40th HK Film Awards Rescheduled Due to COVID-19 Surge

The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) ceremony has been tentatively rescheduled to June 2022 due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the city.

The organisers made the announcement on Facebook on March 9. They said details of the event will be reconsidered depending on the development of the local COVID-19 situation. Further announcements will be made later.

The 40th HKFA was supposed to take place on April 17 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The previous ceremony was held virtually in May 2020.

Here are this year’s nominees in select major categories:

Best Film

“Raging Fire”

“Anita”

“Limbo”

“Zero To Hero”

“Drifting”

Best Director

Man Lim Chung, “Keep Rolling”

Benny Chan, “Raging Fire”

Longman Leung, “Anita”

Soi Cheang, “Limbo”

Peter Ho-Sun Chan, “Leap”

Best Screenplay

Ashley Cheung Yin Kei, Ho Siu Hong, Li Ho Tin, Ling Wai Chun, “One Second Champion”

Ho Ching Yi, Lam Ka Tung, “Time”

Au Kin Yee, Shum Kwan Sin, “Limbo”

Jimmy Wan, David Lo, “Zero To Hero”

Jun Li, “Drifting”

Best Actor

Lam Ka Tung, “Hand Rolled Cigarette”

Patrick Tse, “Time”

Lam Ka Tung, “Limbo”

Leung Chung Hang, “Zero To Hero”

Francis Ng, “Drifting”

Best Actress

Chrissie Chau, “Madalena”

Louise Wong, “Anita”

Cya Liu, “Limbo”

Sandra Ng, “Zero To Hero”

Gong Li, “Leap”

Best Supporting Actor

Louis Koo, “Anita”

Lam Suet, “Time”

Fung Ho Yeung, “Zero To Hero”

Will Or, “Drifting”

Tse Kwan Ho, “Drifting”

Best Supporting Actress

Paw Hee Ching, “Caught In Time”

Fish Liew, “Anita”

Chung Suet Ying, “Time”

Fish Liew, “Limbo”

Bai Lang, “Leap”

Loletta Lee, “Drifting”