Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award

The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (Chinese: 香港電影評論學會大獎) are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong since 1994. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society. The transcript of each discussion can be found in the annual journal of Hong Kong film reviews which is published by the society every year.

The society presents the awards in a casual but star-studded ceremony. Over the years, several venues have been used for the awards presentation, including Planet Hollywood Restaurant (closed), Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, and Hong Kong Film Archive.

Awards ceremonies

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Year Ceremony Presenter Best Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Films of Merit Special Achievement Award
2023 Wai Ka-fai Mad Fate Jonathan Li
(Dust to Dust)
Sasha Chuk
(Fly Me to the Moon)
Wu Kang-ren
(Fly Me to the Moon)
Jennifer Yu
(In Broad Daylight)
Dust to Dust
Time Still Turns the Pages
To Be Continued
Fly Me to the Moon
In Broad Daylight
Elegies
The Goldfinger
The Lyricist Wannabe
2022 Alfred Cheung To My Nineteen Year Old Self Wai Ka-fai
(Detective vs Sleuths)
Lam Sum
(The Narrow Road)
Wai Ka-fai, Ray Chan, Mak Tin-shu
(Detective vs Sleuths)
Louis Cheung
(The Narrow Road)
Sammi Cheng
(Lost Love)
The Narrow Road
The Sunny Side of the Street
Lost Love
Detective vs Sleuths
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Table for Six
The Sparring Partner
Hong Kong Family
Warriors of Future
2021 Matthew Cheng Ching-hang [note 1] Limbo Benny Chan
(Raging Fire)
Ho Ching-yi, Gordon Lam
(Time)
Patrick Tse
(Time)
Cya Liu
(Limbo)
Raging Fire
Hand Rolled Cigarette
Time
Drifting
Caught in Time
Coffin Homes
Shock Wave 2
The Way We Keep Dancing
Anita
Zero to Hero
2020 Cecilia Wong Cheuknaam [note 1] Inside the Red Brick Wall Peter Chan
(Leap)
Kate Reilly, Leung Ming Kai
(Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down)
Gong Li
(Leap)
Keep Rolling
Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
3CM
Leap
One Second Champion
2019 John Chong Suk Suk Derek Tsang
(Better Days)
Norris Wong
(My Prince Edward)
Tai Bo
(Suk Suk)
Lau Chun-him
(Beyond The Dream)
Cecilia Choi
(Beyond The Dream)
Bamboo Theatre
My Prince Edward
The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes - The Greatest Jail-Breaker
The New King of Comedy
Beyond The Dream
Better Days
2018 Andy Lau Three Husbands Fruit Chan
(Three Husbands)
Oliver Chan Siu Kuen
(Still Human)
Anthony Wong Chau Sang
(Still Human)
Zeng Meihuizi
(Three Husbands)
Still Human
G Affairs
I've Got the Blues
A Family Tour
Project Gutenberg
2017 George Lam Our Time Will Come Sylvia Chang
(Love Education)
Xiong Zhaozheng, Maria Wong, Frankie Tam, MengZhang Wu
(God of War)
Yasuaki Kurata
(God of War)
Stephy Tang
(The Empty Hands)
God of War
Love Education
The Empty Hands
Always Be With You
Wu Kong
Lost in the Fumes
29 1
Paradox
2016 Michael Hui Trivisa Stephen Chow
(The Mermaid)
Wong Chun
(Mad World)
Florence Chan
(Mad World)
Gordon Lam
(Trivisa)
Zhou Dongyu
(Soul Mate)
Mad World
The Mermaid
Soul Mate
Weeds on Fire
Snuggle
See You Tomorrow
2015 Teddy Robin Port of Call Tsui Hark
(The Taking of Tiger Mountain)
Sylvia Chang, Yukihiko Kageyama
(Murmur of the Hearts)
Michael Ning
(Port of Call)
Jessie Li
(Port of Call)
The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Murmur of the Hearts
Ten Years
SPL II: A Time for Consequences
Office
Keeper of Darkness
She Remembers, He Forgets
2014 Paw Hee-Ching The Midnight After Fruit Chan
