55th Golden Horse Awards

The 55th Golden Horse Awards took place on November 17, 2018 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2017 and 2018. The ceremony was hosted by Matilda Tao and televised by TTV.

Winners and nominees

An Elephant Sitting Still *Dear Ex *Shadow *Dying to Survive *Long Day's Journey into Night	Our Youth in Taiwan *Four Springs *Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story *24th Street *Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella
On Happiness Road *Cats and Peachtopia *A Dog's Life	A Final Reunion *02-06 *Temporary *Brotherhood *My World
Where Am I Going? *Si So Mi *Infidelity *Muteum *Kin's Hair	Zhang Yimou — Shadow Bi Gan — Long Day's Journey into Night* Jiang Wen — Hidden Man* Pema Tseden — Jinpa* Lou Ye — The Shadow Play*
Xu Zheng — Dying to Survive Duan Yihong — The Looming Storm* Roy Chiu — Dear Ex* Deng Chao — Shadow* Peng Yuchang — An Elephant Sitting Still*	Hsieh Ying-hsuan — Dear Ex Sun Li — Shadow* Zhao Tao — Ash Is Purest White* Zeng Meihuizi — Three Husbands* Zhou Xun — Last Letter*
Ben Yuen — Tracey Lee Hong-chi — Cities of Last Things* Cheng Jen-shuo — Gatao 2: Rise of the King* Zhang Yu — Dying to Survive* Tian Zhuangzhuang — Us and Them*	Ding Ning — Cities of Last Things Kara Hui — Tracey* Xu Qing — Hidden Man* Phoebe Huang — Dad's Suit* Zhang Zifeng — Last Letter*
Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm* Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen — Dear Ex* Rene Liu — Us and Them* Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still*	Si Pangoyod — Long Time No Sea Joseph Huang — Dear Ex* Hsieh Chang-ying — Cities of Last Things* Zhang Zaixing — Gatao 2: Rise of the King* Fu Meng-po — Father to Son*
Han Jianü, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm* Lu Shih-yuan and Mag Hsu — Dear Ex* Ho Wi Ding — Cities of Last Things* Shunji Iwai — Last Letter*	Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still Sung Hsin-yin — On Happiness Road* Li Wei and Zhang Yimou — Shadow* Yuan Yuan, Ho Shing-ming, Pan Yu, An Wei and Rene Liu — Us and Them* Pema Tseden — Jinpa*
Yao Hung-i, Dong Jinsong and David Chizallet — Long Day's Journey into Night Zhao Xiaoding — Shadow Nagao Nakashima — Xiao Mei Fan Chao — An Elephant Sitting Still Jake Pollock — The Shadow Play	Samson Wong — Shadow Ellen Poon — Monster Hunt 2* Wang Shaoshuai and Yang Yuejuan — Hidden Man* Norio Ishii — Legend of the Demon Cat* Chuck Chae, Park Young-soo, Hideaki Maegawa and Ji Myung-goo — Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings*
Ma Kwong-wing — Shadow Liu Qiang — The Looming Storm* Liu Qing — Hidden Man* Tu Nan and Lu Wei — Legend of the Demon Cat* Hwarng Wern-ying and Wang Chih-cheng — Father to Son*	Chen Minzheng — Shadow Liu Qiang and Li Hua — The Looming Storm* Li Miao — Dying to Survive* Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang and Zhang Shuping — Hidden Man* Chen Tongxun — Legend of the Demon Cat*
He Jun, Kenji Tanigaki and Yan Hua — Hidden Man Dee Dee — Shadow* Kenji Tanigaki — Monster Hunt 2* Yuen Shun-yi — Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy* Bruce Law and Norman Law — The Shadow Play*	Lim Giong and Point Hsu — Long Day's Journey into Night Loudboy — Shadow* Luming Lu — Xiao Mei* Summer Lei and Chris Hou — Father to Son* Hua Lun — An Elephant Sitting Still*
"Bali Song" — Dear Ex *Composer： Lee Ying-hung *Lyrics： Lee Ying-hung *Performer： Lee Ying-hung "Excuse You, Boss" — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Composer： Edsion JV Lyrics： Edsion JV Performer： Edsion JV "Light Echo" — Xiao Mei* Composer： Lu Luming Lyrics： Lu Luming Performer： Sam Yang "Us" — Us and Them* Composer： Chen Chien-chi Lyrics： David Ke Performer： Eason Chan "Keep the Heart Out of It" — Father to Son* Composer： Summer Lei Lyrics： Summer Lei *Performer： Summer Lei	Lei Cheng-ching — Dear Ex Lu Qingyi, Zhou Xiaolin, Gao Ziyu and Jiang Yijun — Four Springs* Fu Yue — Our Youth in Taiwan* Jolin Zhu — Dying to Survive* Liao Ching-sung and Kong Jinglei — Us and Them*
Li Danfeng and Si Zhonglin — Long Day's Journey into Night Emma Long and Rocky Zhang — The Looming Storm* Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan — Shadow* Kuo Li-chi — Father to Son* Fu Kang — The Shadow Play*	Saburo Liu
Liao Ching-sung	-

Fu Yue's speech

When Fu Yue, won the Best Documentary and took the stage to deliver her acceptance speech, she expressed, "I hope our country can be recognized as a truly independent entity. It is the greatest wish for me as a Taiwanese." The audience responded with enthusiastic applause. This statement, perceived as leaning towards Taiwanese independence, caused a public opinion storm in mainland China, Chinese artists cited the "China: not even a bit can be left behind" picture to support the China's claim over Taiwan. Xu Zheng, the Golden Horse Best Actor, Zhou Xun and Sun Li, who were nominated for Best Actress, Hu Ge and Deng Chao, who appeared at the Golden Horse Awards, as well as Fan Bingbing, Li Chen, Liu Shishi, Wu Jinyan, He Jiong, Yao Chen, Yang Mi, Zhao Wei, Zhao Liying, Li Yifeng, Lu Han, Tang Yan, Victoria Song, Feng Shaofeng, Tong Dawei, Xie Na, Gao Yuanyuan, Lu Yi, Dilraba Dilmurat, Lynn Hung, Pang Ho-cheung, Li Bingbing and other entertainment stars all expressed this position on Weibo. In addition, Hong Kong artists William Chan, Irene Wan, and Jackson Wang, a member of South Korean group GOT7, also forwarded the Weibo post.

