58th Golden Horse Awards

58th Golden Horse Awards
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 2021 poster
DateNovember 27, 2021
SiteSun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Hosted byAustin Lin
Organized byTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Highlights
Best Feature FilmThe Falls
Best DirectorClara Law
Drifting Petals
Best ActorChang Chen
The Soul
Best ActressAlyssa Chia
The Falls
Most awardsThe Falls (4)
Most nominationsDrifting (12)
Television in Taiwan
NetworkTTV

The 58th Golden Horse Awards (Chinese: 第58屆金馬獎) were held on November 27, 2021, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2020 and 2021.[1][2]

In the news

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee chief executive Wen Tien-hsiang [zh] announced that the Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Award goes to texture artist Frank Chen, who leads the Frank Creation Co., Ltd. that contributed to nine of the nominated films this year.[3]

During the awards show, Revolution of Our Times has received Best Documentary as both the judges and the audience were praised on this documentary film, awhile the filmmaker Kiwi Chow didn't attend the event that night, concerned for his security issues. Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen were also congrats on their win, calling the awards "home to all free artists."[4]

Winners and nominees

Best Live Action Short Film
  • Good Day
    • The Poem of Pakistan
    • Neko and Flies
    • my sister
    • All the Crows in the World
Best Documentary Short Film
  • In Their Teens
    • Nothing in the Cries of Cicadas
    • The Catch
    • The Night
    • Ning
Best Animated Short Film
  • The Magical Tracing
    • Butterfly Jam
    • Depths of Night
    • Girl in the Water
    • Paddy
Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction
  • Huang Mei-ching, Liang Shuo-lin, Liao Huei-li — The Soul
Best Makeup & Costume Design
  • Singing Lin, Hsiao Pai-chen, Liu Hsien-chia — Till We Meet Again
    • Jewel Yeh, Hsiao Pai-chen, Liu Hsien-chia — The Soul
    • Sung Kuan-yi — Treat or Trick
    • Albert Poon Yick-sum — Drifting
    • Hsu Li-wen — The Falls
  • Chan Man-fai, Chu Ke-feng, Feng Ren-zhi — Nezha
Best Original Film Score
Best Original Film Song
Best Sound Effects
  • R.T KAO, Chu Shih-yi — Till We Meet Again
    • Book Chien, Lee Yu-chih, Chen Jia-li — The Soul
    • Tang Hsiang-chu, Agnes Liu, Ning Tseng — Treat or Trick
    • Boom SUVAGONDHA, Steve Miller, Warat PRASERTLAP, Varut OPASWATANAKUL — Nezha
    • Tu Duu-chih, Chiang Yi-chen, Chen Kuan-ting — Terrorizers
Audience Choice Award
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
  • Frank Chen
Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Lin Tsan-ting
  • Tsai Yang-ming

References

  1. ^ "'Drifting' Leads Golden Horse Awards Race as Hong Kong Films Make Cautious Return". Variety. October 6, 2021. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Yen, William (25 November 2021). "58th Golden Horse Awards ceremony to take place Saturday". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "'Drifting' most nominated for Golden Horse". Taipei Times. October 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Chiang, Stephanie (November 28, 2021). "Hong Kong protest documentary wins at 'home to free artists' Golden Horse". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on November 28, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.