# 31st Hong Kong Film Awards

The 31st Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place in Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 15 April 2012. The hosts for the awards ceremony are Eric Tsang, Bowie Tsang, Gordon Lam, Ronald Cheng and Angelababy. TVB, Now TV and RTHK Radio 2 were the live broadcasters of the ceremony, with other networks airing simulcasts around the world.
The film A Simple Life won five of its major nominations (film, director, screenplay, actor, actress). Deanie Ip became the oldest Best Actress Award-winner in the history of Hong Kong Film Awards. Ann Hui has now won four Best Director Awards, the most in awards history.
Let the Bullets Fly directed by Jiang Wen and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate directed by Tsui Hark dominated the nominations in 13 categories, including Best Film and Best Director. Individually, Jiang Wen got nominated in four categories (director, actor, screenplay, film editing).

## Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film Roger Lee, Ann Hui and Chan Pui-wah — A Simple Life‡ Johnnie To — Life without Principle Tsui Hark — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Derek Yee — Overheard 2 Ma Ke, Albert Lee, Yin Homber, Barbie Tung and Zhao Haicheng — Let the Bullets Fly | Best Director Ann Hui — A Simple Life‡ Johnnie To — Life without Principle Tsui Hark — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Alan Mak and Felix Chong — Overheard 2 Jiang Wen — Let the Bullets Fly |
| Best Screenplay Susan Chan — A Simple Life‡ Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan and Jevons Au — Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Milkyway Creative Team, Au Kin-Yee and Wong King-Fai — Life without Principle Alan Mak and Felix Chong — Overheard 2 | Best Actor Andy Lau — A Simple Life‡ Sean Lau — Life without Principle Sean Lau — Overheard 2 Jiang Wen — Let the Bullets Fly Ge You — Let the Bullets Fly |
| Best Actress Deanie Ip — A Simple Life‡ Shu Qi — A Beautiful Life Tang Wei — Wu Xia Gao Yuanyuan — Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Zhou Xun — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate | Best Supporting Actor Lo Hoi-pang — Life without Principle‡ Paul Chiang — A Simple Life Nicholas Tse — Shaolin Kenneth Tsang — Overheard 2 Jimmy Wang — Wu Xia |
| Best Supporting Actress So Hang Shuen — Life without Principle‡ Kara Wai — Wu Xia Qin Hailu — A Simple Life Gwei Lun-mei — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Carina Lau — Let the Bullets Fly | Best New Performer Jam Hsiao — The Killer Who Never Kills‡ Shiga Lin — Lan Kwai Fong Zheng Shuang — Mural Karena Ng — Magic to Win Sheng Chien — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate |
| Best Cinematography Jake Pollock and Lai Yiu-fai — Wu Xia‡ Yu Lik-wai — A Simple Life Johnny Choi — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Anthony Pun — Overheard 2 Zhao Fei — Let the Bullets Fly | Best Film Editing Yau Chi-Wai — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate‡ Derek Hui — Wu Xia David M. Richardson — Life without Principle Curran Pang — Overheard 2 Jiang Wen and Cao Wei Jie — Let the Bullets Fly |
| Best Art Direction Kenneth Yee and Lau Man-Hung — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate‡ Kenneth Yee and Lau Man-Hung — Shaolin Daniel Lee — White Vengeance Eddy Wong, Yu Qing Hua and Gao Yi Guang — Let the Bullets Fly | Best Costume Make Up Design William Chang — Let the Bullets Fly‡ Dora Ng — Wu Xia Ng Po-Ling — Mural Lai Hsuan-Wu — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Eddy Mok and Debby Wong — White Vengeance |
| Best Action Choreography Yuen Bun, Lan Hai-Han and Sun Jiankui — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate‡ Donnie Yen — Wu Xia Cory Yuen, Yuen Tak and Li Chung-Chi — Shaolin Sit Chun-Wai and Li Chung-Chi — Let the Bullets Fly | Best Original Film Score Comfort Chan, Peter Kam and Chatchai Pongprapaphan — Wu Xia‡ Comfort Chan — A Beautiful Life Wu Wai-Lap, Li Han-Chiang and Gu Xin — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Henry Lai Wan-man — White Vengeance Comfort Chan — Overheard 2 |
| Best Original Film Song Leung Sum Fa — Hi, Fidelity‡ Composer: Jun Kung Lyricist: Calvin Poon Singer: Sandy Lam Chuo Guo Le Di Zi — A Beautiful Life Composer, Lyricist and Singer: Ivana Wong Mi Zou Jiang Wu — Wu Xia Composer, Lyricist and Singer: Dou Wei Ng — Shaolin Composer: Q.luv Lyricist and Singer: Andy Lau Shui Man Jin Shan — Life without Principle Composer and Singer: Yue Wei Lyricist: Lin Xi | Best Sound Design Kim Suk-won (sound designer) — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate‡ Nopawat Likitwong and Traithep Wongpaiboon — Wu Xia Phyllis Cheng and Lam Siu-yu — White Vengeance Kinson Tsang — Overheard 2 Wen Bo and Wang Gang — Let the Bullets Fly |
| Best Visual Effects Wook Kim, Josh Cole and Frankie Chung — Flying Swords of Dragon Gate‡ Ryu Hee Jung, Eddy Wong and Law Wai-Ho — The Sorcerer and the White Snake Yung Kwok-Yin and Andy Kang — Wu Xia Christopher Bremble — Mural Victor Wong and Xie Yi Wen — Let the Bullets Fly | Best New Director Tsang Tsui Shan — Big Blue Lake‡ Calvin Poon — Hi, Fidelity Bill Yip — Cure |
| Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan Giddens Ko — You Are the Apple of My Eye ‡ Zhang Yimou — The Flowers of War Feng Xiaogang — If You Are the One 2 Tom Lin Shu-yu — Starry Starry Night Wei Te-sheng — Seediq Bale |

## Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
| Name | Gender | Occupation(s) | Reason |
| Ni Kuang | Male | novelist, screenwriter | He has written over 300 scripts including One-Armed Swordsman and Fist of Fury. His achievements of the field of screenwriting are extraordinary. Thus, his driving force for the development of Hong Kong film industry is important. |
Professional Achievement Award :
| Name | Gender | Occupation(s) | Reason |
| Fong Ho Yuen | Male | stills cinematographer | He has worked for over 80 films in about 40 years. He is a very dedicated person and his spirit should be learnt by other people. |

## Presenters

Best Film
* Tony Leung Ka-fai
Best Director
* Peter Chan
Best Screenplay
* Kam Kwok-leung
Best Actor
* Sandra Ng
* Carina Lau
Best Actress
* Anthony Wong
Best Supporting Actor
* Andy Lau
Best Supporting Actress
* Shawn Yue
* Gao Yuanyuan
Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing
* Julian Cheung
* Shu Qi
Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Makeup Design
* Philip Chan
* John Shum
Best Action Choreography
* Chin Kar-lok
* Kara Hui
Best Sound Design, Best Visual Effects
* Pang Ho-cheung
* Yang Mi
Best Original Film Score, Best Original Film Song
* Coco Lee
Best New Director
* Giddens Ko
* Michelle Chen
* Kai Ko
Best New Performer
* Jim Chim
Best Film of Mainland and Taiwan
* Hou Hsiao-hsien
* Ng See-yuen
* Li Siao-hung
Lifetime Achievement Award
* Tsui Hark
Professional Achievement Award
* Sammo Hung

## Films with awards and nominations

These films has received one nomination or more at the awards:
* 13 : Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Let the Bullets Fly
* 12 : Wu Xia
* 9 : Overheard 2
* 8 : A Simple Life, Life without Principle
* 4 : Shaolin, White Vengeance
* 3 : A Beautiful Life, Mural
* 2 : Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Hi, Fidelity, The Sorcerer and the White Snake
* 1 : Cure, If You Are the One 2, Lan Kwai Fong, Magic to Win, Starry Starry Night, Big Blue Lake, The Flowers of War, The Killer Who Never Kills, Seediq Bale, You Are the Apple of My Eye

### Note

    a^ : Although Wu Xia receives 12 nominations, the categories it gets nominated are of acting or technical skills.
    b^ : A Simple Life gets nominated in all major categories (film, director, screenplay, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, cinematography).
    c^ ^ ^ ^ ^ : The tagged films are from mainland China or Taiwan so they can compete for only 1 award (Best Film of Mainland and Taiwan).