After bagging the Best Film award given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in January, the crime thriller “Trivisa” swept awards again at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday. The event was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Center.
Sweep of Awards
Besides the Best Film Award, the movie’s directors, Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong, also bagged the Best Director Award, Global Times reported. The Best Actor Award went to Lam Ka-tung, also from “Trivisa,” a movie composed of three short films about the three most famous criminals in Hong Kong.
But the Best Actress Award went to Kara Wai for her performance in “Happiness.” The film is about Alzheimer’s disease which Kara’s mother suffered from. The actress said she hopes the movie would bring more public attention to the ailment.
Other awards garnered by “Trivisa” were the Best Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It was the first Best Actor Award for Lam Ka-tung who portrayed the 1990s king of thieves in one of the trilogies. It was the second Best Director Award for Jevons Au who directed the Best Film “Ten Years” at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2016, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
New Generation of Filmmakers
The Sunday awards night marked the triumph of a new generation of filmmakers. Also winners are Wong Chun, director of “Mad World,” and Steve Chan, director of “Weeds on Fire.” The two movies, produced at the cost of $257,000 each, won the First Film Initiative Award. Their funding came from CreateHK, a department of the Hong Kong government.
Besides the Best Director Award of Wong Chun, Eric Tsang and Elaine Jin, won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress Awards, respectively.