Chung Suet Ying was recently named Best Actress, besting other veteran contenders for the accolade at the recently held prestigious 61st Golden Horse Awards.
The Hong Kong actress defeated stars like Sandra Ng and Patra Au in her performance as a deaf girl in “The Way We Talk”, and expressed, “I am a person who loves movies. Thank you to every nominee, because you are all the people I have watched since I was a child. Because of your continuous efforts, I fell in love with movies.”
Then she put down her trophy and in sign language, she expressed, “Thank you to my friends who helped me with sign language. This is a story about deaf people in Hong Kong. Without your help, I could not complete the film.”
The 61st Golden Horse Awards winners (partial) are as follows:
Best Narrative Feature: “An Unfinished Film”
Best Director: Lou Ye (“An Unfinished Film)
Best Leading Actor: Zhang Zhiyong (“Bel Ami”)
Best Leading Actress: Chung Suet Ying (“The Way We Talk”)
Best Supporting Actress: Yang Kuei-mei (“Yen and Ai-Lee”)
Best Supporting Actor: Shih Ming-shuai (“GATAO: Like Father Like Son”)
Best New Performer: Cheng Feifei (“BIG”)
Best Action Choreography: Teddy Ray Huang (“Dead Talents Society”)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wang Xiaoshuai (“Above the Dust”)
Best Original Screenplay: Huang Xi (“Daughter’s Daughter”)
Best Original Film Score: Thomas Foguenne (“Stranger Eyes”)
Best Original Film Song: Chen Hong-ren and Joanna Wang (“Dead Talents Society”)
Best Cinematography: Wang Weihua (“Bel Ami”)
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year: LI Si-jian
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Lin Wen-chin
Cheng Pei-pei
