35th Golden Rooster Awards


The 35th Golden Rooster Awards honored the best Chinese language films of 2021 and 2022. The award ceremony was held in Xiamen, Fujian, China, and broadcast by CCTV-6.

Winners and nominees

Best PictureBest Director
The Battle at Lake Changjin
Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante Lam for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • * for Anita
  • *Wen Muye for Nice View
  • *Xue Xiaolu for Embrace Again
  • *Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo for Sniper
  • Best ActorBest Actress
    Zhu Yilong for Lighting Up the Stars
  • *Shen Teng for Moon Man
  • *Wu Jing for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • *Xu Zheng for Myth of Love
  • *Jackson Yee for Nice View
  • Xi Meijuan for Song of Spring
  • *Ni Ni for Yanagawa
  • *Louise Wong for Anita
  • *Yang Enyou for Lighting Up the Stars
  • * for Black Tent
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Xin Baiqing for Yanagawa
  • * for Be Somebody
  • *Yang Chengcheng for Goodbye! The Groundhog
  • * for Myth of Love
  • *Zhu Yawen for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • Qi Xi for Nice View
  • *Han Xin for Peach Blossoms in Fan/ The Chanting Willows
  • *Liu Dan for Upcoming Summer
  • *Wu Yue for Myth of Love
  • *Yu Hui for A Man of the People
  • Best WritingBest Editing
    Shao Yihui for Myth of Love
  • * and Huang Jianxin for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • * for A Man of the People
  • *Zhang Lü for Yanagawa
  • *Zhou Chucen, Xiu Mengdi, Wen Muye, Han Xiaodan, and Zhong Wei for Nice View
  • Huang Qiongyi for Myth of Love
  • *Li Yongyi for Sniper
  • *Mai Zishan, Li Dianshi, and He Yongwei for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • *Zhang Yifan and Kuang Zhiliang for Embrace Again
  • *Zhu Lin, Wei Yong, and Gaoqiong Jiali for Lighting Up the Stars
  • Best CinematographyBest Art Direction
    Zhao Xiaodong for Sniper
  • *Du Jie for Moon Man
  • *Liu Yin for Mozart from Space
  • *Wang Boxue for Nice View
  • *Zhao Yuqing for Lighting Up the Stars
  • Li Miao for Moon Man
  • *Li Anran for Be Somebody
  • *Lu Wei, Lin Weijian, He Zhiheng, Huo Tingxiao for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • *Wang Kuo for Mozart from Space
  • Best MusicBest Sound Recording
    Peng Fei for Moon Man
  • *Chen Xi and for Sniper
  • *Hualun Band for '
  • *Wang Zhiyi, Elliot Leung, and Li Ye for The Battle at Lake Changjin
  • *Zhong Zhirong and Zhang Zhaohong for Detective vs Sleuths
  • Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan for Sniper
  • *Du-Che Tu and Wu Shuyao for Anita
  • *Wang Gang and Liu Xiaosha for Lighting Up the Stars
  • *Wen Bo for Myth of Love
  • *Xie Yaozhan for Detective vs Sleuths
  • Best Directorial DebutBest Low-budget Feature
    Liu Jiangjiang for Lighting Up the Stars
  • *Li Geng for '
  • *Liuxun Zimo for Be Somebody
  • *Xing Wenxiong for Too Cool to Kill
  • *Yang Chengcheng for Goodbye! The Groundhog
  • Yanagawa
  • *Balintana
  • *Ox King
  • *Oroqen Hunter
  • Best Animated FeatureBest Children's Film
    Boonie Bears: Back to Earth
  • *The First Superhero: Monkey King
  • *Goldbeak
  • *Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Dunk for Future
  • *Run, Tiger Run!
  • Goodbye! The Groundhog
  • *Potato Flavored Ice Cream
  • *So Long Summer Vacation
  • *Mozart from Space
  • *Echo to the Clouds
  • Best Chinese Opera FilmBest Documentary
    Dunhuang Daughter
  • *The Story of Gu Wenchang
  • *The Gathering of Heroes: Borrowing the Easterly
  • *Cai Wenji Returns to Her Homeland
  • *Catch and Release Cao Cao
  • *Hard Love
  • *Cheer Up, Folks
  • *Hear the Light
  • *To the Summit
  • Best Foreign Language FilmSpecial Jury Prize
    Father
  • *Ice 2
  • *
  • *Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • *The Banker
  • My Country, My Parents