‘Shadow,’ ‘Elephant’ Take Top Honors at Politically-Tinged Golden Horse Awards

The atmosphere on stage at the Golden Horse film awards ceremony in Taiwan on Saturday was politically-tinged.

But the destination of the top prizes, at the event usually considered as the most prestigious for Chinese-language cinema, was largely predictable.Powerful period drama, “Shadow” was the numerical winner, taking home four prizes, including best director for Zhang Yimou.

“Shadow” had been the clear favorite, going in to the ceremony 12 nominations.“An Elephant Sitting Still,” was named as best film and the audience award winner.

The prize for best adapted screenplay was posthumously awarded to its mainland Chinese writer-director Hu Bo, who committed suicide in October last year, shortly after completing the movie.

“Elephant” will now be entitled to a release in Taiwan, bypassing the island’s annual quota on mainland Chinese films.Three other films won three prizes each: Taiwan’s “Dear Ex” won best actress (Hsieh Yin Xuan), best song

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