# 55th Golden Horse Awards

The 55th Golden Horse Awards (Chinese: 第55屆金馬獎) took place on November 17, 2018 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 2017 and 2018. The ceremony was hosted by Matilda Tao and televised by TTV.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Feature Film An Elephant Sitting Still Dear Ex Shadow Dying to Survive Long Day's Journey into Night | Best Documentary Our Youth in Taiwan Four Springs Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story 24th Street Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella |
| Best Animation Feature On Happiness Road Cats and Peachtopia A Dog's Life | Best Live Action Short Film A Final Reunion 02-06 Temporary Brotherhood My World |
| Best Animated Short Film Where Am I Going? Si So Mi Infidelity Muteum Kin's Hair | Best Director Zhang Yimou — Shadow Bi Gan — Long Day's Journey into Night Jiang Wen — Hidden Man Pema Tseden — Jinpa Lou Ye — The Shadow Play |
| Best Leading Actor Xu Zheng — Dying to Survive Duan Yihong — The Looming Storm Roy Chiu — Dear Ex Deng Chao — Shadow Peng Yuchang — An Elephant Sitting Still | Best Leading Actress Hsieh Ying-hsuan — Dear Ex Sun Li — Shadow Zhao Tao — Ash Is Purest White Zeng Meihuizi — Three Husbands Zhou Xun — Last Letter |
| Best Supporting Actor Ben Yuen — Tracey Lee Hong-chi — Cities of Last Things Cheng Jen-shuo — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Zhang Yu — Dying to Survive Tian Zhuangzhuang — Us and Them | Best Supporting Actress Ding Ning — Cities of Last Things Kara Hui — Tracey Xu Qing — Hidden Man Phoebe Huang — Dad's Suit Zhang Zifeng — Last Letter |
| Best New Director Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen — Dear Ex Rene Liu — Us and Them Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still | Best New Performer Si Pangoyod — Long Time No Sea Joseph Huang — Dear Ex Hsieh Chang-ying — Cities of Last Things Zhang Zaixing — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Fu Meng-po — Father to Son |
| Best Original Screenplay Han Jianü, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm Lu Shih-yuan and Mag Hsu — Dear Ex Ho Wi Ding — Cities of Last Things Shunji Iwai — Last Letter | Best Adapted Screenplay Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still Sung Hsin-yin — On Happiness Road Li Wei and Zhang Yimou — Shadow Yuan Yuan, Ho Shing-ming, Pan Yu, An Wei and Rene Liu — Us and Them Pema Tseden — Jinpa |
| Best Cinematography Yao Hung-i, Dong Jinsong and David Chizallet — Long Day's Journey into Night Zhao Xiaoding — Shadow Nagao Nakashima — Xiao Mei Fan Chao — An Elephant Sitting Still Jake Pollock — The Shadow Play | Best Visual Effects Samson Wong — Shadow Ellen Poon — Monster Hunt 2 Wang Shaoshuai and Yang Yuejuan — Hidden Man Norio Ishii — Legend of the Demon Cat Chuck Chae, Park Young-soo, Hideaki Maegawa and Ji Myung-goo — Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings |
| Best Art Direction Ma Kwong-wing — Shadow Liu Qiang — The Looming Storm Liu Qing — Hidden Man Tu Nan and Lu Wei — Legend of the Demon Cat Hwarng Wern-ying and Wang Chih-cheng — Father to Son | Best Makeup & Costume Design Chen Minzheng — Shadow Liu Qiang and Li Hua — The Looming Storm Li Miao — Dying to Survive Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang and Zhang Shuping — Hidden Man Chen Tongxun — Legend of the Demon Cat |
| Best Action Choreography He Jun, Kenji Tanigaki and Yan Hua — Hidden Man Dee Dee — Shadow Kenji Tanigaki — Monster Hunt 2 Yuen Shun-yi — Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy Bruce Law and Norman Law — The Shadow Play | Best Original Film Score Lim Giong and Point Hsu — Long Day's Journey into Night Loudboy — Shadow Luming Lu — Xiao Mei Summer Lei and Chris Hou — Father to Son Hua Lun — An Elephant Sitting Still |
| Best Original Film Song "Bali Song" — Dear Ex Composer： Lee Ying-hung Lyrics： Lee Ying-hung Performer： Lee Ying-hung "Excuse You, Boss" — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Composer： Edsion JV Lyrics： Edsion JV Performer： Edsion JV "Light Echo" — Xiao Mei Composer： Lu Luming Lyrics： Lu Luming Performer： Sam Yang "Us" — Us and Them Composer： Chen Chien-chi Lyrics： David Ke Performer： Eason Chan "Keep the Heart Out of It" — Father to Son Composer： Summer Lei Lyrics： Summer Lei Performer： Summer Lei | Best Film Editing Lei Cheng-ching — Dear Ex Lu Qingyi, Zhou Xiaolin, Gao Ziyu and Jiang Yijun — Four Springs Fu Yue — Our Youth in Taiwan Jolin Zhu — Dying to Survive Liao Ching-sung and Kong Jinglei — Us and Them |
| Best Sound Effects Li Danfeng and Si Zhonglin — Long Day's Journey into Night Emma Long and Rocky Zhang — The Looming Storm Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan — Shadow Kuo Li-chi — Father to Son Fu Kang — The Shadow Play | Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Saburo Liu |
| Special Contribution Award Liao Ching-sung |