21st Hong Kong Film Awards

Ceremony for the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 21 April 2002 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Eric Tsang, Cecilia Yip, Jacqueline Pang and Cheung Tat-Ming. Twenty-three winners in eighteen categories were unveiled. The year's biggest winner was Shaolin Soccer, winning six awards in total. Its director and leading actor Stephen Chow was awarded Best Director and a Best Actor title, after being nominated for the award seven times since 1991. The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards also saw the establishment of the Best Asian Film category, open to all non-Hong Kong films commercially released in Hong Kong within the previous calendar year. The first winner for this category is the Japanese animated feature Spirited Away.

21st Hong Kong Film Awards
Date	21 April 2002
Site	Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hosted by	Eric Tsang Cecilia Yip Jacqueline Pang Cheung Tat-Ming
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Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^{[1] [2][3][4]}

Best Film Shaolin Soccer‡ Beijing Rocks July Rhapsody Love on a Diet Lan Yu	Best Director Stephen Chow — Shaolin Soccer‡ Ann Hui — July Rhapsody Ann Hui — Visible Secret Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai — Love on a Diet Stanley Kwan — Lan Yu
Best Screenplay Ivy Ho — July Rhapsody‡ Stephen Chow — Tsang Kan-Cheung — Shaolin Soccer GC Goo-Bi — Merry-Go-Round Vincent Kok and Pang Ho-Cheung — You Shoot, I Shoot Jimmy Ngai — Lan Yu	Best Actor Stephen Chow — Shaolin Soccer‡ Jacky Cheung — July Rhapsody Andy Lau — Love on a Diet Hu Jun — Lan Yu Liu Ye — Lan Yu
Best Actress Sylvia Chang — Forever and Ever‡ Sammi Cheng — Fighting for Love Anita Mui — July Rhapsody Sammi Cheng — Love on a Diet Sammi Cheng — Wu Yen	Best Supporting Actor Wong Yat-fei — Shaolin Soccer‡ Patrick Tam — Born Wild David Lee — From the Queen to the Chief Executive Lam Ka-Tung — Dance of a Dream Simon Yam — Midnight Fly
Best Supporting Actress Karena Lam — July Rhapsody‡ Josie Ho — Forever and Ever Kara Wai — Visible Secret Cecilia Yip — The Avenging Fist Su Jin — Lan Yu	Best New Performer Karena Lam — July Rhapsody‡ Niki Chow — Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby Lawrence Chou — Merry-Go-Round Zeny Kwok — Glass Tears Charlene Choi — Funeral March
Best Cinematography Arthur Wong — Visible Secret‡ Kwen Pak-Huen and Andy Kwong — Shaolin Soccer Peter Pau — Beijing Rocks Henry Chung — Peony Pavilion Yang Tao and Zhang Jian — Lan Yu	Best Film Editing Eric Kong — The Accidental Spy‡ Kai Kit-Wai — Shaolin Soccer David M. Richardson — Fulltime Killer Marco Mak — The Legend of Zu William Chang — Lan Yu
Best Art Direction Lou Zhongguo and Yan Zhanlin — Peony Pavilion‡ Man Lim-Chung — July Rhapsody Cyrus Ho and Fu Delin — The Legend of Zu Bruce Yu — Wu Yen William Chang — Lan Yu	Best Costume Make Up Design Yeung Fan — Peony Pavilion‡ Hilda Choi — Shaolin Soccer William Fung, Mabel Kwan and Lee Pik-Kwan — The Legend of Zu Bruce Yu — Wu Yen William Chang — Lan Yu
Best Action Choreography Tung Wai and Jackie Chan Stunt Team — The Accidental Spy‡ Ching Siu-tung — Shaolin Soccer Ching Siu-tung — My Schoolmate, The Barbarian Corey Yuen — The Avenging Fist Yuen Wo Ping, Yuen Bun, Ku Huen-Chiu and Yuen Siu-tien — The Legend of Zu	Best Original Film Score Steve Ho — My Life as MuDull‡ Raymond Wong — Shaolin Soccer Henry Lai Wan-man — Beijing Rocks Mui Lam-Mau — Midnight Fly Zhang Yadong — Lan Yu
Best Original Film Song 終生美麗 — Love on a Diet‡ Composer: Chan Fai-Yeung Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Sammi Cheng 踢出個未來 — Shaolin Soccer Composer: Jackie Chan Lyricist: Andy Lau Singer: Andy Lau 回憶之前，忘記之後 — Beijing Rocks Composer: Henry Lai Wan-man Lyricist: Alex Law Singer: Wang Feng Para Para Sakura — Para Para Sakura Composer: Peter Kam Lyricist: Chan Siu-Kei Singer: Aaron Kwok 明明 — Peony Pavilion Composer: Chan San-Lie Lyricist: Yiu Him Singer: Sandy Lam	Best Sound Design Kinson Tsang — Shaolin Soccer‡ Kinson Tsang — Beijing Rocks Tu Duu Chih — Visible Secret Kinson Tsang — The Accidental Spy Martin Chappell — The Legend of Zu
Best Visual Effects Frankie Chung, Ken Law, Ronald To and Maurice Ng — Shaolin Soccer‡ Eddy Wong — 2002 Eddy Wong, Bryan Cheung, Victor Wong and Thalia Tau — The Avenging Fist Stephen Ma, Jonathan Ting and Jacky Tang — The Accidental Spy Eddy Wong, Koan Hui, Joe Bauer — The Legend of Zu	Best Asian Film Spirited Away (Japan‡ Yi Yi (Taiwan) Happy End (South Korea) Roots and Branches (China) Shower (China)

References

1. "List of Awardees of The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards". Hong Kong Film Awards. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
2. "The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards (2002)". Mtime.com Inc. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
3. "The 21st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". Love HK Film. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
4. "Hong Kong Film Awards for 2002". IMDb. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

External links

• Official website of the Hong Kong Film Awards