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16th Hong Kong Film Awards

Date	13 April 1997
Site	Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hosted by	Lydia Shum and Nancy Sit
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Ceremony for the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 13 April 1997 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Lydia Shum and Nancy Sit. In total, sixteen winners in fifteen categories were unveiled. Peter Chan's Comrades: Almost a Love Story became the biggest winner for the year with nine awards, setting the record for the highest number of categories won by a single film. The event also marked the last time the Hong Kong Film Awards was held while under British colonial rule.

The nominees were announced on 24 February 1997. The front runners were Peter Chan's Comrades: Almost a Love Story and Benny Chan's Big Bullet, with eleven and nine nominations respectively.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Film Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Hu-Du-Men Big Bullet Police Story 4: First Strike Viva Erotica	Best Director Peter Chan — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Benny Chan — Big Bullet Derek Yee and Law Chi-leung — Viva Erotica Derek Chiu — The Log Shu Kei — Hu-Du-Men
Best Screenplay Ivy Ho — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Raymond To — Hu-Du-Men Rico Chung — Once Upon A Time in Triad Society Rico Chung — Once Upon A Time in Triad Society 2 Lee Chi-Ngai — Lost and Found Cheung Chi-Sing — Love and Sex Among the Ruins	Best Actor Kent Cheng — The Log‡ Sean Lau — Big Bullet Leon Lai — Comrades: Almost a Love Story Michael Wong — First Option Jackie Chan — Police Story 4: First Strike Leslie Cheung — Viva Erotica
Best Actress Maggie Cheung — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Josephine Siao — Hu-Du-Men Karen Mok — God of Cookery Gong Li — Temptress Moon Sandra Ng — 4 Faces of Eve	Best Supporting Actor Eric Tsang — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Jordan Chan — Big Bullet Jerry Lamb — The Log Elvis Tsui — Viva Erotica Anthony Wong — Young and Dangerous 3 Simon Yam — To Be No. 1
Best Supporting Actress Shu Qi — Viva Erotica‡ Law Lan — 13 July Theresa Lee — Big Bullet Theresa Lee — Who's the Woman, Who's the Man Anita Yuen — Hu-Du-Men May Law — Bodyguards of Last Governor	Best New Performer Shu Qi — Viva Erotica‡ Annie Wu — Police Story 4: First Strike Theresa Lee — Who's the Woman, Who's the Man Kristy Yeung — Comrades: Almost a Love Story Daniel Chan — Hu-Du-Men
Best Film Editing Peter Cheung and Cheung Ka-fai — Big Bullet‡ Peter Cheung and Yau Chi-Wai — Police Story 4: First Strike Chan Kei-Hop — First Option David Wu — Somebody Up There Likes Me Eric Kwong and Shu Kei — Hu-Du-Men	Best Cinematography Jingle Ma — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Arthur Wong — Somebody Up There Likes Me Arthur Wong — Big Bullet Christopher Doyle — Temptress Moon Poon Hang-Sang — Shanghai Grand
Best Art Direction Kenneth Yee — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Kenneth Yee — Who's the Woman, Who's the Man Eddie Ma and Bill Lui — Black Mask Wong Hap-Kwai — Temptress Moon Bruce Yu — Shanghai Grand	Best Costume Make Up Design Dora Ng — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Dora Ng — Who's the Woman, Who's the Man Tomas Chan — 4 Faces of Eve Bruce Yu — Shanghai Grand William Fung and Kwan Mei-Bo — Black Mask
Best Action Choreography Stanley Tong — Police Story 4: First Strike‡ Yuen Wo Ping — Black Mask Tung Wai — Shanghai Grand Tony Ching and Ma Yuk Sing — Dr. Wai and the Scripture Without Words Ma Yuk Sing — Big Bullet Bruce Law — First Option	Best Original Film Score Chiu Jun-Fun — Comrades: Almost a Love Story‡ Clarence Hui and Chiu Jun-Fun and Lau Cho-Tak — Viva Erotica Lau Yee Tat — The Log Peter Kam — Big Bullet Chiu Jun-Fun and Peter Kam — The Age of Miracles
Best Original Film Song 風花雪 — Lost and Found‡ Composer: Mark Lui Lyricist: Chow Lai Mau Singer: Kelly Chen 色情男女 — Viva Erotica Composer: Jason Choi Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Karen Mok and Jordan Chan 有心人 — Who's the Woman, Who's the Man Composer: Leslie Cheung Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui 默契 — Feel 100%... Once More Composer: Chan Kwok Wah Lyricist: Erica Lee Singer: Sammi Cheng

References

"List of Awardees of The 16th Hong Kong Film Awards". hkfaa.com. Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
"The 16th Hong Kong Film Awards (1997)". Mtime.com Inc. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
"The 16th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". Love HK Film. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
"Hong Kong Film Awards for 1997". IMDb. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

External links

Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards

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