Dystopian Hong Kong Movie Ten Years Wins City's Top Award

By awarding Ten years for best movie of the year, the Hong Kong Film Awards have turned even more polemical.

The movie Ten Years, a very critical movie of the Chinese government, found itself in even greater China disfavour
by winning the award for best movie of the year of the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday April 3.

“This award shows that Hong Kong actually has hope. This award tells us that we need to keep working hard,” said executive producer Andrew Choi. He singled out viewers in Hong Kong, saying: “This award belongs to you all.”

Their post-award ceremony press conference addressed the issue of their film being banned in mainland China, saying simply: “Our film is for Hong Kongers. There are places where the film is welcome and places where it’s not.”

In Hong Kong’s equivalent of the Oscars, 22 awards were handed out in separate categories.
Newcomer Michael Ning claimed both the Best New Talent and Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the murder mystery Port of Call.

“Honestly, in terms of production and artistically, our film is not so qualified as other nominees [for best film], but the meaning of our film is bigger than then film itself,” he said after walking the red carpet at the Cultural Centre at Tsim Sha Tsui.

Ten Years directors on the mainland ban: "There are places where the film is welcome, and places it's not." #HKfilm pic.twitter.com/mHPD0iAJ6K

— Jessie Lau (@_laujessie) April 3, 2016