53rd Golden Horse Awards


The 53rd Golden Horse Awards took place on November 26, 2016 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 films of 2015–16. The ceremony was televised in Taiwan by TTV. Matilda Tao was the host of the ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

  • The Summer Is Gone
  • *Godspeed
  • *Trivisa
  • *I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • *The Road to Mandalay
  • Le Moulin
  • *Small Talk
  • *The Road
  • *Yellowing
  • *City of Jade

  • Wander in the Dark
  • *Baumu
  • *White Tunnel
  • *Löss
  • *Bart
  • Feng XiaogangI Am Not Madame Bovary
  • *Chung Mong-hong — Godspeed
  • *Johnnie To — Three
  • *Derek Tsang — Soul Mate
  • *Midi Z — The Road to Mandalay
  • Fan Wei — Mr. No Problem
  • *Tony Leung Ka-fai — Cold War 2
  • *Michael Hui — Godspeed
  • *Jacky Cheung — Heaven in the Dark
  • *Kai Ko — The Road to Mandalay
  • Zhou DongyuSoul Mate
  • Ma SichunSoul Mate
  • *Hsu Wei-ning — The Tag-Along
  • *Fan Bingbing — I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • *Wu Ke-xi — The Road to Mandalay
  • Austin LinAt Cafe 6
  • *Paul Chun — Book of Love
  • *Nadow — Godspeed
  • *Eric Tsang — Mad World
  • *Lam Suet — Robbery
  • Elaine Jin — Mad World
  • *Wu Yanshu — Book of Love
  • *Liu Bei — Someone to Talk To
  • *Li Xing — The Tenants Downstairs
  • *Lu Yi-ching — Forêt Debussy
  • Wong Chun — Mad World
  • *Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky WongTrivisa
  • *Cheng Wei-hao — The Tag-Along
  • *Chu Hsien-che — White Ant
  • *Zhang Dalei — The Summer Is Gone
  • Kong Weiyi — The Summer Is Gone
  • *Tony Wu — Weeds on Fire
  • *Buya Watan — Hang in There, Kids!
  • *Annie Chen — White Lies, Black Lies
  • *Kimba — Soul on a String
  • Lung Man-hong, Thomas Ng and Mak Tin-shu — Trivisa
  • *Midi Z — The Road to Mandalay
  • *Laha Mebow — Hang in There, Kids!
  • *Xue Xiaolu and Jiao Huajing — Book of Love
  • *Zhang Dalei — The Summer Is Gone
  • Mei Feng and Huang Shi — Mr. No Problem
  • *Fire Lee, He Xin and Frankie Tam — Robbery
  • *Liu Zhenyun — I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • *Lam Wing-sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yi-meng and Wu Nan — Soul Mate
  • *Tashi Dawa and Zhang YangSoul on a String
  • Mark Lee Ping BinCrosscurrent
  • *Du Jie — Detective Chinatown
  • *Nagao Nakashima — Godspeed
  • *Guo Daming — Soul on a String
  • *Lu Songye — The Summer Is Gone
  • Douglas Smith, Sam Wang, Sam Khorshid and Strilen Liu —
  • *Charles Lee and Chishan Liu — The Tag-Along
  • *Yee Kwok-leung and Raymond Leung — Cold War 2
  • *Zuo Zhi Zhong, Han Ho, Aeolian Yang and Jack Yu — The Tenants Downstairs
  • *Raymond Leung, Yee Kwok-leung and Garrett K. Lam — Ip Man 3
  • Chao Shih-hao — Godspeed
  • *Li Miao — Detective Chinatown
  • *Kenneth Mak — Ip Man 3
  • *Lo Shun-fu and Premo Fang — One Night Only
  • *Akekarat Homlaor — The Road to Mandalay
  • Stanley Cheung — Detective Chinatown
  • *Hsu Li-wen — Godspeed
  • *Sukie Yip — Trivisa
  • *Dora Ng — Soul Mate
  • *Lei Jing — Soul on a String
  • Wu GangDetective Chinatown
  • *Shim Jae-won and Yang Kil-yong — '
  • *Chin Ka-lok — Cold War 2
  • *Yuen Woo-ping — Ip Man 3
  • *Adam Chan — Mrs K
  • Lim Giong — City of Jade
  • *Tseng Si-ming — Godspeed
  • *Xavier Jamaux — Three
  • *Du Wei — I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • *Zhang Jian — Soul on a String
  • "Arena Cahaya" — Ola Bola
  • *Composer: Zee Avi and Rendra Zawawi
  • *Lyrics: Zee Avi and Rendra Zawawi
  • *Performer: Zee Avi
  • " It’s Just What We Do" — Soul Mate
  • *Composer: Leah Dou
  • *Lyrics: Leah Dou
  • *Performer:Leah Dou
  • "Love Without Words" — Hang in There, Kids!
  • *Composer: Baobu Badulu
  • *Lyrics: Laha Mebow, Yinguyu Yatauyungana
  • *Performer: Lin Yi-han
  • "Sawadika" — Detective Chinatown
  • *Composer: Hu Tingyang
  • *Lyrics: Zhao Chenlong
  • *Performer: Nan Zheng Bei Zhan
  • "It’s Cold Without Your Love" — Big Fish & Begonia
  • *Composer: Kiyoshi Yoshida
  • *Lyrics: Liang Xuan
  • *Performer: Lala Hsu
  • Allen Leung and David Richardson — Trivisa
  • *Lin Wan-yu — Small Talk
  • *Kao Ming-sheng and Wang Ching-Yannick Dauby— The Tag-Along
  • *Cheung Ka-fai — Ip Man 3
  • *Derek Hui, Li Dianshi, Zhou Xiaolin and Tan Xiang-yuan — Soul Mate
  • Fang Tao and Hao Zhiyu — Crosscurrent
  • *Huang Ya-li and Yannick Dauby — Le Moulin
  • *Joe Huang — Mountain Cry
  • *Xu Chen, Li Xiaodan, Gao Qiuhui and Ren Dong — The Summer Is Gone
  • *Yang Jiang and Zhao Nan — Soul on a String
  • Midi Z
  • I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • The Summer Is Gone
  • The Road to Mandalay
  • Chang Yung-hsiang'