatable Siu Yam-yam — Tales from the Dark 1 Lin Mei-hsiu — To My Dear Granny Xue Hong — Longing for the Rain |
| Best New Performer Kuo Shu-yao — Step Back to Glory Koh Jia Ler — Ilo Ilo Yang Liang-yu — A Time in Quchi Huang Shao-yang — Together Dong Zijian — Young Style | Best Original Screenplay Anthony Chen — Ilo Ilo Jia Zhangke — A Touch of Sin Chu Yu-ning — To My Dear Granny Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ray Chan and Yu Xi — Drug War Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji and Aubrey Lam — American Dreams in China |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Li Qiang — So Young Liu Zhenyun — Back to 1942 Stephen Chow, Derek Kwok, Jiro Lee and Y. Y. Kong — Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons | Best Cinematography Philippe Le Sourd — The Grandmaster Nakashima Nagao — Soul Lü Yue — Back to 1942 Yu Lik-wai — A Touch of Sin Liao Pen-jung, Shong Woon-chong, Lu Qing-xin — Stray Dogs |
| Best Visual Effects Pierre Buffin — The Grandmaster Chang Hong-song — Back to 1942 Lee In-ho, Kim Jong-pil, Ken Law Wai-ho and Wing Tsang — Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Enoch Chan — Rigor Mortis Chas Chau Chi-shing, Lewis Chan Chi-ho, Johnny Lin and Shaun Su — When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep | Best Art Direction William Chang and Alfred Yau — The Grandmaster Chao Shih-hao — Soul Shi Haiying — Back to 1942 Li Yang — So Young Penny Tsai Pei-ling — When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep |
| Best Makeup & Costume Design William Chang — The Grandmaster Timmy Yip — Back to 1942 Bruce Yu and Lee Pik-kwan — Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Miggy Cheng, Phoebe Wong, Heidi Chun and Kittichon Kunratchol — Rigor Mortis Dora Ng — American Dreams in China | Best Action Choreography Jackie Chan, He Jun and JC Stunt Team — CZ12 Shing Mak — The Way We Dance Yuen Woo-ping — The Grandmaster Tony Ling Chi-wah — Unbeatable Stephen Chow and Ku Huen-chiu — Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons |
| Best Original Film Score Lim Giong — A Touch of Sin Ricky Ho and Nolay Piho — Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above Patrick Jonsson — Bends Wu Rui-ran — A Time in Quchi Owen Wang — Zone Pro Site | Best Original Film Song "I Love You" — Rock Me to the Moon Composer: Spark Chen Lyrics: Spark Chen Performer: Sleepy Dads "Make a Film" — Forever Love Composer: Ah Di-zai and Liao Wei-chieh Lyrics: Ah Di-zai Performer: One Two Free "To Youth" — So Young Composer: Dou Peng Lyrics: Li Qiang Performer: Faye Wong "Jin Ma Mo Un" — Zone Pro Site Composer: Ma Nien-hsien Lyrics: Ma Nien-hsien Performer: Lin Mei-hsiu "Old Love Song" — Together Composer: Suming Lyrics: Sonia Sui and Suming Performer: Kenny Bee |
| Best Film Editing Matthieu Laclau and Lin Xudong — A Touch of Sin William Chang, Benjamin Courtines and Poon Hung-yiu — The Grandmaster Azrael Chung — Unbeatable David M. Richardson and Allen Leung Chin-lun — Drug War Xiao Yang — American Dreams in China | Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih and Kuo Li-chi — Soul Wu Shu-yao and Lee Yu-chih — Pusu Qhuni Robert Mackenzie and Traithep Wongpaiboon — The Grandmaster Phyllis Cheng — Unbeatable Tu Duu-chih, Kuo Li-chi and Mark Ford — Stray Dogs |
| Audience Choice Award The Grandmaster Ilo Ilo A Touch of Sin Stray Dogs Drug War | FIPRESCI Prize (award for first and second features) Rigor Mortis |
| NETPAC Award (award for feature films by Asian new talent) Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy |
| Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Yeh Jufeng Tsai Ming-hsiu Liao Ching-sung | Lifetime Achievement Award Chen Chen |