The city’s highest-grossing Chinese-language movie, The Last Dance, emerged as a big winner at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday evening, while kung fu smash hit Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In took the top prize.
The ceremony culminated in Twilight of the Warriors claiming the award for best film, while the best actor and actress prizes went to Sean Lau Ching-wan and Michelle Wai Sze-nga.
Soi Cheang Pou-soi, 52, was named best director, for Twilight, for the second year in a row after taking the prize for Mad Fate in 2024.
“Twilight may not have been my most sought-after theme [for a movie], but when I received the order, I tried my very best,” he told the audience at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.
“I still believe in Hong Kong filmmakers, and that they will be able to continue making unique films with local flair.”
The film depicts a young man’s accidental entry into the notorious Kowloon Walled City in 1980s Hong Kong.
