38th Hong Kong Film Awards

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38th Hong Kong Film Awards
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Poster
Date14 April 2019
Site Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hosted by Stephy Tang and Alex Fong Lik Sun
Organised byHong Kong Film Awards Association
Highlights
Best Film Project Gutenberg
Best Director Felix Chong
Project Gutenberg
Best Actor Anthony Wong Chau-sang
Still Human
Best Actress Chloe Maayan
Three Husbands
Most awardsProject Gutenberg (6)
Most nominationsProject Gutenberg (17)
Television coverage
Network ViuTV

The 38th Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 14 April 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger . [3]

Lau Wan

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References

  1. "Hong Kong Film Awards 2019 nominations: Project Gutenberg leads a race dominated by first-time filmmakers". South China Morning Post.
  2. "Hong Kong Film Awards 2019: Nominations List". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. "Project Gutenberg the big winner at Hong Kong's Oscars as it is named best picture, with Felix Chong best director, while Anthony Wong is best actor". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 April 2019.