60th Golden Horse Awards

Award ceremony for Chinese-language films of 2022 and 2023

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The 60th Golden Horse Awards (Chinese: 第60屆金馬獎) took place on November 25, 2023, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honoured the best in Chinese-language filmography of 2022 and 2023.^[2] Nominations were announced on October 3, 2023.^[3]^[4]

Stonewalling from husband-and-wife duo Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji won Best Narrative Feature (along with Best Editing), awhile Old Fox get the most win with 4 awards despite Snow in Midsummer received most of the nomination (in which, they only won Best Sound Effects).^[5] One of the big headline during the award ceremony was Audrey Lin, who became the youngest actress ever to won the Best Leading Actress at the age of 12.^[6]

The ceremony

Due to changes in the maintenance schedule, the awards ceremony took place once again at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.^[7]
Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee who is the former Chair of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee (2018−2022), serves as president of the jury for the second time, ten years after he served in the 50th edition in 2013.^[8]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Best Narrative Feature Stonewalling Marry My Dead Body Time Still Turns the Pages Eye of the Storm Snow in Midsummer	Best Documentary Feature Youth (Spring) Elegies Where Free Beats: The Musical Journey of Chen Ming Chang The Clinic
Best Animated Feature Pigsy	Best Live Action Short Film Before the Box Gets Emptied Reclaim My Summer Boys on the Bridge Al Niente The Stag
Best Documentary Short Film The Memo Of Dreams in the Dream of Another Mirror Hearing from the Dolphin Eviction and Beyond Girl of Wind	Best Animated Short Film Monsoon Blue The Egret River Ever-Changing Clouds, Like My Ever-Changing Life Ghost of the Dark Path Braided
Best Director Hsiao Ya-chuan – Old Fox Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka – Stonewalling Cheng Wei-hao – Marry My Dead Body Chong Keat Aun – Snow in Midsummer Wong Ching-po – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon	Best Leading Actor Wu Kang-ren – Abang Adik Ethan Juan – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon Wang Po-chieh – Eye of the Storm Greg Hsu – Marry My Dead Body Austin Lin – Marry My Dead Body
Best Leading Actress Audrey Lin – Trouble Girl Hu Ling – Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate Chung Suet Ying – The Lyricist Wannabe Monica Lu – Day Off Jennifer Yu – In Broad Daylight	Best Supporting Actor Akio Chen – Old Fox Jack Tan – Abang Adik Sean Wong – Time Still Turns the Pages Fu Meng-po – Day Off Bowie Lam – In Broad Daylight
Best Supporting Actress Beatrice Fang – Day Off Eugenie Liu – Old Fox Ivy Chen – Trouble Girl Wanfang – Snow in Midsummer Rachel Leung – In Broad Daylight	Best New Director Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Alan – This Woman Jin Ong – Abang Adik Lee Hong-chi – Love Is a Gun Sun Jie – The Mountain Is Coming
Best New Performer Yoyo Tse – Fly Me to the Moon Tan Kim-wang – Abang Adik Daniel Hong – Miss Shampoo Travis Hu – A Boy and a Girl Yeh Hsiao-fei – Who'll Stop the Rain	Best Original Screenplay Sun Jie – The Mountain Is Coming Yan Xiaolin – Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka – Stonewalling Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Chin Chia-hua – Trouble Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay Wu Chin-jung and Cheng Wei-hao – Marry My Dead Body Wong Yee-lam – The Lyricist Wannabe Chong Keat Aun – Snow in Midsummer Sasha Chuk – Fly Me to the Moon	Best Cinematography Yu Jing-pin – Fish Memories Kartik Vijay – Abang Adik Jake Pollock – Eye of the Storm Hsu Chih-chun – Snow in Midsummer Chen Chi-wen – Who'll Stop the Rain
Best Visual Effects Archin Yen – Eye of the Storm Tu Wei-ting – Trouble Girl Lin Chi-feng, Bala Lin, Liu Jia-xuan and Aben Lee – The Bridge Curse: Ritual Tomi Kuo, Hulk Chen and Gareth Wang – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon	Best Art Direction Huang Mei-ching and Tu Shuo-feng – Eye of the Storm Wang Chih-cheng and You Li-wen – Old Fox Huang Mei-ching and Cheng Chia-cheng – Trouble Girl Wu Jo-yun – Miss Shampoo Albert Poon Yick-sum and Kate Tse – In Broad Daylight
Best Makeup & Costume Design Wang Chih-cheng and Shirley Kao – Old Fox Elaine Ng – Abang Adik Elaine Ng – Snow in Midsummer Karen Yip, Hsiao Pai-chen and Liu Hsien-chia – Miss Shampoo Albert Poon Yick-sum and Chan Hau-sin – In Broad Daylight	Best Action Choreography Hung Shih-hao – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon Chiu Li-wei and Tony Wang – Pigsy Hung Shih-hao – Marry My Dead Body Hung Shih-hao – Miss Shampoo Wu Jun-xi – The Bridge Curse: Ritual
Best Original Film Score Chris Hou – Old Fox Thomas Foguenne – Trouble Girl Luming Lu – Eye of the Storm Yii Kah-hoe and Chong Keat Aun – Snow in Midsummer Luming Lu, Lin Hsiao-chin, Lin Sih-yu and Baobu Badulu – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon	Best Original Film Song "The Usual" – Day Off Composer: George Chen Lyrics: Wu Nien-jen Performer: Hung Pei-yu "Untitled" – Marry My Dead Body Composer: Jolin Tsai and Kay Liu Lyrics: Vison Chen and David Ke Performer: Jolin Tsai "A Walk to Remember" – Abang Adik Composer: Ryota Katayama Lyrics: Aki Huang and Ryota Katayama Performer: Ryota Katayama "Fledgling" – Old Fox Composer: Chris Hou Lyrics: Hsu Hui-ting Performer: Power Station "May Threnody" – Snow in Midsummer Composer: Aki Huang Lyrics: Chong Keat Aun Performer: Wanfang
Best Film Editing Liao Ching-sung and Ryuji Otsuka – Stonewalling Chen Chun-hung – Marry My Dead Body Keith Chan Hiu-chun and Nick Cheuk – Time Still Turns the Pages Shieh Meng Ju – Eye of the Storm Wong Ching-po – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon	Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih, Wu Shu-yao and Chen Kuan-ting – Snow in Midsummer Sidney Hu and Li Chun-yi – Trouble Girl Book Chien, Sun Sy-yuan and Tang Hsiang-chu – Eye of the Storm Tu Duu-chih and Huang Yuan-tse – A Boy and a Girl Book Chien, Chen Jia-li, Yang Jia-shen and Tang Hsiang-chu – The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Lin Shih-ken	Lifetime Achievement Award^[7] Brigitte Lin Chen Kun-hou

External awards

Audience Choice Award (picked by audience members who watched the Best Narrative Feature nominated entries in its entirety) Time Still Turns the Pages Stonewalling Marry My Dead Body Eye of the Storm Snow in Midsummer	FIPRESCI Prize (award for first and second features)^[12] Fly Me to the Moon This Woman Abang Adik Time Still Turns the Pages Love Is a Gun A Boy and a Girl Who'll Stop the Rain The Mountain Is Coming
NETPAC Award (award for feature films by Asian new talent)^[13] Fly Me to the Moon Time Still Turns the Pages Abang Adik Dreaming & Dying Trouble Girl The Mountain Is Coming A Tour Guide Guras Solids by the Seashore In My Mother's Skin After the Fever	Observation Missions for Asian Cinema Award (picked from NETPAC Award nominated entries)^[13] The Mountain Is Coming Time Still Turns the Pages Fly Me to the Moon Abang Adik Dreaming & Dying Trouble Girl A Tour Guide Guras Solids by the Seashore In My Mother's Skin After the Fever

Jury

Winners are jointly decided by the final stage jurors.^[8]^[14]^[15]

Final stage jurors

Ang Lee, Taiwanese filmmaker (Jury President)
Eric Shih, Taiwanese film distributor
Mo Tzu-yi, Taiwanese actor
Anthony Chen, Singaporean filmmaker
Kay Huang, Taiwanese musician
Liu Wei-jan, Taiwanese film producer and screenwriter

Shortlist and final stage jurors

Sung Wen-chung, Taiwanese cinematographer
Chris Shum Wai-chung, Hong Kong lyricist
Boo Junfeng, Singaporean filmmaker
John Hsu, Taiwanese filmmaker
Umin Boya, Taiwanese film director and actor
Ma Hsin, Taiwanese film critic
Chen Po-jen, Taiwanese production designer
Laha Mebow, Taiwanese filmmaker
Heiward Mak, Hong Kong filmmaker
Joe Hsieh, Taiwanese animation director

Preliminary, shortlist, final stage and documentary juror

Jill Li, Taiwanese documentary filmmaker

Preliminary and documentary jurors

Hung Chun-hsiu, Taiwanese documentary filmmaker
Stefano Centini, Italian filmmaker
Huang Yi-ling, Taiwanese film editor
Lau Kek Huat, Malaysian filmmaker

Preliminary and animation jurors

Yu Yu, Taiwanese animation director
Wu De-chuen, Taiwanese animation director
Wong Ping, Hong Kong animation artist

Preliminary and live action short film jurors

Lam Sum, Hong Kong filmmaker
Hsu Kuo-lun, Taiwanese film producer
Tseng Ying-ting, Taiwanese filmmaker
Huang Xi, Taiwanese filmmaker
Ryan Cheng, Taiwanese film critic
Hsieh Pei-ju, Taiwanese filmmaker

Preliminary and narrative feature jurors

Fiona Roan, Taiwanese filmmaker
Ko Chen-nien, Taiwanese filmmaker
Chan Ching-lin, Taiwanese filmmaker
Chienn Hsiang, Taiwanese cinematographer and director
Cora Yim, Hong Kong producer

External awards

FIPRESCI Prize jury

Paolo Bertolin, Italian film critic, film programmer and film producer
Kalash Nanda Kumar, Malaysian film critic, film programmer and filmmaker
Wang Chun-chi, Taiwanese film academic

Source:^[12]

NETPAC Award jury

Jo Ji-hoon, South Korean film programmer and film producer
Loïc Valceschini, Swiss film programmer and film critic
Chen Huei-yin, Taiwanese film programmer and film critic

Source:^[13]

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