An Elephant Sitting Still *Dear Ex *Shadow *Dying to Survive *Long Day's Journey into Night	Our Youth in Taiwan *Four Springs *Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story *24th Street *Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella
On Happiness Road *Cats and Peachtopia *A Dog's Life	A Final Reunion *02-06 *Temporary *Brotherhood *My World
Where Am I Going? *Si So Mi *Infidelity *Muteum *Kin's Hair	Zhang Yimou — Shadow Bi Gan — Long Day's Journey into Night* Jiang Wen — Hidden Man* Pema Tseden — Jinpa* Lou Ye — The Shadow Play*
Xu Zheng — Dying to Survive Duan Yihong — The Looming Storm* Roy Chiu — Dear Ex* Deng Chao — Shadow* Peng Yuchang — An Elephant Sitting Still*	Hsieh Ying-hsuan — Dear Ex Sun Li — Shadow* Zhao Tao — Ash Is Purest White* Zeng Meihuizi — Three Husbands* Zhou Xun — Last Letter*
Ben Yuen — Tracey Lee Hong-chi — Cities of Last Things* Cheng Jen-shuo — Gatao 2: Rise of the King* Zhang Yu — Dying to Survive* Tian Zhuangzhuang — Us and Them*	Ding Ning — Cities of Last Things Kara Hui — Tracey* Xu Qing — Hidden Man* Phoebe Huang — Dad's Suit* Zhang Zifeng — Last Letter*
Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm* Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen — Dear Ex* Rene Liu — Us and Them* Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still*	Si Pangoyod — Long Time No Sea Joseph Huang — Dear Ex* Hsieh Chang-ying — Cities of Last Things* Zhang Zaixing — Gatao 2: Rise of the King* Fu Meng-po — Father to Son*
Han Jianü, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye — Dying to Survive Dong Yue — The Looming Storm* Lu Shih-yuan and Mag Hsu — Dear Ex* Ho Wi Ding — Cities of Last Things* Shunji Iwai — Last Letter*	Hu Bo — An Elephant Sitting Still Sung Hsin-yin — On Happiness Road* Li Wei and Zhang Yimou — Shadow* Yuan Yuan, Ho Shing-ming, Pan Yu, An Wei and Rene Liu — Us and Them* Pema Tseden — Jinpa*
Yao Hung-i, Dong Jinsong and David Chizallet — Long Day's Journey into Night Zhao Xiaoding — Shadow Nagao Nakashima — Xiao Mei Fan Chao — An Elephant Sitting Still Jake Pollock — The Shadow Play	Samson Wong — Shadow Ellen Poon — Monster Hunt 2* Wang Shaoshuai and Yang Yuejuan — Hidden Man* Norio Ishii — Legend of the Demon Cat* Chuck Chae, Park Young-soo, Hideaki Maegawa and Ji Myung-goo — Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings*
Ma Kwong-wing — Shadow Liu Qiang — The Looming Storm* Liu Qing — Hidden Man* Tu Nan and Lu Wei — Legend of the Demon Cat* Hwarng Wern-ying and Wang Chih-cheng — Father to Son*	Chen Minzheng — Shadow Liu Qiang and Li Hua — The Looming Storm* Li Miao — Dying to Survive* Dong Zhongmin, Uma Wang and Zhang Shuping — Hidden Man* Chen Tongxun — Legend of the Demon Cat*
He Jun, Kenji Tanigaki and Yan Hua — Hidden Man Dee Dee — Shadow* Kenji Tanigaki — Monster Hunt 2* Yuen Shun-yi — Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy* Bruce Law and Norman Law — The Shadow Play*	Lim Giong and Point Hsu — Long Day's Journey into Night Loudboy — Shadow* Luming Lu — Xiao Mei* Summer Lei and Chris Hou — Father to Son* Hua Lun — An Elephant Sitting Still*
"Bali Song" — Dear Ex *Composer： Lee Ying-hung *Lyrics： Lee Ying-hung *Performer： Lee Ying-hung "Excuse You, Boss" — Gatao 2: Rise of the King Composer： Edsion JV Lyrics： Edsion JV Performer： Edsion JV "Light Echo" — Xiao Mei* Composer： Lu Luming Lyrics： Lu Luming Performer： Sam Yang "Us" — Us and Them* Composer： Chen Chien-chi Lyrics： David Ke Performer： Eason Chan "Keep the Heart Out of It" — Father to Son* Composer： Summer Lei Lyrics： Summer Lei *Performer： Summer Lei	Lei Cheng-ching — Dear Ex Lu Qingyi, Zhou Xiaolin, Gao Ziyu and Jiang Yijun — Four Springs* Fu Yue — Our Youth in Taiwan* Jolin Zhu — Dying to Survive* Liao Ching-sung and Kong Jinglei — Us and Them*
Li Danfeng and Si Zhonglin — Long Day's Journey into Night Emma Long and Rocky Zhang — The Looming Storm* Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan — Shadow* Kuo Li-chi — Father to Son* Fu Kang — The Shadow Play*	Saburo Liu
Liao Ching-sung	-