8th Hong Kong Film Awards

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

The 8th Hong Kong Film Awards took place on April 9, 1989.

Awards

Best Film

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
N/A	Rouge	Painted Faces As Tears Go By Gangs Chicken and Duck Talk

Best Director

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Stanley Kwan	Rouge	Wong Kar-wai — As Tears Go By Jacob Cheung — ' Lawrence Lau — Gangs Alex Law — Painted Faces

Best Screenplay

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Lip Wang Fung, Siu Kwok Wah, Gordon Chan, Yip Kwong Kim	Heart to Hearts	Alex Law, Mabel Cheung — Painted Faces Eddie Fong — Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch Eddie Fong — The Other Half and the Other Half Chiu-Tai An-ping, Lilian Lee — Rouge

Best Actor

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Sammo Hung	Painted Faces	Max Mok — Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch Michael Hui — Chicken and Duck Talk Leslie Cheung — Rouge Andy Lau — As Tears Go By

Best Actress

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
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

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Jacky Cheung	As Tears Go By	Wu Ma — Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch Stephen Chow — Final Justice Eric Tsang — The Other Half and the Other Half Alex Man — As Tears Go By

Best Supporting Actress

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
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

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
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 Cinematography

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
David Chung	Painted Faces	Andrew Lau — As Tears Go By Bill Wong — Rouge Peter Pau, Poon Hang Sang — The Story of Hay Bo Bill Wong — Profiles of Pleasure

Best Film Editing

Winner	Winning film	Nominees
Peter Cheung	Rouge	Yu Sun, Kwong Chi Leung — Painted Faces Peter Cheong — As Tears Go By Fo San, Kwok Keung, Lau Kwok Cheung — Gangs

External links

• Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards