8th Hong Kong Film Awards

The 8th Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1988 and took place on 9 April 1989 at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Lydia Shum, Eric Tsang and Philip Chan, during the ceremony awards are presented in 14 categories. The ceremony was sponsored by City Entertainment Magazine.

8th Hong Kong Film Awards
Date	9 April 1989
Site	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().[1][2][3][4]

Best Film Jackie Chan — Rouge Painted Faces As Tears Go By Gangs Chicken and Duck Talk	Best Director Stanley Kwan — Rouge Wong Kar-wai — As Tears Go By Jacob Cheung — Last Eunuch in China Lawrence Ah Mon — Gangs Alex Law — Painted Faces
Best Screenplay Lip Wang Fung, Siu Kwok Wah, Gordon Chan and Yip Kwong Kim — Heart to Hearts Alex Law and Mabel Cheung — Painted Faces Eddie Fong — Last Eunuch in China Eddie Fong — The Other Half and the Other Half Chiu-Tai An-ping and Lilian Lee — Rouge	Best Actor Sammo Hung — Painted Faces Max Mok — Last Eunuch in China Michael Hui — Chicken and Duck Talk Leslie Cheung — Rouge Andy Lau — As Tears Go By
Best Actress Anita Mui — Rouge Tien Niu — The Other Half and the Other Half Maggie Cheung — As Tears Go By Carol Cheng — Heart to Hearts Cora Miao — Keep on Dancing	Best Supporting Actor Jacky Cheung — As Tears Go By Wu Ma — Last Eunuch in China Stephen Chow — Final Justice Eric Tsang — The Other Half and the Other Half Alex Man — As Tears Go By
Best Supporting Actress Sara Lee — School on Fire Elaine Jin — Set Me Free Prudence Liew — Law or Justice Cora Miao — The Other Half and the Other Half	Best New Performer David Wu — Starry Is the Night Sandra Ng — The Inspector Wears Skirts Ho Pui Tung — Gangs Stephen Chow — Final Justice Vivian Chow — Heart to Hearts
Best Film Editing Peter Cheung — Rouge Yu Sun and Kwong Chi Leung — Painted Faces Peter Cheong — As Tears Go By Fo San, Kwok Keung and Lau Kwok Cheung — Gangs	Best Cinematography David Chung — Painted Faces Andrew Lau — As Tears Go By Bill Wong — Rouge Peter Pau and Poon Hang Sang — The Story of Hay Bo Bill Wong — Profiles of Pleasure
Best Art Direction William Chang — As Tears Go By Wong Yan-Kwai — Painted Faces Pok Yeuk-Muk and Ma Kwong-Wing — Rouge Lee Yan-Kong — Starry is the Night	Best Action Direction Jackie Chan's Stuntman Association — Police Story 2 The Liu Clan — Tiger on Beat Sammo Hung's/Jackie Chan's Stuntman Association — Dragons Forever
Best Original Film Score Lai Siu-Tin — Rouge Chung Ting-Yat — As Tears Go By Chung Ting-Yat — Heart to Hearts Lowell Lo Koon-Ting — Painted Faces Law Wing-Fai — Profiles of Pleasure	Best Original Film Song Composer: Lai Siu-Tin • Lyrics: Edward Tang King-Sang • Singer: Anita Mui Yim-Fong — Rouge Composer/Lyrics/Singer: Chow Yun-Fat — Diary of a Big Man Composer: George Lam • Lyrics: Keith Chan Siu-kei • Singer: George Lam — Starry is the Night Composer: Law Wing-Fai • Lyrics: Richard Lam • Singer: Ho Ka-Lai — Profiles of Pleasure

References

1. "List of Awardees of The 8th Hong Kong Film Awards". Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
2. "The 8th Hong Kong Film Awards (1989)". Mtime.com Inc. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
3. "The 8th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". Love HK Film. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
4. "Hong Kong Film Awards for 1989". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

External links

• Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards