Hundred Flowers Awards Nominations

The Hundred Flowers Awards have announced their nominations for this year and CZ12 has been nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor (Jackie Chan), Best Actress (Yao Xing Tong), Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer (Zhang Lan Xin). The nominations now go to public vote and the awards will be held on the 27th September 2014.

30th Annual 100 Flowers Awards

On the 16th October the 30th Annual 100 Flowers Film Awards will hold its red carpet event. "Founding of A Republic" is up for several different awards and Jaycee has been nominated for his role in "Mulan" in the Best Supporting Actor category.

Nominees for this year's awards are listed below:

30th Session of Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards nomination list (sorted by number of votes received)

Best Film Award nomination list -

"Founding of the Republic" (358,962)

"Mulan" (278,642)

"Earth-shaking" (226,789)

"October Rising" (201,477)

"The Message" (172,025)


Best Director Award Nomination -

Feng Xiaogang ("You Are the One") (140,877)

Jia Wang, Shen Dong ("Earthshaking") (109,339)

Han San-Ping , Huang Jianxin ("Founding of the Republic") (82,875)

Teddy Chen ("October Rising") (78,649)

Chen Kuo-fu ("Wind") (45,039)

Best Actor Award Nomination -

Chen Kun ("Painted Skin") (Wang) (215,541)

Zhang Guoli ("Founding of the Republic") (Chiang Kai-shek)(195,923)

Huang Xiaoming ("The Message") (Takeda) (143 637)

Donnie Yen (movie "Ip Man" playing the Yip Man) received 131,055 votes

Hou Yong ("Shocking") (Tang Xinsheng) (63,329)


Award nomination for Best Actress -

Zhao Wei ("Mulan")(143,346)

Zhou Xun ("Painted Skin") (119,907)

Shu Qi ("You Are the One") (103,994)

Fan Bingbing ("October Rising") (74,765)

Bai Jing ("Iron Man") (54,594)


Best Supporting Actor Award nomination -

Li Youbin ("Earthshaking") (190,473)

Alec Su ("The Message") (155 133)

Feng Yuanzheng ("You Are the One") (88,098)

Jaycee Chan ("Mulan") (60,069)

Huang Bo ("Iron Man") (45,585)


Best Supporting Actress nomination -

Sun Li ("Painted Skin") (164 018)

WANG Jia ( "Shocking" ) (145,028)

Xu Qing ("Founding of the Republic,") (129,902)

Car Xiao ("You Are the One") (68 521)

Massu ("Iron Man") (60,020)


Best New Artist Award Nomination -

Xu Arrow ("Earthshaking") (93,223)

Li Yuchun ("October Rising") (79,035)

Battle ("October Rising") (72,988)

Gong Xinliang ("You Are the One") (51,715)

Liu Feng Chao ("Confucius") (37,449)

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　第30届大众电影百花奖提名名单(按获票数量排序)

　　影片奖提名名单——

　　影片《建国大业》 获票358962

　　影片《花木兰》 获票278642

　　影片《惊天动地》 获票226789

　　影片《十月围城》 获票201477

　　影片《风声》 获票172025

　　最佳导演奖提名——

　　冯小刚(电影《非诚勿扰》导演) 获票140877

　　王珈、沈东(电影《惊天动地》导演) 获票109339

　　韩三平、黄建新(电影《建国大业》导演) 获票82875

　　陈德森(电影《十月围城》导演) 获票78649

　　陈国富、高群书(电影《风声》导演) 获票45039

　　最佳男主角奖提名——

　　陈坤(电影《画皮》中饰演王生) 获票215541

　　张国立(电影《建国大业》中饰演蒋介石) 获票195923

　　黄晓明(电影《风声》中饰演武田长) 获票143637

　　甄子丹(电影《叶问》中饰演叶问) 获票131055

　　侯勇(电影《惊天动地》中饰演唐新生) 获票63329

　　最佳女主角奖提名——

　　赵薇(电影《花木兰》中饰演花木兰) 获票143346

　　周迅(电影《画皮》中饰演小唯) 获票119907

　　舒淇(电影《非诚勿扰》中饰演梁笑笑) 获票103994

　　范冰冰(电影《十月围城》中饰演月茹) 获票74765

　　白静(电影《铁人》中饰演郭小米) 获票54594

　　最佳男配角奖提名——

　　李幼斌(电影《惊天动地》中饰演梁志东) 获票190473

　　苏有朋(电影《风声》中饰演白小年) 获票155133

　　冯远征(电影《非诚勿扰》中饰演艾茉莉) 获票88098

　　房祖名(电影《花木兰》中饰演费小虎) 获票60069

　　黄渤(电影《铁人》中饰演赵一林) 获票45585

　　最佳女配角奖提名——

　　孙俪(电影《画皮》中饰演夏冰) 获票164018

　　王嘉(电影《惊天动地》中饰演齐红玉) 获票145028

　　许晴(电影《建国大业》中饰演宋庆龄) 获票129902

　　车晓(电影《非诚勿扰》中饰演征婚女) 获票68521

　　马苏(电影《铁人》中饰演吴梦夏) 获票60020

　　最佳新人奖提名——

　　徐箭(电影《惊天动地》中饰演张向川) 获票93223

　　李宇春(电影《十月围城》中饰演方红) 获票79035

　　巴特尔(电影《十月围城》中饰演王复明) 获票72988

　　巩新亮(电影《非诚勿扰》中饰演小秘书) 获票51715

　　刘峰超(电影《孔子》中饰演青年漆思弓) 获票37449

SOURCE: SINA.COM

Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival

A Golden Rooster trophy. (CFP Photo)

The 18th China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival (Jinji Baihua) opened last night with a star-studded gala event attended by some of China's most well-known actors and filmmakers. This year's festival is expected to be grander than ever before, hoping to gain ground on dwindling industry and audience appeal.

