# 17th Golden Horse Awards

The 17th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第17屆金馬獎) took place on November 3, 1980 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film Good Morning, Taipei The Legend of the Six Dynasty (runner-up) The Pioneers (runner-up - mention) The Heroes (runner-up - mention) Free or Die (runner-up - mention) Those Days in the Heaven (runner-up - mention) The Battle of Guningtou (runner-up - mention) Magnificent 72 (runner-up) The Secret (runner-up) The Orientation (runner-up) Story of a Repentant Juvenile (runner-up) The Giant of Casino (runner-up - mention) | Best Documentary Ancient House - Chinese Traditional Architecture Guo Ju Yi Shu (runner-up) Zuo Gu Lian Ti Nan Ying Fen Ge Shou Shu (runner-up) Shi Da Jian She Zhi Yi Di Gao Su Gong Lu Gong Cheng (runner-up - mention) War of the Century (runner-up - mention) Departure Herald and Return Clearing (runner-up - mention) Traditional Town - Meinong (runner-up - mention) Wu Tai Chun Xiao (runner-up - mention) |
| Best Animation (runner-up) Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Ding Ding Meng You Ji 丁丁夢遊記 | Best Director Wang Chu-chin — The Legend of the Six Dynasty Ann Hui — The Secret Ting Shan-hsi — Magnificent 72 |
| Best Leading Actor Wang Kuan-hsiung — Free or Die Wang Dao — The Pioneers Ti Lung — The Heroes | Best Leading Actress Hsu Feng — The Pioneers Brigitte Lin — Magnificent 72 Sylvia Chang — Free or Die |
| Best Supporting Actor Heung Wan-pang — The Orientation Li Hsiao-fei — Gunshot At 6 in the Morning Chiang Ming — Good Morning, Taipei | Best Supporting Actress Shao Pei-ling — Free or Die Chen Chiu-yen — Lover on the Wave Yang Jo-lan — To You with Love |
| Best Child Star Lin Hsiao-lao — The Orientation Huang Ying-hsun — The Beloved Grass Chen Jun-jie — Good Morning, Taipei | Best Original Screenplay Sung Hsiang-ju — To You with Love Wang Chu-chin and Kuan Yun-loong — The Legend of the Six Dynasty Joyce Chan — The Secret |
| Best Adapted Screenplay Liu Cheng-chien — The Giant of Casino Hou Hsiao-hsien — Good Morning, Taipei Chang Yung-hsiang and Chang Yi — The Pioneers | Best Cinematography David Chung — The Secret Wang Chu-chin — Those Days in the Heaven Lin Wen-chin — The Pioneers |
| Best Film Editing Hamilton Yu — The Secret Peter Cheung — The Young Master Yu Siu-fung and Chiang Hsing-lung — The Kung Fu Instructor | Best Art Direction Chang Chi-ping — The Pioneers Yuan Kuang-ming — Those Days in the Heaven Chang Pei-shing — The Orientation |
| Best Original Film Score (no winner) Yang Ping-chung — Magnificent 72 Wong Mau-san — The Legend of the Six Dynasty Wang Chu-chin — Those Days in the Heaven | Best Original Film Song (no winner) "Good Morning, Taipei" — Good Morning, Taipei Composer： Weng Ching-hsi Lyrics: Sun Yi "Big Rooster" — The Orientation Composer： Wen Lung-chun Lyrics: Chang Pei-shing "Blood-Stained Flowers" — Magnificent 72 Composer： Yang Ping-chung Lyrics: Ting Shan-hsi |
| Best Sound Recording Hsin Chiang-sheng — The Battle of Guningtou Lin Kun-chi — The Legend of the Six Dynasty Wang Yung-fang — Magnificent 72 | Best Cinematography for Documentary Chang Chao-tang - Ancient House - Chinese Traditional Architecture Lai Yung-hsin — Guo Ju Yi Shu Chang Chao-tang — Traditional Town - Meinong |
| Best Planning for Documentary Lee Shu-chin — Guo Ju Yi Shu Teng Wei-hsing — War of the Century Hung Lao-tien — Traditional Town - Meinong | Best Director for Animated Film (no winner) Tsai Ming-chin — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Huang Mu-tsun — Ding Ding Meng You Ji 丁丁夢遊記 |
| Merit Award for Planning The Battle of Guningtou |