SECOND PLACE IS FIRST PLACE FOR LOSERS

Hong Kong's Golden Bauhinia Awards were distributed on their tenth anniversary and the list of winners looks like a journey into the land that time forgot, with the categories full of movies from 2005 that I had forgotten were even released (like CRAZY N THE CITY). I'm so used to China living in the future that I forgot they also had a past. So here's the winners, a veritable trip down memory lane:

Best Film: ELECTION
Best Director: Peter Chan, PERHAPS LOVE
Best Actor: Simon Yam, ELECTION
Best Actress: Zhou Xun, PERHAPS LOVE
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Wong, INITIAL D
Best Supporting Actress, Teresa Mo, 2 YOUNG
Best Screenplay: CRAZY N THE CITY and ELECTION

Best New Actor: Isabella Leong, ISABELLA

And my favorite category:
Best Idea for a Film: RE-CYCLE

And it's not just Hong Kong handing out the awards. This past weekend also saw viewers trying to choose between watching the Golden Bauhinia Awards and the 19th Malaysian Film Festival Ceremony. With only a fistful of real contenders to choose from, the jury went with Yasmin Ahmad's GUBRA (the follow-up to her other award-winner, SEPET) which won "Best Film", "Best Screenplay" and "Best Actress". Shuhaimi Baba won "Best Director" for his horror flick PONTIANAK HARUM SUNDAL MALAM 2, as well as "Best Art Direction" and "Best Theme Song". Director Afdlin Shauki won "Best Supporting Actor" for his role in his own movie BULI BALIK. 

(Thanks to MonkeyPeaches)