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Bodyguards and Assassins dominated the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) last night, 18th APR by sweeping a total of eight awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and five awards in movie technical categories. The movie is an 1906 action thriller about a scrappy team of volunteers who shepherd revolutionary Sun YatSen to a key meeting with his allies at Hong Kong, fending off scores of assassins dispatched by the China empress.

The Hong Kong Film Awards are recognized as the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong, as well as among the most respected in mainland China and Taiwan. It recognizes achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography. They are given annually to Hong Kong films which are not shorter than an hour and commercially released in Hong Kong within the previous calendar year.

This year, organizers observed a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the massive earthquake in China’s western Qinghai province last week. Also, there are a group of young boys paid tribute to late kung fu star Bruce Lee ahead of what would have been his 70th birthday on 27th NOV by donning his trademark yellow jumpsuit and performing with nunchakus, two-stick weapons he popularized in the West.

Following is the full list of winners in this year’s gala:

• Best Film: Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Director: Teddy Chen – Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Actor: Simon Yam – Echoes of the Rainbow
• Best Actress: Wai YingHong – At the End of Daybreak
• Best Supporting Actor: Nicholas Tse – Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Ye – Accident
• Best New Performer: Aarif Lee – Echoes of the Rainbow
• Best Screenplay: Echoes of the Rainbow
• Best Cinematographer: Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Film Editing: Overheard
• Best Art Direction: Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Costume & Makeup Design: Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Action Choreography: Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Original Film Score: Bodyguards and Assassins
• Best Sound Design: Red Cliff II
• Best Visual Effects: The Storm Warriors
• Best Original Film Song: Echoes of the Rainbow – Echoes of the Rainbow
• Best New Director: Cheung KingWai – KJ: Music and Life
• Best Asian Film: Departures (Japan)
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Lau KarLeung
• Professional Merit Award: Cho Lam