22 Nov – There's a new accolade for Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann to add to her lengthy list of awards she's won over the years.. Just yesterday, at the opening of the 30th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), the actress received the … Malaysian Yeo Yann-Yann named ‘Best Actress’ at Golden Horse awards for Singapore film ‘Wet Season’ Sunday, 24 Nov 2019 07:04 AM MYT Taiwanese actor Chen Yi-wen and Malaysian actress Yeo Yann-yann pose with their trophies at the 56th Golden Horse film awards in Taipei November 23, 2019.

The former, a family drama, bagged Best Film along with four other awards, while the latter, a psychological thriller also bagged five, including Best New Director.Widely known as the Mandarin-speaking world’s version of the Oscars, this year’s Golden Horse was mired in controversy. Only a handful of films from Hong Kong were also included this year.Both Wet Season and A Land Imagined will be in Singapore cinemas from Nov 28.It looks like the email address you entered is not valid.Copyright© Mediacorp 2020. Here are the 2019 noms: BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE. Koh and Yang lost their category to up-and-coming Taiwanese actor Liu Kuan-ting for his performance in A Sun.

It received six nominations at the 56th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actors for Koh Jia Ler and Yang Shi Bin. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU. Chung Mong-hong’s Taiwanese family drama A Sun scooped the best narrative feature prize at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards, ... Yeo Yann-yann took best actress for … — AFP Wet Season’s Yeo Yann Yann brings home her second acting award, while A Land Imagined won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Film Score at the 56th edition held on Nov 23 in Taipei.Two Singapore films have taken plum awards at the Golden Horse Awards 2019, with Yeo Yann Yann bagging Best Actress for her role as a Chinese language secondary school teacher in director Anthony Chen’s Wet Season and A Land Imagined winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Film Score.The awards ceremony for the 56th edition was held on Saturday (Nov 23) at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.It’s second acting award at the Golden Horse Awards for the Malaysian actress, who bagged Best Supporting Actress back in 2013 for Ilo Ilo, also directed by Chen.Wet Season also garnered nominations for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (two) and Best Original Screenplay. Dubbed the Chinese-language “Oscars,” Golden Horse got into trouble with Beijing after a Taiwanese director called for the island’s independence in an acceptance speech at last year’s ceremony.There were no mainland films in this year’s nomination list after China’s national film board ordered the country’s directors and stars to boycott the event.Acclaimed Hong Kong director Johnnie To has resigned as head of the jury citing contractual obligations as several Hong Kong films reportedly also dropped out under pressure from Beijing.In another move likely to annoy Beijing, Taiwanese composer Lu Lu-ming yesterday voiced support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, dedicating his best original film song to “Hong Kongers who insist on ideals, and may you live safely and freely.”The night’s biggest winner was Taiwanese director Chung Mong-hong’s “I thought it would take several more years for me to win best picture. It won the Best Actress for Yeo Yann Yann. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU.

I am very happy... although the movies I made haven’t made any profit,” Chung said after receiving the award from Oscar-winning director Ang Lee.Singapore-based Malaysian Yeo Yann-Yann was crowned best actress for playing a married teacher struggling with family and work woes who develops a forbidden relationship with a male pupil in the Singaporean drama “It’s not easy going down the path in the entertainment (industry) in Singapore and Malaysia... but I will continue walking the path,” she said at the ceremony in Taipei’s Sun Yat-sen memorial hall.Also yesterday, China kicked off its top biannual films fest Golden Rooster Awards featuring some of the best known Chinese-language cinematic talents.Following Beijing’s boycott, Golden Horse reportedly lost a number of international sponsors, although only Italian luxury sports car brand Maserati confirmed its decision to cut sponsorship ties to uphold Beijing’s “one China” principle.China considers democratic Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary, even though the two sides have been governed separately for the last seven decades.Beijing has been ramping up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan ever since President Tsai Ing-wen was elected in 2016, because her party refuses to recognise that the island is part of “one China”.Pressure is building once more as Taiwan heads towards new elections in January, with Tsai seeking to defeat an opponent who favours much warmer ties with China. The Peter Yu-starring 'A Land Imagined' won two awards, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score.

She is an actress, known for Ilo Ilo (2013), Wet Season (2019) and Rise of the Legend (2018). (Photo: AFP) 23 Nov 2019 08:12PM (Updated: 24 Nov 2019 …