We present the winners of the Hong Kong Film Awards which took place on July 17, 2022.

Best Film

Shan is a righteous cop who is admired by the police force to have solved many cases. One day, his past comes back to haunt him when his sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by Ngo, his former protégé. (FilmAffinity)

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Best Director

Best Screenplay

Rookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women. To lure this “hand-fetish” ripper, they use the criminal Wong To, who needs to atone for causing an accident involving Cham’s family, as bait. But this young woman is both unpredictable and insubordinate. Surrounded by ever more insane bouts of violence and increasingly in danger of falling victim to the bestial serial killer herself, she fights the traumas of the slums by her own means. (FilmAffinity)

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Best Actress

Best Actor

Once famous for his quick blade, a retired assassin can no longer earn a living with his cut-throat skills. Summoned again, he partners with his chauffeur to carry out special missions – fullfilling the wishes of old people looking to kill themselves. When commissioned by a young girl who has been deserted by her parents and lover, the “Elderly’s Angel” squad finds an arresting way to complete its task. (FilmAffinity)

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Best Supporting Actress

Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong’s disappeared Cantopop star. (FilmAffinity)

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Best Supporting Actor

This film is based on the story of So Wa Wai, the medal-winning Paralympic athlete. It teaches audiences that even people who “lose on the starting line” can achieve victory as long as they persist. (FilmAffinity)

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Best New Performer

Best Cinematography

Best Film Editing

Best Art Director

Best Costume & Make Up Design

Best Action Choreography

Best Original Film Score

Ge Weilong, a young girl from Shanghai, travels to Hong Kong in pursuit of her education. In order to pay for her studies, she asks her aunt, Mrs. Liang, for help. Mrs. Liang is leading a shady life, and Weilong gradually becomes her aunt’s puppet in the game of luring the rich and powerful men. As it happens, Weilong gets genuinely attracted to playboy George Qiao, whose aim is to marry a wealthy girl to maintain his own high-end class lifestyle. (FilmAffinity)

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Best Original Film Song

How much difference does one second make? Can it be the difference between life and death? A loser single father learns that lesson the hard way when he becomes gifted with the power of seeing one second into the future. When his ability is exposed, a boxing buff persuades him to use his power in the boxing ring.

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Best Visual Effects

Best Sound Design

Best New Director

A story of how a retired British-Chinese soldier and a marginalized young South Asian man face the plight of being abandoned by society. (FilmAffinity)

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Best Asian Chinese Language Film

When her mother suffers a relapse, Fang-yi, who has lived in the US for five years, moves back to Taiwan with her mother and younger sister and is reunited with her father. Despite being born Taiwanese, Fang-yi struggles to define her national identify. Missing everything in the US, Fang-yi finds it hard to fit in with the school and feels alienated from her classmates. A rebellious teenager who longs to return to the US, Fang-yi fights with her mother every day. When a SARS outbreak occurs, her sister is forced go into isolation and Fang-yi disappears after having a big row with her mother. As the tension between mother and daughter intensifies, how will they reconcile with each other? (TaiwanFilmFestival 2022)

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Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Hui

Professional Spirit Award
Tony Chow