Cover Sean Lau won the Best Actor award at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards (Photo: courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Awards)
Sean Lau won the Best Actor award at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards (Photo: courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Awards)
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Inside Hong Kong Film Awards 2025: Full winners’ list, red carpet moments and more
This year’s Hong Kong Film Awards was a celebration of rising talents, film veterans and industry excellence as nominees, celebrities, actors and filmmakers all came together on Sunday, April 27, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre to witness the announcement of the winners this year.
The evening began with the red carpet outside the cultural centre, where actors such as Tony Leung, Carina Lau, Fala Chen, Chung Suet-Ying, Marf and Louise Wong dazzled the crowd with their glamorous outfits and jewellery. Best Supporting Actor contender Louis Koo made a dramatic entry in an Uber taxi. Singers Terence Lam, Edan Lui of Mirror and Aaron Kwok were also spotted at the event.
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Above Michelle Wai was named Best Actress (Photo: courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Awards)
Michelle Wai was named Best Actress (Photo: courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Awards)
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At the awards ceremony, Michelle Wai defeated strong candidates such as Chung Suet-Ying (The Way We Talk) and Hedwig Tam (Montages of a Modern Motherhood) by winning Best Actress for the first time. “This is encouragement for me to keep going. I won’t let [this award] down,” she said in her acceptance speech.
Meanwhile, the Best Actor award went to industry veteran Sean Lau for playing the father of a murderer in the crime movie Papa. This is Lau’s fourth win.
Soi Cheang Pou-soi was named Best Director for Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In; he won in the same category last year for Mad Fate (2023). Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In also clinched the top prize of Best Film.
Congratulations to all the winners. Read on to find out who they are.
Above The cast and crew of ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ (Photo: courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Awards)
The cast and crew of ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ (Photo: courtesy of the Hong Kong Film Awards)
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Best Film
Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Actor
Sean Lau, Papa
Best Actress
Michelle Wai, The Last Dance
Best Director
Soi Cheang, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Screenplay
Chan Mou Yin Anselm and Cheng Wai Kei, The Last Dance
Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Chu, The Last Dance
Best Supporting Actress
Jo Koo, Papa
Best New Performer
Dylan So, Papa
Best Cinematography
Cheng Siu Keung, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Film Editing
Cheung Ka Fai, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Action Choreography
Tanigaki Kenji, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Art Direction
Mak Kwok Keung and Chau Sai Hung Ambrose, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Costume & Makeup Design
Bruce Yu and Karen Yip, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Original Film Score
Wan Pin Chu, The Last Dance
Best Original Film Song
Terence Lam, The Last Dance
Best Sound Design
Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Man Hoi and To Burnard Davy, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best Visual Effects
Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett K Lam and Yee Kwok Leung, Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In
Best New Director
Robin Lee, Four Trails
Best Asian Chinese Language Film
Old Fox
Zabrina is the Senior Editor, Arts and Culture of Tatler Hong Kong. She specialises in performing arts, visual art and film. Her wanderlust was first fuelled by the Mighty Rovers Antarctica Expedition 2010. Over the years, she has interviewed A-list artists and filmmakers, including Oscar winners Chlóe Zhao and Tim Yip, Golden Horse winner Sylvia Chang, In the Mood for Love cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Pachinko author Min Jin Lee, and Coachella’s first Chinese solo singer Jackson Wang. She won gold at the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards for her 2021 feature on the waves of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.
