Joan Chen wins Golden Horse best actress award for “The Home Song Stories”

Joan Chen wins Golden Horse best actress award for “The Home Song Stories”

Actress Joan Chen has been named best actress for her role in the film “The Home Song Stories” at this year’s Golden Horse Awards.

The Chinese—American actress beat four other nominations for the accolade.

Chen stars as a glamorous nightclub singer who married an Australian sailor, but later falls in love with another man played by Singapore actor Qi Yu Wu.

“The Home Song Stories”, produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, is the first collaboration between Singapore and Australia for a film production.

The film also won Best Original Screenplay for its writer and director Tony Ayres.

The Golden Horse awards are seen as the Chinese movie industry’s equivalent of the Oscars.

This is MediaCorp Raintree Pictures’ second break at the Golden Horse, after a previous production “Homerun” snapped up Singapore’s first Golden Horse Awards in 2003 for Best New Performer.

The latest Golden Horse award is double joy for Chen, who just two days ago (December 7) also won the best actress prize for “The Home Song Stories” at the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards in Melbourne.

The AFI Awards is the Down Under equivalent of Hollywood’s Academy Awards.

At the awards ceremony in Taipei on Saturday, “Lust, Caution” directed by Lee Ang walked away with eight Golden Horse awards.

Its wins include Best Feature Film and Best Director.

The film stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai, who was named Best Actor, and Tang Wei, who clinched the Best Newcomer award.
Source : Channel NewsAsia  - 09 Dec 2007

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