XIAMEN, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — Winners of the thirty sixth Golden Rooster Awards have been introduced Saturday night in Xiamen, east China’s Fujian Province.
Winners of 20 awards for the very best actor, actress, director and have movie, amongst others, have been introduced on the highly-anticipated closing ceremony of the 2023 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.
The fantasy epic “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” snatched up two trophies — greatest function movie and greatest cinematography — to grow to be one of many greatest winners.
The film is the primary installment of a trilogy based mostly on the family Chinese fantasy novel “Investiture of the Gods,” which options mythological tales happening in historic China’s Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) and Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 B.C.).
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai from Hong Kong gained the very best actor award for his efficiency in “Hidden Blade,” a drama set in a turbulent Shanghai in the course of the War of Resistance in opposition to Japanese Aggression (1931-1945).
The greatest actress award went to He Saifei for her efficiency in “Off the Stage,” a function movie telling the story of a Shaoxing Opera star and her household.
Animated function “Chang An,” a summer season vacation blockbuster depicting the tales of the “Immortal Poet” Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), gained the Best Animation award.
Launched in 1981, the Golden Rooster Awards is a nationwide occasion sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Film Association.