The 2005 Hong Kong Film Critics Awards were announced yesterday. Tony Leung was crowned Movie King while Zhouxun was dubbed "Movie Queen". The Presentation Ceremony will be held next month. 

                

Tony Leung was nominated for two different movies, Dog Society and Everlasting Regret. Both of them won substantial support. He played a gang leader in Dog Society, violent and arrogant. But it was his passion without reason in Everlasting Regret, which crowned him Movie King.

 

Tony Leung said that he was very glad to win, as he hadn't won a film award for a long time. "I won't be too excited though and I'll try my best with every role in the future." Nonetheless he expects to win the Hong Kong Film Award too.

 

 

As for the new Movie Queen, Zhou Xun beat rivals Karen Mo and Karena Lam with her wonderful turn in Perhaps Love. This is the first time Zhou has won the Movie Queen award in Hong Kong.

 

Best Movie & Best Director

 

There were several good movies entered in the competition for Best Movie. The strongest three were Dog Society, directed by Johnny To; Perhaps Love by Peter Chan; and Seven Swords by Hark Tsui. Through five rounds of voting, each won the same number of votes over and over again. Finally, Dog Society won through and director Johnny To won Best Director. This is the fourth time he has won this award.

 

 

(CRI January 18, 2006)