The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award () is the annual award given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong since 1994. The award is determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society. The transcript of each discussion can be found in the annual journal of Hong Kong film reviews which is published by the society every year.
The society presents the awards in an informal yet prestigious ceremony. Over the years, several venues have been used for the awards presentation, including Planet Hollywood Restaurant (closed), Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, and Hong Kong Film Archive.
Awards ceremonies Year Ceremony Presenter Best Film Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Films of Merit Special Achievement Award 2025 Sean Lau Ciao UFO Jonathan Li, Chou Man-yu(Behind the Shadows) Kwok Ka Hei, Lee Chun Kit, Ho Siu Hong, Choi Ka Hang(Unidentified Murder) Louis Koo(Behind the Shadows) Fish Liew(Someone Like Me) Unidentified MurderBehind the ShadowsGirlPaws LandAnother WorldThe Shadow's Edge 2024 Sammi Cheng Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Philip Yung(Papa) Albert Mak, Ryker Chan, Man Uen-Ching(Rob N Roll) Lau Ching-Wan(Papa) Hedwig Tam(Montages of a Modern Motherhood) Rob N RollObedienceFour TrailsThe Way We TalkAll Shall Be WellLove LiesPapaWinter ChantsThe Last DanceAn Abandoned Team 2023 Wai Ka-fai Mad Fate Jonathan Li(Dust to Dust) Sasha Chuk(Fly Me to the Moon) Wu Kang-ren(Fly Me to the Moon) Jennifer Yu(In Broad Daylight) Dust to Dust Time Still Turns the PagesTo Be ContinuedFly Me to the MoonIn Broad DaylightElegiesThe GoldfingerThe Lyricist Wannabe 2022 Alfred Cheung To My Nineteen Year Old Self Wai Ka-fai(Detective vs Sleuths) Lam Sum(The Narrow Road) Wai Ka-fai, Ray Chan, Mak Tin-shu (Detective vs Sleuths) Louis Cheung(The Narrow Road) Sammi Cheng(Lost Love) The Narrow RoadThe Sunny Side of the StreetLost LoveDetective vs SleuthsSeptet: The Story of Hong KongTable for SixThe Sparring PartnerHong Kong FamilyWarriors of Future 2021 Matthew Cheng Ching-hang Limbo Benny Chan(Raging Fire) Ho Ching-yi, Gordon Lam(Time) Patrick Tse(Time) Cya Liu(Limbo) Raging FireHand Rolled CigaretteTimeDriftingCaught in TimeCoffin HomesShock Wave 2The Way We Keep DancingAnitaZero to Hero 2020 Cecilia Wong Inside the Red Brick Wall Peter Chan(Leap) Kate Reilly, Leung Ming Kai(Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down) Gong Li(Leap) Keep RollingMemories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down3CMLeapOne Second Champion 2019 John Chong Suk Suk Derek Tsang(Better Days) Norris Wong(My Prince Edward) Tai Bo(Suk Suk)Lau Chun-him(Beyond The Dream) Cecilia Choi(Beyond The Dream) Bamboo TheatreMy Prince EdwardThe Great Detective Sherlock Holmes - The Greatest Jail-BreakerThe New King of ComedyBeyond The DreamBetter Days 2018 Andy Lau Three Husbands Fruit Chan(Three Husbands) Oliver Chan(Still Human) Anthony Wong Chau Sang(Still Human) Zeng Meihuizi(Three Husbands) Still HumanG AffairsI've Got the BluesA Family TourProject Gutenberg 2017 George Lam Our Time Will Come Sylvia Chang(Love Education) Xiong Zhaozheng, Maria Wong, Frankie Tam, MengZhang Wu(God of War) Yasuaki Kurata(God of War) Stephy Tang(The Empty Hands) God of WarLove EducationThe Empty HandsAlways Be With YouWu KongLost in the Fumes29+1Paradox 2016 Michael Hui Trivisa Stephen Chow(The Mermaid)Wong Chun(Mad World) Florence Chan(Mad World) Gordon Lam(Trivisa) Zhou Dongyu(Soul Mate) Mad