“The Assembly”, a warfare movie by Chinese director Feng Xiaogang became the biggest winner at the 29th Full Blossom Awards presented on Saturday (Sept 13) in the City of Dalian, China.
The Assembly won the best movie, best director, best leading actor (Zhang Hanyu) and best supporting actor awards (Deng Chao).
The best actress and supporting actress awards are won by Li Bingbing and Taiwanese veteran Gua Ah Leh respectively with movie “The Knot”.
“Getting Home” (落叶归根; Luo Ye Gui Gen) is an award winning Chinese black comedy directed by Zhang Yang and starred veteran comedian Zhao Benshan.
“The Warlords” (投名状; Tau Ming Chong) is a 2007 Chinese movie, directed by Peter Chan and starred Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. The movie was the biggest winner of Hong Kong Film Awards in April 2008, capturing the best movie, best director and best actor awards etc.
The director and leading stars of upcoming Chinese movie “Red Cliff” are promoting the movie in Korea. Director John Woo and actors Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chang Chen and actress Lin Zhi Ling met the press in Seoul on June 25.
Popular Korean actress Song Hye-kyo will be starring in the new movie directed by international renowned director John Woo. The announcement was made on May 20 in Cannes where the 61st Cannes Film Festival is currently being held.
The movie, titled “1949″, is scheduled to start filming by end of the year in China, Japan and Taiwan. Song Hye-kyo will star alongside Taiwanese actor Chang Chen in the movie, which would be about an epic love during the turbulence time in Shanghai.
“The Warlords” dominated the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards which were presented at Hong Kong Cultural Centre on Sunday (April 13), claiming eight gongs including the best film, best director and best actor awards.
The complete list of winners…
Best Film
The Warlords
Best Director
Peter Chan (The Warlords)