The festival is being held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province and as it is the 60th anniversary of both the People's Republic of China and the China Film Association, which founded the Golden Rooster Film Awards in 1981, this year's four-day festival is expected to be the best yet.

Regarded as China's first and most official film festival, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival combines two major film awards but has been losing support in recent years. According to a survey by China Youth Daily about last year's Hundred Flowers Awards, decided by popular vote, 97.4 percent of those surveyed had not voted at all, while 77 percent were not interested and 68.3 percent thought that nowadays the awards did not accurately represent the audience.

The Golden Rooster Awards are decided by experts and are often criticized for their neglect of the box office and audience feedback. To rectify the situation and restore the festival's past glory, this week's event includes many of the blockbusters from early this year and 2008, including The Assembly, Forever Enthralled and Painted Skin. International stars Jackie Chan (Police Story), Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) and Zhou Xun (The Equation of Love and Death) are expected to increase the festival's profile and draw attention to a comprehensive lineup of events.

Considered China's most successful commercial director, Feng Xiaogang (If You Are the One) has benefitted from this year's sway toward blockbusters. Feng's Cell Phone was turned down by the organizing committee in 2003 as "pulp" and he has never been nominated for a Golden Roster. This year Feng and The Assembly have garnered nine nominations including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Leading Actor.

Busy with his latest work The Tangshan Earthquake, Feng expressed his gratitude by confirming his participation in the festival, even though he will probably not be able to attend until the last day. "We have to support the film festival of our own country," he said.

Director Chen Kaige and his Forever Enthralled will be Feng's largest obstacle on his potential path to glory, as Chen's film has earned eight nominations.

In the category of Best Leading Actor, Zhang Hanyu is vying for his sixth award with his role in The Assembly. He has been nominated alongside Wu Gang in Iron Man and Fan Wei in Lucky Dog.

The competition for Best Leading Actress is even more fierce, with four of China's best actresses nominated: Zhang Ziyi for her role in Forever Enthralled, Zhou Xun for The Equation of Love and Death, Zhao Wei for Painted Skin and Jiang Wenli for And the Spring Comes. Aside from the glamorous opening, awards and closing ceremonies, this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival also includes various themed events and film promotions. The international film exhibition will present the latest films from the US, Japan, South Korea and Poland including Cassandra's Dream and The Stranger.

The Hong Kong and Taiwan film exhibition will focus on Taiwanese nostalgic films by renowned directors such as Hsing Lee (The Wheel of Life) and Hsiao-hsien Hou (Three Times), as well as classic works by kung fu star Jackie Chan including Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Project A.

Two themed sections will also make their premiere at this year's festival. A group of New Year celebration films (films to be released around the New Year) including Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns and Peter Chan's Waiting, will hold promotional events and press conferences as part of the event. This section is by far the most anticipated by much of the Chinese media.

Another new section will take mainstream films to educational campuses in Nanchang. Works including Nanchang Uprising and The Founding of a Republic will be shown during the screenings, with filmmakers meeting with college students afterwards.

The awards and closing ceremonies will be held on Saturday night, with a production team drawn from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games and CCTV's Spring Festival gala. "We will try to deliver a film festival ceremony with Nanchang characteristics," explained chief director Cheng Qingsong.

Chinese film awards

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival is a traditional festival for Chinese filmmakers, organized by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and China Film Association. The annual festival is held in one of Chinas large or medium-sized cities each year and usually lasts for five days.

The film festival originates from the Hundred Flowers Awards that were initiated in 1962 by Popular Cinema, Chinas most distributed film magazine and the Golden Rooster Awards that began in 1981. These two awards are of the longest history and largest scale and influence in Chinas film industry. They were combined into The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in 1992. Since 2005, the awards are each presented every alternate year, the Golden Rooster Awards in odd-numbered years and the Hundred Flowers Award in even-numbered years.

The Golden Rooster Awards focus on expertise while the Hundred Flowers Awards are decided by popular vote.

In 1962, 117,000 votes were received for the Hundred Flower Awards, the number increased to 180,000 in the following year.

No awards were presented between 1964 and 1979, but when the third Hundred Flowers Awards were held in 1980, 700,000 votes were received. The awards are also known as the "peoples choice awards."
In comparison, the Golden Rooster Awards are the most prestige professional awards in Chinas film industry. The jury is made up of film scholars and experts and the awards are also known as the "experts awards."

Source: Global Times

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