| Tsui Hark — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Adrian Kwan — Little Big Master*Derek Yee — I Am Somebody*Wilson Yip — Ip Man 3*Philip Yung — Port of Call |
Philip Yung — Port of Call*Adrian Kwan and Hannah Chang — Little Big Master*Derek Yee — I Am Somebody*Saville Chan and Adam Wong
— She Remembers, He Forgets*Lau Ho-Leung — Two Thumbs Up | Aaron Kwok — Port of Call*Andy Lau — Lost and Love*Nick Cheung — Keeper of Darkness*Tony Leung Ka Fai — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Jacky Cheung — Heaven in the Dark |
| Jessie Li — Port Of Call*Tang Wei — A Tale of Three Cities*Miriam Yeung — Little Big Master*Sylvia Chang — Office*Karena Lam — Heaven in the Dark | Michael Ning — Port Of Call*Andrew Lam — Full Strike*Louis Cheung — Keeper of Darkness*Zhang Jin — SPL II: A Time for Consequences*Zhang Jin — Ip Man 3 |
| Elaine Jin — Port Of Call*Qin Hailu — A Tale of Three Cities*Anna Ng — Little Big Master*Janice Man — Helios*Angelica Lee — Murmur of the Hearts | Michael Ning — Port Of Call*J. Arie — Get Outta Here*Sisley Choi — Keeper of Darkness*Cecilia So — She Remembers, He Forgets*Jessie Li — Port Of Call |
| Christopher Doyle — Port Of Call*Wang Yu — A Tale of Three Cities*Pakie Chan — To the Fore*Choi Sung-fai — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Kenny Tse — Ip Man 3 | Cheung Ka-fai — Ip Man 3*Chan Ki Hop, Poon Hung-Yiu and Curran Pang
— To the Fore*David M. Richardson — SPL II: A Time for Consequences*Yu Bai-Yang — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi, Philip Yung
and Chu Ka-Yat — Port Of Call |
| William Chang and Alfred Yau — Office*Tim Yip and James Cheung — A Tale of Three Cities*Horace Ma — The Crossing II*Yohei Taneda and Attis Lee — Monster Hunt*Yi Zhen-Zhou — The Taking of Tiger Mountain | Kenneth Yee — Monster Hunt*Tim Yip and William Fung — A Tale of Three Cities*Chen Tongxun — The Crossing II*Kwon Yoojin — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*William Chang and Shandy Lui — Office |
| Li Chung Chi — SPL II: A Time for Consequences*Jackie Chan and JC Stunt Team — Dragon Blade*Chin Ka-lok — Helios*Yuen Bun — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Yuen Wo-ping — Ip Man 3 | Dayu Lo and Chan Fai Young — Office*Taro Iwashiro — The Crossing II*Day Tai — She Remembers, He Forgets*William Wu — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Ding Ke — Port of Call |
| We Almost Fly — She Remembers, He Forgets*Composer: Day Tai *Lyrics Saville Chan*Singer: Feanna WongVortex — The Crossing II*Composer/Singer: Lo Tayu *Lyrics Lin XiWong Ka Yan — Wong Ka Yan*Composer: Benny Lau *Lyrics Chan Wing-Him*Singer: Wong Yau-NamMurmur of the Hearts — Murmur of the Hearts*Composer: Chen Chien-Chen *Lyrics Huang Ting and Chen Chien-Chen*Singer: Rene LiuDarkness on the Sea — Port of Call*Composer/Lyrics/Singer: Ding Ke | Kinson Tsang, George Lee and Yiu Chun-Hin
— The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Kinson Tsang and George Lee — Keeper of Darkness*Kinson Tsang, George Lee and Yiu Chun-Hin
— Monster Hunt*David M. Richardson, Tu Duu-Shih and Wu Shu-Yao — Office*Kinson Tsang and Yiu Chun-Hin — Ip Man 3 |
| Jason Snell, Ellen Poon and Tang Bingbing — Monster Hunt*Enoch Chan and Felix Lai — Keeper of Darkness*Wook Kim — The Taking of Tiger Mountain*Ken Law and Tommy Hellowing — Office*Raymond Leung, Emil Yee and Garrett K Lam — Ip Man 3 | Raman Hui — Monster Hunt*Nick Cheung — Keeper of Darkness*Lau Ho-leung — Two Thumbs Up |
'The Assassin double-daggerCensorshipThe Hong Kong Film Awards announced 21 film awards in all, but there were only 20 according to reports in the mainland Chinese news media. Major mainland news websites, including Sina and Tencent, which covered the awards ceremony on 3 April 2 016 neglected to mention the winner of best picture, considered one of Asia's top film awards. In mainland Chinese cities where TVB, the main Hong Kong television channel, is aired, users on social media reported that the programme was blacked out and replaced with a cooking programme.
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