39th Hong Kong Film Awards: Zhou Dongyu wins Best Actress, Yi Yang Qianxi wins Best Newcomer

The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards was held today (May 6). Due to the impact of the new coronavirus, all awards for this year's awards were announced online. Among them, "Better Days" won 8 awards at the Academy Awards, including Best New Actor, Best Actress, Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Original Film Song, and Best Photography.

Taibao won the Best Actor award for "Uncle. Uncle". Zhou Dongyu won the Best Actress award for "You Are My Dear". She also became the first post-90s actress to win both the Golden Horse and Golden Image Awards. Popular actor Yi Yang Qianxi won the Best New Actor award.

At the beginning of the online awards ceremony, the chairman of the Academy Awards jury, Derek Yee, appeared alone. He expressed regret that the awards ceremony had to be cancelled due to the epidemic. He also said that no matter what the form, it would not change the significance and weight of the Academy Awards Goddess. He still announced the awards by opening the envelopes and announced all the awards in a very short time.

Full list of winners

Best Film: Better Days

Best Director: Derek Tsang (Better Days)

Best Screenwriter: Lin Yongchen, Li Yuan, Xu Yimeng (Better Days)

Best Actor: Taibao (Uncle)

Best Actress: Zhou Dongyu (Better Days)

Best Supporting Actor: Cheung Tat-ming (McDiner)

Best Supporting Actress: Au Ka-man (Uncle)

Best New Performer: Yi Yang Qianxi (Better Days)

Best Cinematography: Yu Jingping (Better Days)

Best Editing: Cheung Ka Fai (Ip Man 4: The Finale)

Best Art Director: Zhang Zhaokang (Flavor of Peppercorns)

Best Costume Design: Wu Lilu (Better Days)

Best Action Choreography: Yuen Woo-ping (Ip Man 4: The Finale)

Best Original Film Music: Eman Lam (Golden Metropolis)

Best Original Song: Fly (Better Days)

Best Sound Effects: Li Yaoqiang, Yao Junxuan (Ip Man 4: The Finale)

Best Visual Effects: Yu Guoliang, Ma Zhaofu, Liang Weimin, He Wenluo (Drug War 2: The King and the Earth)

New Director: Huang Qilin (Golden Metropolis)