WorldThe MermaidSoul MateWeeds on FireSnuggleSee You Tomorrow 2015 Teddy Robin Port of Call Tsui Hark(The Taking of Tiger Mountain) Sylvia Chang, Yukihiko Kageyama(Murmur of the Hearts) Michael Ning(Port of Call) Jessie Li(Port of Call) The Taking of Tiger MountainMurmur of the HeartsTen YearsSPL II: A Time for ConsequencesOfficeKeeper of DarknessShe Remembers, He Forgets 2014 Paw Hee-Ching The Midnight After Fruit Chan(The Midnight After) Zhang Ji(Dearest)Wai Ka-fai, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi(Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2) Lau Ching-Wan(Overheard 3) Zhao Wei(Dearest) DearestThe Golden EraOverheard 3Kung Fu JungleThe CrossingThat Demon WithinDot 2 DotDon't Go Breaking My Heart 2Sara 2013 Raymond Chow The Grandmaster Johnnie To(Drug War) Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Chan Wai Bun, Yu Xi(Drug War) Nick Cheung(Unbeatable) Zhang Ziyi(The Grandmaster) Drug WarUnbeatableIp Man: The Final FightThe Way We DanceBlind DetectiveRigor Mortis 2012 Law Lan Motorway Cheang Pou-soi(Motorway)Dante Lam(The Viral Factor) Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Chan Wai Bun, Au Man-Kit(Romancing in Thin Air) Chapman To(Diva) Love LiftingThe Viral FactorOne Tree Three LivesMy Sassy HubbyRomancing in Thin AirThe Bullet VanishesThe FourThe Pork of Music 2011 Ng See Yuen A Simple Life Jiang Wen(Let the Bullets Fly) Yau Nai-Hoi, Yip Tin-Shing, Ben Wong, Jeff Cheung(Life Without Principle) Lau Ching-Wan(Life Without Principle) Deanie Ip(A Simple Life) Life Without PrincipleOverheard 2Don't Go Breaking My HeartFlying Swords of Dragon GateLet the Bullets FlyWhite VengeanceBig Blue Lake 2010 awards Johnnie To Gallants Su Chao-pin(Reign of Assassins) Ivy Ho(Crossing Hennessy) Teddy Robin(Gallants) Miriam Yeung(Perfect Wedding) Reign of AssassinsCrossing HennessyThe Stool PigeonBreaking the WillowLa Comédie humaineLike a DreamLove in a Puff (film) 2009 Eric Tsang KJ: Music and Life Alan Mak, Felix Chong(Overheard) Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee(Written By) Wang Xueqi(Bodyguards and Assassins) Kara Hui(At the End of Daybreak) Written ByPrince of TearsOverheardTactical Unit – Comrades in ArmsShinjuku IncidentGlamorous YouthBodyguards and Assassins 2008 Derek Yee The Way We Are Ann Hui(The Way We Are) Ivy Ho(Claustrophobia) Nick Cheung(Beast Stalker) Paw Hee-Ching(The Way We Are) High NoonThree Kingdoms: Resurrection of the DragonSparrowRun Papa RunBeast StalkerClaustrophobiaCity Without Baseball 2007 Stanley Kwan The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Ann Hui(The Postmodern Life of My Aunt) Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee(Mad Detective) Tony Leung Ka-Fai(Eye in the Sky) Siqin Gaowa(The Postmodern Life of My Aunt) Eye in the SkyThe WarlordsWhispers and MoansHooked on YouMad DetectiveTriangleProtegeThe Detective 2006 Joe Cheung Election 2 Johnnie To(Exiled) Wong Jing, Tang Tut-hei(Wo Hu) Jet Li(Fearless) Gong Li(Curse of the Golden Flower) Wo HuThe Heavenly KingsConfession of PainExiledOn the EdgeFearlessHeavenly MissionAfter This Our Exile 2005 Wong Tin-Lam Election Johnnie To(Election) Wong Jing(Colour of the Loyalty) Tony Leung Ka-Fai(Everlasting Regret) Zhou Xun(Perhaps Love) Seven SwordsColour of the LoyaltyCrazy N' The CityInitial DSPLHome Sweet HomePerhaps LoveEverlasting Regret 2004 Ann Hui McDull, Prince de la Bun Derek Yee(One Nite in Mongkok) Gordon Chan, Chung Kai-Cheung(A-1 Headline) Tony Leung Chiu-Wai(2046) Zhang