39th Hong Kong Film Awards

39th Hong Kong Film Awards
39th Hong Kong Film Awards
	Poster
Date	6 May 2020
Hosted by	Derek Yee
Organised by	Hong Kong Film Awards Association
Highlights
Best Film	Better Days
Best Director	Derek Tsang; Better Days
Best Actor	; Suk Suk
Best Actress	Zhou Dongyu; Better Days
Most awards	Better Days (8)
Most nominations	Better Days (12)
Television coverage
Network	YouTube and Facebook
	← 38th; Hong Kong Film Awards; 40th →;

The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in April 2020, but it was moved online due to preventive measures against COVID-19 and it was livestreamed on May 6, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .^[4]

Best Film Jojo Hui — Better Days Michael J. Werner, Teresa Kwong, Sandy Yip, Chowee Leow — Suk Suk Ann Hui, Julia Chu — Fagara Soi Cheang — I'm Livin' It Stephen Chow, Y. Y. Kong — The New King of Comedy	Best Director Derek Tsang — Better Days Kiwi Chow — Beyond The Dream Ray Yeung — Suk Suk Heiward Mak — Fagara Wilson Yip — Ip Man 4: The Finale
Best Screenplay Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yimeng — Better Days Felix Tsang, Kiwi Chow — Beyond The Dream Ray Yeung — Suk Suk Heiward Mak — Fagara Norris Wong— My Prince Edward	Best Actor — Suk Suk Louis Koo — — My Prince Edward Aaron Kwok — I'm Livin' It Jackson Yee — Better Days
Best Actress Zhou Dongyu — Better Days Sammi Cheng — Fagara Sammi Cheng — Cecilia Choi — Beyond The Dream Stephy Tang — My Prince Edward	Best Supporting Actor Cheung Tat Ming — I'm Livin' It Philip Keung — — Suk Suk Alex Man — I'm Livin' It — The New King of Comedy
Best Supporting Actress — Suk Suk Charlene Choi — Megan Lai — Fagara Nina Paw — My Prince Edward — I'm Livin' It	Best New Performer Jackson Yee — Better Days E Jingwen — The New King of Comedy — Ip Man 4: The Finale — Suk Suk Terrance Lau — Beyond The Dream
Best Cinematography Yu Jing Pin — Better Days Szeto Yat Lui — Beyond The Dream Tse Chung To Kenny — S.K. Yip — Fagara Cheng Siu Keung — Ip Man 4: The Finale	Best Film Editing Cheung Ka Fai — Ip Man 4: The Finale Zhang Yibo — Better Days Law Wing Cheong, Kelvin Chau— William Chang Suk Ping, Nose Chan Chui Hing — Suk Suk William Chang Suk Ping, Peter Chung — My Prince Edward
Best Art Direction Cheung Siu Hong — Fagara Liang Honghu — Better Days Chet Chan — Man Lim Chung, Li Kwok Lam Billy — I'm Livin' It Kenneth Mak — Ip Man 4: The Finale	Best Costume & Make Up Design Dora Ng — Better Days Albert Poon — Suk Suk Cheung Siu Hong — Fagara Man Lim Chung, Chan Po Yan Polly — I'm Livin' It Lee Pik Kwan — Ip Man 4: The Finale
Best Action Choreography Yuen Woo-ping — Ip Man 4: The Finale Jack Wong — A Witness Out of the Blue Chin Ka Lok, Ka Lok Stunt Team, Wong Wai Fai, Tang Sui Wa, Thomson Ng — Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Stephen Tung — Double World Hon Ping, Gobi Ng — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	Best Original Film Score Eman Lam — My Prince Edward — Better Days Yusuke Hatano — Peter Kam — I'm Livin' It Kenji Kawai — Ip Man 4: The Finale
Best Original Film Song "Fly" — Better Days Composer: Ellen Joyce Loo Lyrics: Ellen Joyce Loo, Ellen Joyce Loo Performer: Yoyo Sham "Say It Properly" — Fagara Composer: Tonyi Ng Lyrics: Tonyi Ng Performer: Sammi Cheng "My Prince Edward" — My Prince Edward Composer: Eman Lam Lyrics: Norris Wong Performer: Stephy Tang "Brotherhood" — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords Composer: Jacky Cai Lyrics: Andy Lau Performer: Andy Lau, Louis Koo "i’m livin’ it" — i’m livin’ it Composer: Peter Kam Lyrics: Siu May Performer: Aaron Kwok	Best Sound Design Lee Yiu Keung George, Yiu Chun Hin — Ip Man 4: The Finale Victor Ray Ennis — The Captain Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao — Beyond The Dream Tu Duu-Chih, Chiang Yi Chen — Fagara Nip Kei Wing, Ip Siu Kei — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Best Visual Effects Yee Kwok Leung, Ma Siu Fu, Leung Wai Man, Ho Man Lok — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords Ellen Poon — The Captain Tam Kai Kwan, Ng Ka Lung, Chung Kar Hau, Yeung Hey Chiu — Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Eric Xu, Allen Wei, Li Shuai — Double World Victor Wong — The Bravest	Best New Director Norris Wong — My Prince Edward Jazz Boon — Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Wong Hing Fan — I’m livin’ it Nick Leung Kwok-Pun — Lion Rock Cheuk Cheung — Bamboo Theatre
Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan An Elephant Sitting Still Detention Shadow

Films that received multiple awards and nominations[]

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
12	Better Days
11	Fagara
10	I'm Livin' It
9	Suk Suk
9	Ip Man 4: The Finale
8	My Prince Edward
6	Beyond The Dream
6	A Witness Out of the Blue
4	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
3	The New King of Comedy
3	Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
2	Fatal Visit
	Double World
	The Captain

References[]

^ "BETTER DAYS SWEEPS 39TH HONG KONG FILM AWARDS". artasiapacific.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards unveils nominations, but mulls new format due to coronavirus fears". screendaily.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards 2020: Nominations List". hkfaa.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards 2020 winners: Better Days takes eight prizes, including best picture, director, screenplay and actress". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links[]

Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards

[1] "BETTER DAYS SWEEPS 39TH HONG KONG FILM AWARDS". artasiapacific.

[2] "Hong Kong Film Awards unveils nominations, but mulls new format due to coronavirus fears". screendaily.

[3] "Hong Kong Film Awards 2020: Nominations List". hkfaa.

[4] "Hong Kong Film Awards 2020 winners: Better Days takes eight prizes, including best picture, director, screenplay and actress". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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