# 35th Golden Rooster Awards

The 35th Golden Rooster Awards (Chinese: 第35届中国电影金鸡奖) honored the best Chinese language films of 2021 and 2022. The award ceremony was held in Xiamen, Fujian, China, and broadcast by CCTV-6.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture | Best Director |
| The Battle at Lake Changjin Myth of Love Sniper Nice View Lighting Up the Stars My Country, My Parents | Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam for The Battle at Lake Changjin Longman Leung [zh] for Anita Wen Muye for Nice View Xue Xiaolu for Embrace Again Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo for Sniper |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Zhu Yilong for Lighting Up the Stars Shen Teng for Moon Man Wu Jing for The Battle at Lake Changjin Xu Zheng for Myth of Love Jackson Yee for Nice View | Xi Meijuan for Song of Spring Ni Ni for Yanagawa Louise Wong for Anita Yang Enyou for Lighting Up the Stars Yang Xiucuo [zh] for Black Tent |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Xin Baiqing for Yanagawa Chen Minghao [zh] for Be Somebody Yang Chengcheng for Goodbye! The Groundhog Zhou Yemang [zh] for Myth of Love Zhu Yawen for The Battle at Lake Changjin | Qi Xi for Nice View Han Xin for Peach Blossoms in Fan/ The Chanting Willows Liu Dan for Upcoming Summer Wu Yue for Myth of Love Yu Hui for A Man of the People |
| Best Writing | Best Editing |
| Shao Yihui for Myth of Love Lan Xiaolong [zh] and Huang Jianxin for The Battle at Lake Changjin Wang Xingdong [zh] for A Man of the People Zhang Lü for Yanagawa Zhou Chucen, Xiu Mengdi, Wen Muye, Han Xiaodan, and Zhong Wei for Nice View | Huang Qiongyi for Myth of Love Li Yongyi for Sniper Mai Zishan, Li Dianshi, and He Yongwei for The Battle at Lake Changjin Zhang Yifan and Kuang Zhiliang for Embrace Again Zhu Lin, Wei Yong, and Gaoqiong Jiali for Lighting Up the Stars |
| Best Cinematography | Best Art Direction |
| Zhao Xiaodong for Sniper Du Jie for Moon Man Liu Yin for Mozart from Space Wang Boxue for Nice View Zhao Yuqing for Lighting Up the Stars | Li Miao for Moon Man Li Anran for Be Somebody Lu Wei, Lin Weijian, He Zhiheng, Huo Tingxiao for The Battle at Lake Changjin Wang Kuo for Mozart from Space |
| Best Music | Best Sound Recording |
| Peng Fei for Moon Man Chen Xi and Dong Dongdong [zh] for Sniper Hualun Band for Before Next Spring [zh] Wang Zhiyi, Elliot Leung, and Li Ye for The Battle at Lake Changjin Zhong Zhirong and Zhang Zhaohong for Detective vs Sleuths | Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan for Sniper Du-Che Tu and Wu Shuyao for Anita Wang Gang and Liu Xiaosha for Lighting Up the Stars Wen Bo for Myth of Love Xie Yaozhan for Detective vs Sleuths |
| Best Directorial Debut | Best Low-budget Feature |
| Liu Jiangjiang for Lighting Up the Stars Li Geng for Before Next Spring [zh] Liuxun Zimo for Be Somebody Xing Wenxiong for Too Cool to Kill Yang Chengcheng for Goodbye! The Groundhog | Yanagawa Balintana Ox King Oroqen Hunter |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Children's Film |
| Boonie Bears: Back to Earth The First Superhero: Monkey King Goldbeak Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Dunk for Future Run, Tiger Run! | Goodbye! The Groundhog Potato Flavored Ice Cream So Long Summer Vacation Mozart from Space Echo to the Clouds |
| Best Chinese Opera Film | Best Documentary |
| Dunhuang Daughter The Story of Gu Wenchang The Gathering of Heroes: Borrowing the Easterly Cai Wenji Returns to Her Homeland Catch and Release Cao Cao | Remembering 1950 [zh] Hard Love Cheer Up, Folks Hear the Light To the Summit |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Special Jury Prize |
| Father Ice 2 We Made a Beautiful Bouquet [zh] Downton Abbey: A New Era The Banker | My Country, My Parents |