(The Midnight After)
Zhang Ji
(Dearest)
Wai Ka-fai, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi
(Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2)
Lau Ching-Wan
(Overheard 3)
Zhao Wei
(Dearest)
Dearest
The Golden Era
Overheard 3
Kung Fu Jungle
The Crossing
That Demon Within
Dot 2 Dot
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Sara
2013 Raymond Chow The Grandmaster Johnnie To
(Drug War)
Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Chan Wai Bun, Yu Xi
(Drug War)
Nick Cheung
(Unbeatable)
Zhang Ziyi
(The Grandmaster)
Drug War
Unbeatable
Ip Man: The Final Fight
The Way We Dance
Blind Detective
Rigor Mortis
2012 Law Lan Motorway Cheang Pou-soi
(Motorway)
Dante Lam
(The Viral Factor)
Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Chan Wai Bun, Au Man-Kit
(Romancing in Thin Air)
Chapman To
(Diva)
Love Lifting
The Viral Factor
One Tree Three Lives
My Sassy Hubby
Romancing in Thin Air
The Bullet Vanishes
The Four
The Pork of Music
2011 Ng See Yuen A Simple Life Jiang Wen
(Let the Bullets Fly)
Yau Nai-Hoi, Yip Tin-Shing, Ben Wong, Jeff Cheung
(Life Without Principle)
Lau Ching-Wan
(Life Without Principle)
Deanie Ip
(A Simple Life)
Life Without Principle
Overheard 2
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Let the Bullets Fly
White Vengeance
Big Blue Lake
2010 awards Johnnie To Gallants Su Chao-pin
(Reign of Assassins)
Ivy Ho
(Crossing Hennessy)
Teddy Robin
(Gallants)
Miriam Yeung
(Perfect Wedding)
Reign of Assassins
Crossing Hennessy
The Stool Pigeon
Breaking the Willow
La Comédie humaine
Like a Dream
Love in a Puff (film)
2009 Eric Tsang KJ: Music and Life Alan Mak, Felix Chong
(Overheard)
Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee
(Written By)
Wang Xueqi
(Bodyguards and Assassins)
Kara Hui
(At the End of Daybreak)
Written By
Prince of Tears
Overheard
Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms
Shinjuku Incident
Glamorous Youth
Bodyguards and Assassins
2008 Derek Yee The Way We Are Ann Hui
(The Way We Are)
Ivy Ho
(Claustrophobia)
Nick Cheung
(Beast Stalker)
Paw Hee-Ching
(The Way We Are)
High Noon
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
Sparrow
Run Papa Run
Beast Stalker
Claustrophobia
City Without Baseball
2007 Stanley Kwan The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Ann Hui
(The Postmodern Life of My Aunt)
Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee
(Mad Detective)
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
(Eye in the Sky)
Siqin Gaowa
(The Postmodern Life of My Aunt)
Eye in the Sky
The Warlords
Whispers and Moans
Hooked on You
Mad Detective
Triangle
Protege
The Detective
2006 Joe Cheung Election 2 Johnnie To
(Exiled)
Wong Jing, Tang Tut-hei
(Wo Hu)
Jet Li
(Fearless)
Gong Li
(Curse of the Golden Flower)
Wo Hu
The Heavenly Kings
Confession of Pain
Exiled
On the Edge
Fearless
Heavenly Mission
After This Our Exile
2005 Wong Tin-Lam Election Johnnie To
(Election)
Wong Jing
(Colour of the Loyalty)
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
(Everlasting Regret)
Zhou Xun
(Perhaps Love)
Seven Swords
Colour of the Loyalty
Crazy N' The City
Initial D
SPL
Home Sweet Home
Perhaps Love
Everlasting Regret
2004 Ann Hui McDull, Prince de la Bun Derek Yee
(One Nite in Mongkok)
Gordon Chan, Chung Kai-Cheung
(A-1 Headline)
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
(2046)
Zhang Ziyi
(2046)
Dumplings: Three... Extremes
One Nite in Mongkok
Throwdown
Kung Fu Hustle
Love Battlefield
A-1 Headline
Colour Blossoms
2046
Breaking News
2003 Michael Hui Infernal Affairs II Johnnie To
(PTU)
Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Au Kin-Yee, Yip Tin-Shing
(Running on Karma)
Andy Lau
(Running on Karma)
Cecilia Cheung
(Running on Karma)
PTU
Running on Karma
Lost in Time
Public Toilet
Infernal Affairs III
Men Suddenly in Black
Golden Chicken 2
Colour of the Truth
The Death Curse
2002 Gordon Chan Chinese Odyssey 2002 Peter Chan
(Three)
Fruit Chan
(Hollywood Hong-Kong)
Anthony Wong Chau Sang
(Infernal Affairs)
Faye Wong
(Chinese Odyssey 2002)
Hollywood Hong Kong
Infernal Affairs
Fat Choi Spirit
Runaway Pistol
Shark Busters
Three
Inner Senses
The Mummy, Aged 19
The Eye
Second Time Around
New Blood
2001 Connie Chan Po-chu Shaolin Soccer Ann Hui
(Visible Secret)
Vincci Cheuk
(Merry-Go-Round)
Lau Ching-Wan
(La Brassiere)
Sammi Cheng
(Wu yen)
Visible Secret
July Rhapsody
From the Queen to the Chief executive
The Legend of Zu
Lan Yu
My Life as McDull
Running Out of Time 2
Merry Go Round
2000 Chow Yun-fat Durian Durian Wong Kar-wai
(In the Mood for Love)
Chan Hing-Ka, Amy Chin
(Jiang hu: The Triad Zone)
Francis Ng
(2000 AD)
Qin Hailu
(Durian Durian)
Spacked Out
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
In the Mood for Love
Jiang Hu - The Triad Zone
Juliet in Love
Needing You
Yuen Woo-Ping
(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
1999 Peter Chan The Mission Johnnie To for The Mission Matt Chow, Wilson Yip, Ben Cheung
(Bullets Over Summer)
Francis Ng
(Bullets Over Summer)
Law Lan
(Bullets Over Summer)
Bullets Over Summer
Little Cheung
Ordinary Heroes
Victim
Love will Tear Us Apart
Running Out of Time
Tempting Heart
1998 Leslie Cheung Beast Cops Johnnie To
A Hero Never Dies
Yau Nai-Hoi
Szeto Kam-Yuen
Chow Hin-Yan
(Expect the Unexpected)
Jeff Lau
(Timeless Romance)
Anthony Wong Chau Sang
(Beast Cops)
Sandra Ng
(Portland Street Blues)
Troublesome Night 3
Expect the Unexpected
The Longest Nite
Hold You Tight
The Longest Summer
The Storm Riders
A Little Life-Opera
Anna Magdalena
Timeless Romance
1997 Edward Yang Full Alert Fruit Chan
Made in Hong Kong
Chan Hing-Ka
Task Force
Lau Ching-Wan
Full Alert
Jacklyn Wu
Eighteen Springs
Made in Hong Kong
Happy Together
Lifeline
Task Force
Eighteen Springs
Walk In
A Chinese Ghost Story - The Animation
Too Many Ways to Be No.1
Armageddon
1996 Yim Ho Comrades: Almost a Love Story Peter Chan
(Comrades: Almost a Love Story)
Gordon Chan
(First Option)
Kwok Wai-Chung
Mongkok Story
Francis Ng
Once Upon a Time in Triad Society
Maggie Cheung
Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Forbidden City Cop
Mongkok Story
First Option
Once Upon a Time in Triad Society
Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2
Young and Dangerous 3
Lost and Found
Hu-Du-Men
1995 Hou Hsiao-hsien Summer Snow Derek Yee
(Full Throttle)
Jeff Lau
(A Chinese Odyssey)
Stephen Chow
(A Chinese Odyssey)
Siqin Gaowa
(The Day the Sun Turned Cold)
Josephine Siao
(Summer Snow)
A Chinese Odyssey
The Day the Sun Turned Cold
Full Throttle
Fallen Angels
The Day that Doesn't Exist
The Case of the Cold Fish
The Blade
Once in a Lifetime
1994 David Bordwell
Ulrich Gregor
Ann Hui
Ashes of Time Wong Kar-wai
(Ashes of Time)
Wong Kar-wai
(Ashes of Time)
Leslie Cheung
(Ashes of Time)
Joan Chen
(Red Rose, White Rose)
Chungking Express
The Private Eye Blues
Beginner's Luck
Love and the City
Long And Winding Road
The Third Full Moon

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Due to preventive measures against COVID-19, the award presentation ceremony was moved online, and the awards were presented by the president of the society.
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