23rd Hong Kong Film Awards

23rd Hong Kong Film Awards
Date	4 April 2004
Site	Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hosted by	Dayo Wong Bowie Tsang Athena Chu Candice Yu Cherrie Ying Terri Kwan Ada Choi Josie Ho Kristy Yang Jo Koo
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Ceremony for the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 4 April 2004 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Hosts for the ceremony consisted of Dayo Wong and a line-up of nine female celebrities, namely Bowie Tsang, Athena Chu, Candice Yu, Cherrie Ying, Terri Kwan, Ada Choi, Josie Ho, Kristy Yang and Jo Koo. Twenty-three winners in nineteen categories were unveiled. Running on Karma clinched the award for Best Film, while its leading man Andy Lau received his second Best Actor title in the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Best Film Running On Karma PTU Infernal Affairs II Infernal Affairs III Lost In Time	Best Director Johnnie To – PTU Benny Chan – Heroic Duo Derek Yee – Lost In Time Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai – Running On Karma Andrew Lau and Alan Mak – Infernal Affairs II
Best Screenplay Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing – Running On Karma Alan Mak and Felix Chong – Infernal Affairs II Yau Nai-hoi and Au Kin-Yee – PTU Alan Mak and Felix Chong – Infernal Affairs III James Yuen and Jessica Fong – Lost In Time	Best Actor Andy Lau – Running On Karma Sean Lau – Lost In Time Jacky Cheung – Golden Chicken 2 Francis Ng – Infernal Affairs II Simon Yam – PTU
Best Actress Cecilia Cheung – Lost In Time Karena Lam – The Floating Landscape Carina Lau – Infernal Affairs II Sandra Ng – Golden Chicken 2 Cecilia Cheung – Running On Karma	Best Supporting Actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai – Men Suddenly In Black Chapman To – Infernal Affairs II Liu Kai-chi – Infernal Affairs II Cheung Siu-Fai – Running On Karma Ronald Cheng – My Lucky Star
Best Supporting Actress Josie Ho – Naked Ambition Candy Lo – Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat Paw Hee-ching – Lost In Time Josie Ho – The Twins Effect Maggie Siu – PTU	Best New Performer Andy On – Star Runner Vanness Wu – Star Runner Po Po – Hidden Track Edwin Siu – Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat Kenneth Cheung – PTU
Best Cinematography Arthur Wong – The Floating Landscape Cheng Siu-Keung – PTU Anthony Poon – Heroic Duo Andrew Lau and Ng Man-Ching – Infernal Affairs II Andrew Lau and Ng Man-Ching – Infernal Affairs III	Best Film Editing Chan Ki-Hop – The Twins Effect Danny Pang and Pang Ching-Hei – Infernal Affairs II Danny Pang and Pang Ching-Hei – Infernal Affairs III Law Wing-Cheong – Running On Karma Law Wing-Cheong – PTU
Best Art Direction Bill Lui – The Twins Effect Kenneth Yee and Ken Mak – Golden Chicken 2 Bruce Yu – Turn Left Turn Right Bruce Yu – Running On Karma Ben Luk – The Floating Landscape	Best Costume Make Up Design Kenneth Yee – The Twins Effect Bruce Yu and Stephanie Wong – Running on Karma Bruce Yu and Stephanie Wong – Turn Left, Turn Right William Chang – The Floating Landscape Kenneth Yee and Stanley Cheung – Golden Chicken 2
Best Action Choreography Donnie Yen – The Twins Effect Sammo Hung – The Medallion Stephen Tung – Heroic Duo Chin Kar-lok – Star Runner Yuen Bun – Running On Karma	Best Original Film Score Peter Kam – Lost In Time Chung Chi-Wing, Ben Cheung – Turn Left, Turn Right Comfort Chan – Infernal Affairs III Chung Chi-Wing – PTU Comfort Chan – Infernal Affairs II
Best Original Film Song 長空 – Infernal Affairs II Composer: Wong Ka Keung Lyricist: Wong Ka Keung and Yip Sai Wing Singer: Beyond 身外情 – Running on Karma Composer: Gaybird Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Anthony Wong 兩個人的幸運 – Turn Left, Turn Right Composer: Peter Kam Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Gigi Leung 下一站天后 – Diva: Ah Hey Composer: Ronald Ng Lyricist: Wyman Wong Singer: Charlene Choi Forget the Unforgettable – Lost In Time Composer: Peter Kam Lyricist: Chan Fai Young Singer: Cecilia Cheung	Best Sound Design Steven Ticknor and Kinson Tsang – The Twins Effect Kinson Tsang – Infernal Affairs II Kinson Tsang – Infernal Affairs III Martin Chappell – PTU Martin Chappell, May Mok and Charlie Lo – Running on Karma
Best Visual Effects Eddy Wong and Yee Kwok-Leung – The Twins Effect Stephen Ma – PTU Eddy Wong, Victor Wong – Infernal Affairs III Paddy Eason, Merrin Jensen, Lars Johansson and Matthew Gidney – The Medallion Stephen Ma – Running on Karma	Best Asian Film The Twilight Samurai (Japan) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (China) Blue Gate Crossing (Taiwan) Together (China) The Classic (South Korea)
Best New Director Pang Ho-Cheung – Men Suddenly In Black Barbara Wong – Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat Carol Lai – The Floating Landscape	Timeless Artistic Achievement Award Anita Mui Leslie Cheung
Professional Achievement Award Richard Lam Blacky Ko

The Timeless Artistic Achievement Award was a special award presented to Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung in recognition of their contributions to Hong Kong cinema. ^[5]

Timeless Artistic Achievement Award
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First awarded	2004

References

1. "List of Awardees of The 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards". Hong Kong Film Awards . Retrieved 16 March 2017.
2. "The 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards (2004)". Mtime.com Inc. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
3. "The 23rd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". Love HK Film. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
4. "Hong Kong Film Awards for 2004". IMDb . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
5. "List of Nominees and Awardees of The 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards". Hong Kong Film Awards . Retrieved 6 March 2017.

External links

• Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards