Donnie Yen Starrer ‘Raging Fire’ Wins Best Film, Director At Hong Kong Film Awards; ‘Anita’ Takes Biggest Haul With Five Prizes

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Raging Fire, starring and produced by Donnie Yen, was awarded best film and best director for late action maestro Benny Chan at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) on Sunday night.

The ceremony took place at Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, the first time it had been held as a fully-fledged, in-person event since 2019.Produced by Emperor Motion Pictures, Raging Fire was a rare pandemic-era hit in Hong Kong and China last year, and lauded as a welcome throwback to old school Hong Kong-style action movies.

The film took four awards in total, also including best editing (Curran Pang) and best action choreography (Donnie Yen, Ku Huen Chiu, Tanigaki Kenji, Li Chung Chi).Benny Chan, one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed action directors, was diagnosed with cancer while making the film, leading to Yen taking over during post-production.

In a moving moment during the HKFA ceremony, Hong Kong star Andy Lau read out an acceptance speech from Chan’s widow.While Raging Fire took two of the top awards, Anita, Edko Films’ biopic of Canto-pop diva Anita Mui, was the biggest winner overall, taking five awards including best new performer for model-turned-actress Louise Wong, who played Mui, and best supporting actress for Fish Liew, who played her sister.The film, which recreated Hong Kong from the 1980s to Mui’s death in 2003, also won three technical awards, including best visual effects (Yee Kwok Leung, Garrett K Lam, Raymond Leung Wai Man, Hung Man Shi Candy), best costume & make-up design (Dora Ng, Karen Yip) and best sound design (Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao).Best actress went to Cya Liu for her role in Soi Cheang’s Limbo, which scooped four awards in total, also including best screenplay (Au Kin Yee, Shum Kwan Sin), best