Wilson Yip’s IP Man, a biopic based on the life story Bruce Lee’s first martial arts teacher, won best film at the Hong Kong film awards. No luck for Donnie Yen to make it a double for the flick though, as he failed to scoop the best actor accolade. That honour went to Nick Cheung for his performance in Dante Lam’s gritty action cop drama ‘The beast stalker.’ Perhaps the Don-meister will have better luck next time around. “Ip Man 2” is already scheduled to start production in June, with principal photography expected to last until October. IP2 will continue the story of martial- arts expert Ip Man’s escape from Japanese occupied China into Hong Kong. Director Wilson Yip and Yen are both back on board and the pic is aiming for a release towards the end of 2010. Full winners list below:
Best film: Ip Man (dir: Wilson Yip)
Best director: Ann Hui – The Way We Are
Best screenplay: Lou Shiu-wa – The Way We Are
Best actor: Nick Cheung – The Beast Stalker
Best actress: Paw Hee-ching – The Way We Are
Best supporting actor: Liu Kai-chi – The Beast Stalker
Best supporting actress: Chan Lai-wun – The Way We Are
Best new performer: Xu Jiao – CJ7
Best cinematography: Arthur Wong – Painted Skin
Best film editing: Yau Chi-wai – Connected
Best art direction: Tim Yip – Red Cliff
Best costume & make-up design: Tim Yip – Red Cliff
Best action choreography: Sammo Hung & Tony Leung Siu-hung – Ip Man
Best sound design: Wu Jiang & Roger Savage – Red Cliff
Best visual effects: Craig Hayes – Red Cliff
Best original score: Taro Iwashiro – Red Cliff
Best original film song: Jane Zhang – Painted Skin
Best new director: Derek Kwok – The Moss
Best Asian film – Assembly
