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Golden Horse to give special honor to local film workers07/29/2010 (CNA) Director Hsu Li-kong and actor-turned charity volunteer Sun Yueh have been named by the Golden Horse Film Festival to receive special awards for their contribution to the local film industry, the festival organizer said Thursday.The Golden Horse Awards, the Taiwanese version of the Academy Awards for Chinese-language movies, will present a lifetime achievement award to Hsu and a special contribution award to Sun. Hsu and Sun will receive the honors at this year's awards ceremony on Nov. 20 in northern Taiwan's Taoyuan County. Hsu, one of the co-founders of the Golden Horse Film Festival, has helped cultivate several new-generation directors including Ang Lee, Tsai Ming-liang, Lin Cheng-sheng and others who have earned awards in Berlin and Venice film festivals. Lee, one of the most famous among the group, won an Oscar for best foreign language film with the Chinese-language "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and best director for the English-language Hollywood film "Brokeback Mountain." "Hsu has played a very important role in promoting the diversified development of the local film industry, " the festival's organizing committee said in a statement. Sun, formally a serviceman, was a two-time winner of the Golden Horse Awards for best supporting actor in 1969 and best actor in 1983 during his 40-year career in the film industry. He has devoted himself completely to charity work since retiring in 1989. This story has been viewed 65 times. |
