# 16th Golden Horse Awards

The 16th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第16屆金馬獎) took place on November 2, 1979, at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film The Story of a Small Town Legend of the Mountain (runner-up) Drunken Master (runner-up - mention) A Teacher of Great Soldiers (runner-up - mention) The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (runner-up - mention) The Avenging Eagle (runner-up - mention) Fly Up With Love (runner-up - mention) A Special Smile (runner-up) Gone with Honor (runner-up) Love in Chilly Spring (runner-up) Off to Success (runner-up) Killing Does Not Pay (runner-up - mention) | Best Documentary Nu Chao Peng Pai Bei Gang Niu Xu (runner-up) Tai Wan De Hu Die (runner-up) Min Zu Wen Hua De Suo Ying — Jin Men (runner-up) Guo Shi Ying (runner-up) Chong Man Xi Wang De Yi Dai (runner-up - mention) Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Qi Nian Guo Qing Yue Bing (runner-up - mention) Beautiful Formosa (runner-up - mention) Guo Ji Tian Jing Yao Qing Sai (runner-up - mention) Qing Zhu Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Qi Nian Guo Qing (runner-up - mention) |
| Best Animation – Runner Up Xing Fu Zhang Wo Zai Nin Shou Zhong | Best Director King Hu — Legend of the Mountain Li Hsing — The Story of a Small Town Tu Chung-hsun — A Special Smile |
| Best Leading Actor Ko Chun-hsiung — A Teacher of Great Soldiers Shih Chun — Legend of the Mountain Liang Hsiu-shen — Love in Chilly Spring | Best Leading Actress Joan Lin — The Story of a Small Town Sibelle Hu — A Special Smile Hsu Feng — Legend of the Mountain |
| Best Supporting Actor Han Su — A Special Smile Yuen Siu-tien — Drunken Master Chiang Ming — The Story of a Small Town | Best Supporting Actress Shen Shih-hua — Fly Up with Love Terry Hu — Rainbow in My Heart Gua Ah-leh — Love in Chilly Spring |
| Best Child Star Chen Jun-jie — The Story of a Small Town Lien Chen-fan — A Special Smile | Best Original Screenplay Chang Yung-hsiang — The Story of a Small Town Lin Huang-kun — Love in Chilly Spring Sung Hsiang-ju — A Special Smile |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Li Han-hsiang — The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung Hsiao Yeh — Off to Success Lin Chin-wei — Killing Does Not Pay | Best Cinematography Chen Chun-chieh — Legend of the Mountain Chen Kun-hou — The Story of a Small Town Liao Ching-song — Love in Chilly Spring |
| Best Film Editing Chiang Hsing-lung — The Avenging Eagle Hsiao Nan — Legend of the Mountain Wang Chi-yang — Off to Success | Best Art Direction King Hu — Legend of the Mountain Tsai Cheng-pin — The Story of a Small Town Chou Chih-liang — Love in Chilly Spring |
| Best Film Score Wu Ta-chiang — Legend of the Mountain Weng Ching-hsi — The Story of a Small Town Li Tai-hsiang — A Special Smile | Best Original Film Song "Huan Yan" — A Special Smile Composer： Li Tai-hsiang Lyrics: Shen Lv-bai "Cheng Gong Ling Shang" — Off to Success Composer： Lo Ming-dao Lyrics： Zhuang Nu "No Soil, No Flower" — Love in Chilly Spring Composer： Lin Chia-ching Lyrics： Lin Huang-kun |
| Best Sound Recording Chou Shao-lung — Legend of the Mountain Wang Jung-fang — The Story of a Small Town Hsin Chiang-sheng — Off to Success | Best Cinematography for Documentary Wang Chu-chin - Tai Wan De Hu Die Peng Chun-tien — Bei Gang Niu Xu Lo Jung-pen — Guo Shi Ying |
| Best Planning for Documentary Hung Lao-tien — Bei Gang Niu Xu Lei Chi-ming — Guo Shi Ying Chao Chi-pin — Nu Chao Peng Pai | Best Director for Animated Film (no winner) Huang Mu-tsun — Xing Fu Zhang Wo Zai Nin Shou Zhong |