Ziyi(2046) Dumplings: Three... ExtremesOne Nite in MongkokThrowdownKung Fu HustleLove BattlefieldA-1 HeadlineColour Blossoms2046Breaking News 2003 Michael Hui Infernal Affairs II Johnnie To(PTU) Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Au Kin-Yee, Yip Tin-Shing(Running on Karma) Andy Lau(Running on Karma) Cecilia Cheung(Running on Karma) PTURunning on KarmaLost in TimePublic ToiletInfernal Affairs IIIMen Suddenly in BlackGolden Chicken 2Colour of the TruthThe Death Curse 2002 Gordon Chan Chinese Odyssey 2002 Peter Chan(Three) Fruit Chan(Hollywood Hong-Kong) Anthony Wong Chau Sang(Infernal Affairs) Faye Wong(Chinese Odyssey 2002) Hollywood Hong KongInfernal AffairsFat Choi SpiritRunaway PistolShark BustersThreeInner SensesThe Mummy, Aged 19The EyeSecond Time AroundNew Blood 2001 Connie Chan Po-chu Shaolin Soccer Ann Hui(Visible Secret) Vincci Cheuk(Merry-Go-Round) Lau Ching-Wan(La Brassiere) Sammi Cheng(Wu yen) Visible SecretJuly RhapsodyFrom the Queen to the Chief executiveThe Legend of ZuLan YuMy Life as McDullRunning Out of Time 2Merry Go Round 2000 Chow Yun-fat Durian Durian Wong Kar-wai(In the Mood for Love) Chan Hing-Ka, Amy Chin(Jiang hu: The Triad Zone) Francis Ng(2000 AD) Qin Hailu(Durian Durian) Spacked OutCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonIn the Mood for LoveJiang Hu - The Triad ZoneJuliet in LoveNeeding You Yuen Woo-Ping(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) 1999 Peter Chan The Mission Johnnie To for The Mission Matt Chow, Wilson Yip, Ben Cheung(Bullets Over Summer) Francis Ng(Bullets Over Summer) Law Lan(Bullets Over Summer) Bullets Over SummerLittle CheungOrdinary HeroesVictimLove will Tear Us ApartRunning Out of TimeTempting Heart 1998 Leslie Cheung Beast Cops Johnnie ToA Hero Never Dies Yau Nai-HoiSzeto Kam-YuenChow Hin-Yan(Expect the Unexpected)Jeff Lau(Timeless Romance) Anthony Wong Chau Sang(Beast Cops) Sandra Ng(Portland Street Blues) Troublesome Night 3Expect the UnexpectedThe Longest NiteHold You TightThe Longest SummerThe Storm RidersA Little Life-OperaAnna MagdalenaTimeless Romance 1997 Edward Yang Full Alert Fruit ChanMade in Hong Kong Chan Hing-KaTask Force Lau Ching-WanFull Alert Jacklyn WuEighteen Springs Made in Hong KongHappy TogetherLifelineTask ForceEighteen SpringsWalk InA Chinese Ghost Story - The AnimationToo Many Ways to Be No.1Armageddon 1996 Yim Ho Comrades: Almost a Love Story Peter Chan(Comrades: Almost a Love Story)Gordon Chan(First Option) Kwok Wai-ChungMongkok Story Francis NgOnce Upon a Time in Triad Society Maggie CheungComrades: Almost a Love Story Forbidden City CopMongkok StoryFirst OptionOnce Upon a Time in Triad SocietyOnce Upon a Time in Triad Society 2Young and Dangerous 3Lost and FoundHu-Du-Men 1995 Hou Hsiao-hsien Summer Snow Derek Yee(Full Throttle) Jeff Lau(A Chinese Odyssey) Stephen Chow(A Chinese Odyssey) Siqin Gaowa(The Day the Sun Turned Cold)Josephine Siao(Summer Snow) A Chinese OdysseyThe Day the Sun Turned ColdFull ThrottleFallen AngelsThe Day that Doesn't ExistThe Case of the Cold FishThe BladeOnce in a Lifetime 1994 David BordwellUlrich GregorAnn Hui Ashes of Time Wong Kar-wai(Ashes of Time) Wong Kar-wai(Ashes of Time) Leslie Cheung(Ashes of Time) Joan Chen(Red Rose, White Rose) Chungking ExpressThe Private Eye BluesBeginner's LuckLove and the CityLong And Winding RoadThe Third Full Moon
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External links Official site Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards at Internet Movie Database