'Seediq Bale' wins Golden Equine

BEIJING -- Hong Kong and Taiwan centered the Golden Equine Film Honours, the finest Chinese-language kudofest, with Taiwan's foreign-language Oscar entry, "Gamers in the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," winning best film, and Ann Hui's "A Simple Existence," Hong Kong's foreign-language entry, taking helmer, actress and actor honours. "I am thrilled to win -- I am hoping I won't have a very stroke," "Simple Existence" helmer Ann Hui told a ceremony in Hsinchu, Northern Taiwan. Best actress visited veteran Hong Kong thesp Deanie Ip, who also won best actress at Venice in September on her behalf role inside the film. "A Simple Existence" handles the bond between an ageing domestic assistant, carried out by Ip, and her employer, carried out by Andy Lau, who won best actor. "If only by way of thanking Andy Lau and Ann Hui for giving me this chance as of this age," mentioned the 63-year-old Ip. Lau mentioned the honours needs to be a rallying demand the Hong Kong film biz to emulate individuals of Taiwan, that's showing strong signs and signs and symptoms of revival. The honours reflected the changing dynamic in the Chinese-language film biz. In the 22 groups granted, 10 were won by five Hong Kong-Where you live now China co-productions. Six Taiwanese films won in nine groups, while one Hong Kong film needed home three honours. Hui needed the most effective helmer prize before Wei Te-sheng, who had previously been hotly expected for "Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng's $24 million pic, probably the most pricey film in Taiwan's history. Additionally to best pic, some 1/2-hour "Seediq Bale" needed several technical honours. Pic shows the Wushe Incident, a 1930 uprising by aboriginal Seediq gamers in the Japanese when Taiwan was colonized. Where you live now Chinese helmer Jiang Wen have been broadly prone to sweep the honours, but ultimately his "Permit the Bullets Fly" needed the cinematography and modified script honours. The fest has two worldwide honours. The FIPRESCI Award visited Zhang Meng's "The Piano inside the Factory," because the NETPAC award visited Malaysian Dain Said's "Bunohan." Peter Ho-Sun Chan's fighting styles drama "Wu Xia" needed three honours for choreography, visual effects and art direction. The Golden Equine honours exist in self-ruled Taiwan as well as the jury includes Taiwanese, where you live now Chinese and Hong Kong idol idol judges. They judge Chinese-language films from Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and China, including Hong Kong and Macau. Films from Where you live now China were first permitted to sign up through the the 19 nineties. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com