Ziyi Zhang: Best Actress at the 2013 Golden Horse Awards (photo: Ziyi Zhang in ‘The Grandmaster’) (See previous post: “Golden Horse Awards: Singaporean Movie ‘Ilo Ilo’ Is Surprising Best Picture Choice.”) Although Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo took home the top award at the 50th Golden Horse Awards, Wong Kar Wai’s Berlin Film Festival opening gala film The Grandmaster was this year’s big winner: six awards, including the Best Actress trophy for Ziyi Zhang. That marked Zhang’s first victory, after three previous nominations: Best Actress for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000 and for 2046 in 2004; Best Supporting Actress for Forever Enthralled in 2009. "It was a very long and suffering journey making The Grandmaster, but now I’m very happy," Zhang said in her acceptance speech. In Wong’s Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts drama she plays the daughter of fighting master, who, so as to restore her family’s honor, challenges grandmaster Ip Man (Tony Leung) to a "duel." The Grandmaster is Hong Kong’s submission for the 2014 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Ang Lee, Best Director Academy Award winner for Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi and Ziyi Zhang’s director in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, was this year’s jury Chair. No less than 265 films with at least partial Chinese-language dialogue were submitted. Via Fox International’s Star Chinese Movies channel, the Golden Horse Awards ceremony was broadcast live for the first time in the U.S. and six other English-speaking territories. 2013 Golden Horse Awards (partial list) Best Picture Drug War (China/Hong Kong) The Grandmaster (Hong Kong/China) * Ilo Ilo (Singapore) Stray Dogs (Taiwan) A Touch of Sin (China/Japan) Best Director Chung Mong-hong, Soul Jia Zhangke, Touch of Sin Johnnie To, Drug War * Tsai Ming-liang, Stray Dogs Wong Kar Wai, The Grandmaster Best Debut Director * Anthony Chen, Ilo Ilo Hsu Chao-jen, Together Longman Leung and Sunny Luk, Cold War Juno Mak, Rigor Mortis Zhao Wei, So Young Best Actor Nick Cheung, Unbeatable * Lee Kang-sheng, Stray Dogs Tony Leung Chiu-wai, The Grandmaster Tony Leung Ka-fai, Cold War Jimmy Wang, Soul Best Actress Sammi Cheng, Blind Detective Gwei Lun-mei, Christmas Rose Cherry Ngan, The Way We Dance Shu Qi, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons * Zhang Ziyi, The Grandmaster Best Supporting Actor Chen Tian Wen, Ilo Ilo Huang Bo, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons * LI Xuejian, Back to 1942 Eddie Peng, Unbeatable Tong Dawei, American Dreams in China Best Supporting Actress Crystal Lee, Unbeatable Lin Mei-hsiu, To My Dear Granny Susan Shaw, Tales from the Dark Part 1 Xue Hong, Longing for the Rain * Yeo Yann Yann, Ilo Ilo Best New Performer Dong Zijian, Young Style Huang Shao-yang, Together Koh Jia Ler, Ilo Ilo * Kuo Shu-yau, Step Back to Glory Yang Liang-yu, A Time in Quchi Best Original Screenplay * Anthony Chen, Ilo Ilo Robert Chou, Zhang Ji, and Aubrey Lam, American Dreams in China Arthur Chu, To My Dear Granny Jia Zhangke, A Touch of Sin Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan, and Yu Xi, Drug War Best Adapted Screenplay Stephen Chow and Derek Kwok, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons * Li Qiang, So Young Liu Zhenyun, Back to 1942 Best Cinematography Nagao Nakashima, Soul Lu Yue, Back to 1942 Yu Like Wai, A Touch of Sin * Philippe Le Sourd, The Grandmaster Liao Pen Jung, Shong Won Chong, and Lu Qing Xin, Stray Dogs Best Documentary Boundary Revelation Pusu Qhuni Bridge Over Troubled Water * Beyond Beauty: Taiwan From Above Audience Choice Award The Grand Master Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year * Yeh Ju-Feng Liao Ching-Song Tsai Ming-Hsiu Lifetime Achievement Award Chen Chen Partial list of Golden Horse Award winners and nominees via The Hollywood Reporter. Ziyi Zhang The Grandmaster photo: Bona Film Group. This post was originally published at Alt Film Guide (http://www.altfg.com/). Not to be republished without permission.