Now in its 61st year, the Golden Horse Awards, held annually in Taipei, are considered the Oscars of the Chinese-speaking world. This year, "An Unfinished Film" and "Bel Ami" were among the top winners.
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00:00A star-studded evening at this year's Golden Horse Awards in Taipei.
00:07Snatching the night's top prize for best film was Chinese docudrama, An Unfinished
00:13Film.
00:14Screenwriter Ma Ying-li expressed gratitude as she accepted the award.
00:43An Unfinished Film tells the story of a crew navigating how to successfully shoot a movie
00:48during the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:50Ma says they started this project even before the onset of the pandemic lockdowns, and that
00:55it had evolved over time.
01:09Hong Kong actress Chung Set-ying also won big this year, taking home the Best Actress
01:13Award for her portrayal of a deaf girl in the film The Way We Walk.
01:18And black-and-white film Bella Me took home multiple awards including Best Actor, Best
01:23Cinematography, and Best Editing.
01:26Produced in France, the film is a satire centered around China's gay and lesbian communities.
01:32Among the ceremony's celebrity attendees were Oscar-winning American actor Kihui Kwan.
01:38On the red carpet, he said he was glad to have been invited back to the awards after
01:42many years.
02:02In its 61st year, the Golden Horse Awards continues to be one of Asia's most prestigious
02:08film awards.
02:09Although the awards were boycotted for several years by Chinese filmmakers over comments
02:14made by one award winner in 2018 supporting Taiwan independence, films by Chinese filmmakers
02:20have now won the top prize two years in a row.
02:24Widely considered the Oscars for the Chinese-speaking world, the Golden Horse Awards continue to
02:29recognize excellence in Chinese-language cinema.
02:33Ryan Wu and Wesley Lewis for Taiwan Plus.