Golden Horse 2025: Will Or, Chang Chen compete for Best Leading Actor; Fan Bingbing eyes Best Leading Actress

The nominations for the 62nd Golden Horse Awards were officially announced Wednesday (Oct 1), highlighting A Foggy Tale as this year’s frontrunner with 11 nominations, including Best Narrative Feature, Best Director, Best Leading Actor, and Best Leading Actress. 

Hong Kong filmmakers stood out in this year’s lineup. Will Or Wai-lam earned a Best Leading Actor nomination for his performance in A Foggy Tale, marking his first nomination since publicly revealing his battle with cancer. He will compete with Chang Hsiao-chuan (Deep Quiet Room) and Chang Chen (Lucky Lu).

(Read more: 'I’ve always played through adversity': 33-year-old HK actor Will Or diagnosed with stage 4 lung adenocarcinoma)

In the Best Leading Actress category, Fan Bingbing was nominated for Mother Bhumi, portraying a mother stripped of artifice and emotional facades. Her competitors include René Liu (Unexpected Courage) and Ariel Lin (Deep Quiet Room).

Other notable Hong Kong nominations include Anthony Wong for Best Supporting Actor in Finch & Midland, a film exploring the struggles of Hong Kong immigrants in 1990s Canada, as well as the animated films Another World and A Mighty Adventure, both recognized in the Best Animation Feature category, demonstrating the city’s strong animation talent. 

Former TVB actor and now action director Ken Law Ho-ming received a nod for Best Action Choreography for Good Game, highlighting Hong Kong filmmakers’ versatility and creativity.

The ceremony is scheduled for November 22, 2025, at the Taipei Music Center, to see which films and performers convert nominations into wins.

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Full List of Nominations

Lifetime Achievement Award
Chen Shu-fang

Best Narrative Feature
A Foggy Tale
The Waves Will Carry Us
Queerpanorama
Left-Handed Girl
Mother Bhumi

Best Leading Actor
Richie Koh (A Good Child)
Will Or Wai-lam (A Foggy Tale)
Chang Hsiao-chuan (Deep Quiet Room)
Chang Chen (Lucky Lu)
Lan Wei-hua (Family Matters)

Best Leading Actress
Caitlin Fang (A Foggy Tale)
René Liu (Unexpected Courage)
Ariel Lin (Deep Quiet Room)
Alexia Kao (Family Matters)
Fan Bingbing (Mother Bhumi)

Best Director
Chen Yu-hsun (A Foggy Tale)
Tsao Shih-han (Before the Bright Day)
Lau Kek-huat (The Waves Will Carry Us)
Jun Li (Queerpanorama)
Chong Keat-aun (Mother Bhumi)

Best Documentary Feature
Always
Island of the Winds
Daughter of Nectar
When the Spring Rain Falls
Palimpsest: The Story of a Name

Best Original Film Score
Chou Li-ting, CMgroovy, Vicky Fung (Another World)
Wang Yu-jun, Yannick Dauby (Daughter of Nectar)
Charles Humenry (Lucky Lu)
Thomas Foguene (The Waves Will Carry Us)
Yii Kah-hoe, Chong Keat-aun (Mother Bhumi)

Best Original Film Song
“A Foggy Midnight” (A Foggy Tale)
“Wooden Man” (Poor Taxi)
“Blessed in the Wind” (Family Matters)
“Bhujanga” (Mother Bhumi)
“True Colors – Lovers” (Lovesick)

Best Documentary Short Film
The Tales of the Tale
Where’d My Brother Go?
Beyond 93 Letters
The Long Departure
Fragments of Herstory

Best Live Action Short Film
This Is NOT My Cow
Green Lake
Knee-Jerk
Pile On
Nervous Energy

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Chen (The Waves Will Carry Us)
Janel Tsai (Left-Handed Girl)
Nina Ye (Left-Handed Girl)
Queena Huang (Family Matters)
Elizabeth Tang Tao (Girlfriends)

