21st Hong Kong Film Awards

21st Hong Kong Film Awards
Date	21 April 2002
Site	Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Host	Eric Tsang Cecilia Yip Jacqueline Pang Cheung Tat-Ming

Ceremony for the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 21 April 2002 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Cecilia Yip, Jacqueline Pang and Cheung Tat-Ming. Twenty-three winners in eighteen categories were unveiled. The year's biggest winner was Shaolin Soccer, winning six awards in total. Its director and leading actor Stephen Chow clinched Best Director and a long-awaited Best Actor title after being nominated for the award seven times since 1991. The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards also saw the establishment of the Best Asian Film category, open to all non-Hong Kong films commercially released in Hong Kong within the previous calendar year. The first winner for this category is the Japanese animated feature Spirited Away.

Awards

Best Film

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
N/A	Shaolin Soccer	Beijing Rocks July Rhapsody Love on a Diet Lan Yu

Best Director

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Stephen Chow	Shaolin Soccer	Ann Hui — July Rhapsody Ann Hui — Visible Secret Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai — Love on a Diet Stanley Kwan — Lan Yu

Best Screenplay

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Ivy Ho	July Rhapsody	Stephen Chow, Tsang Kan Cheong — Shaolin Soccer GC Goo-Bi — Merry-Go-Round Vincent Kok, Pang Ho-Cheung — You Shoot, I Shoot Jimmy Ngai — Lan Yu

Best Actor

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Stephen Chow	Shaolin Soccer	Jacky Cheung — July Rhapsody Andy Lau — Love on a Diet Hu Jun — Lan Yu Liu Ye — Lan Yu

Best Actress

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Sylvia Chang	Forever and Ever	Sammi Cheng — Fighting for Love Anita Mui — July Rhapsody Sammi Cheng — Love on a Diet Sammi Cheng — Wu Yen

Best Supporting Actor

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Wong Yat Fei	Shaolin Soccer	Patrick Tam — Born Wild David Lee — From the Queen to the Chief Executive Lam Ka-Tung — Dance of a Dream Simon Yam — Midnight Fly

Best Supporting Actress

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Karena Lam	July Rhapsody	Josie Ho — Forever and Ever Kara Hui — Visible Secret Cecilia Yip — The Avenging Fist Su Jin — Lan Yu

Best New Performer

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Karena Lam	July Rhapsody	Niki Chow — Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby Lawrence Chou — Merry-Go-Round Zeny Kwok — Glass Tears Charlene Choi — Funeral March

Best Cinematography

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Arthur Wong	Visible Secret	Kwen Park Huen, Kwong Ting Wo — Shaolin Soccer Peter Pau — Beijing Rocks Henry Chung — Peony Pavilion Yang Tao, Zhang Jian — Lan Yu

Best Film Editing

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Kong Chi Leung	The Accidental Spy	Kai Kit Wai — Shaolin Soccer David M. Richardson — Fulltime Killer Marco Mak — The Legend of Zu William Chang — Lan Yu

Best Art Direction

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Lou Zhongguo, Yan Zhanlin	Peony Pavilion	Man Lim Chung — July Rhapsody Ho Kim Hung, Fu Delin — The Legend of Zu Bruce Yu — Wu Yen William Chang — Lan Yu

Best Costume Make Up Design

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Yon Fan	Peony Pavilion	Choy Yim Man — Shaolin Soccer William Fung, Kwan Mei Po, Lee Pik Kwan — The Legend of Zu Bruce Yu — Wu Yen William Chang — Lan Yu

Best Action Choreography

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Tung Wai, Jackie Chan Stunt Team	The Accidental Spy	Ching Siu Tung — Shaolin Soccer Ching Siu Tung — My Schoolmate, The Barbarian Corey Yuen — The Avenging Fist Yuen Wo Ping, Yuen Bun, Ku Huen Chiu, Yuen Shun Yi — The Legend of Zu

Best Original Film Score

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Ho Shung Chi	My Life as MuDull	Raymond Wong — Shaolin Soccer Henry Lai — Beijing Rocks Mei Lin Mou — Midnight Fly Zhang Yadong — Lan Yu

Best Original Film Song

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
終生美麗 Composer: Chan Fai Yeung Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Sammi Cheng	Love on a Diet	踢出個未來 — Shaolin Soccer Composer: Jacky Chan Lyricist: Andy Lau Singer: Andy Lau 回憶之前，忘記之後 — Beijing Rocks Composer: Henry Lai Lyricist: Alex Law Singer: Wang Feng Para Para Sakura — Para Para Sakura Composer: Peter Kam Lyricist: Chan Fai Young Singer: Aaron Kwok 明明 — Peony Pavilion Composer: Chan San Lie Lyricist: Yiu Him Singer: Sandy Lam

Best Sound Design

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Kinson Tsang	Shaolin Soccer	Kinson Tsang — Beijing Rocks Tu Duu Chih — Visible Secret Kinson Tsang — The Accidental Spy Martin Chappell — The Legend of Zu

Best Visual Effects

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Frankie Chung, Ken Law, Ronald To, Maurice Ng	Shaolin Soccer	Eddy Wong — 2002 Eddy Wong, Cheung Chung Wah, Victor Wong, Thalia Tau — The Avenging Fist Ma Man Yin, Ting Yuen Tai, Tang Wai Yuk — The Accidental Spy Eddy Wong, Koan Hui, Joe Bauer — The Legend of Zu

Best Asian Film

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
N/A	Spirited Away (Japan)	Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Taiwan) Happy End (South Korea) Roots and Branches (China) Shower (China)

External links

• Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards