Chinese mainland actress Zhou Xun won the best actress award at
the 43rd Golden Horse film awards, a Chinese language equivalent of
the Oscars, held in Taipei Saturday.
Zhou took this honor for her performance in Perhaps
Love, the musical story of a romantic triangle on a film set.
The film also harvested other three honors, including best director
of Hong Kong's Peter Chan, the best cinematography and best
original film song categories.
Hong Kong pop singer Aaron Kwok won best actor for the film
After This Our Exile -- the second time in a row that Kwok
won the award.
Among mainland-Taiwan or mainland-Hong Kong co-productions, The
Banquet won the award for best art direction and the best
makeup and costume design; Crazy Stone?for the best
original screenplay.
Zhou attributed her victory to good luck, saying other nominees
like Siqin Gaowa are very good actresses, according to local media
in Taipei.
Nominated co-production films include Peter Chan's musical movie
Perhaps Love; The Postmodern Life of My Aunt,
starring Chinese actress Siqin Gaowa, also nominated for best
actress; Crazy Stone; and Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's
Hamlet-inspired epic The Banquet, which stars Zhang
Ziyi.
(Xinhua News Agency November 26, 2006)