Best Cinematography
Chen Ta-pu (Deep Quiet Room)
Norm Li (Lucky Lu)
Chen Ko-chin, Kao Tzu-hao (Left-Handed Girl)
Jimmy Wong (96 Minutes)
Leung Ming-kai (Mother Bhumi)

Best Supporting Actor
King Shih-chieh (Deep Quiet Room)
Huang Teng-hui (Left-Handed Girl)
Tseng Jing-hua (Family Matters)
Yao Chun-yao (Family Matters)
Anthony Wong (Finch & Midland)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Polly Yeung (Another World)
Lu Hsin-chih, Shen Ko-shang (Deep Quiet Room)
Lloyd Lee Choi (Lucky Lu)
Pan Ke-yin (Family Matters)
Marilyn Fu (Rosemead)

Best Original Screenplay
Chen Yu-hsun (A Foggy Tale)
Lau Kek-huat (The Waves Will Carry Us)
Tsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker (Left-Handed Girl)
Zhuo Kailuo (Poor Taxi)
Jun Li (Queerpanorama)

Best Costume & Makeup Design
Shahreens, Dollei Seah (A Good Child)
Hsu Li-wen (A Foggy Tale)
Zheng Yu-pei (Before the Bright Day)
Elaine Ng, Gary Chan, Kate Kua, Daphne Wong (Mother Bhumi)
Giselle Fok, Kato Miyuki (Road to Vendetta)

Best Art Direction
Wang Chih-cheng, You Li-wun (A Foggy Tale)
Penny Tsai (Deep Quiet Room)
Chang Yi-feng, Yuan Xiao-fan (Before the Bright Day)
Simon So Kwok-ho (96 Minutes)
Yan Sin-yeung, Yoshimoto Yukihito (Road to Vendetta)

Best Sound Effects
R.T Kao, Dave Cheung, Sammi Lin (A Mighty Adventure)
Book Chien, Tang Hsiang-chu (A Foggy Tale)
Chen Wei-liang, Narubett Peamyai, Elwin T. (96 Minutes)
Tu Duu-chih, Fiona Chang, Chen Kuan-ting (Mother Bhumi)
Lai Chi-hung (Road to Vendetta)

Best Visual Effects
Terence Neoh, Kento Wong, Jothan Chin, Chan Chooi-kun (A Mighty Adventure)
Tomi Kuo, Hulk Chen (A Foggy Tale)
Evan Wen, Lin Wei-hung, Hu Hong-yu, Fu Wan-ting (96 Minutes)
Chan Tze-him (Road to Vendetta)

Best New Performer
Rosen (Marching Boys)
Jimmy Liu (Blind Love)
Ma Shih-yuan (Left-Handed Girl)
Jayden Cheung (Queerpanorama)
Lin I-ting (A Dance With Rainbows)

Best Animation Feature
Another World
A Mighty Adventure

Best Animated Short Film
Goodbye Waves
91 Times Smash
Praying Mantis
Force Times Displacement
Rocked by the Wind

Best Action Choreography
Hung Shih-hao, Damien Fan (Marching Boys)
Hung Shih-hao (96 Minutes)
Ken Law Ho-ming (Good Game)
Teddy Ray Huang, Chen Chia-ling (A Dance With Rainbows)
Koichi Sakamoto (Road to Vendetta)

Best New Director
Shen Ko-shang (Deep Quiet Room)
Lloyd Lee Choi (Lucky Lu)
Tsou Shih-ching (Left-Handed Girl)
Tan Si-you (Amoeba)
Pan Ke-yin (Family Matters)

Best Film Editing
Mary Stephen (Palimpsest: The Story of a Name)
Lai Hsiu-hsiung (A Foggy Tale)
Sean Baker (Left-Handed Girl)
Horse Stone (Queerpanorama)
Du Guangwei (1 Girl Infinite)

Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
Joy Chung