Drama film ’Arrested Memory’ leads 11 Golden Horse nominations

The Golden Horse Awards yesterday announced the nominations for its 63rd installment, with Arrested Memory (狂忘警探) leading the tally with 11 nominations, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee said.

Arrested Memory was nominated for best narrative feature, director, leading actor, supporting actor, cinematography, art direction, makeup and costume design, action choreography, original film song, film editing, and sound effects, the committee said in a statement.

The darkly comedic crime thriller follows a Taiwanese detective who develops amnesia shortly after being transferred to a new post and becomes embroiled in a high-profile kidnapping case as his memory deteriorates.

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Japanese filmmaker Hiroyuki Tanaka, known professionally as Sabu, directed the film.

Meanwhile, Shu Qi’s (舒淇) directorial debut Girl (女孩) ranked second with 10 nominations, while Double Happiness (雙囍) and We Are Born Good (善男信女) tied for third with nine nominations each, the committee said.

This year’s competition received 587 submissions, including 92 feature films, three animated features, 60 documentaries, 294 narrative short films, 71 documentary shorts and 67 animated shorts, the committee said.

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For best actor, Leon Dai (戴立忍) was nominated for his role in Kung Fu (功夫) alongside Liu Kuan-ting (劉 冠廷) for Double Happiness, Yeung Wai-lun (楊偉倫) for We Are Born Good, Ethan Juan (阮經天) for Arrested Memory and Jack Tan (陳澤耀) for Dead Tide (黑潮).

There are no Taiwanese actors among the best actress nominees, with the contenders being Angela Yuen (袁澧林) from Afterpiece (第四幕), Jennifer Yu (余香凝) from Double Happiness, Liang Cuishan (梁翠珊) from Big Little Things (謊言生活), Chung Suet-ying (鍾雪瑩) from We Are Born Good and Yeo Yann Yann (楊雁雁) from We Are All Strangers (我們不是陌生人).

The nominees for best narrative feature are Girl, Double Happiness, We Are Born Good, Arrested Memory and We Are All Strangers.

The awards ceremony is to be held on Nov. 22 at the Taipei Music Center, with the red carpet starting at 5pm and the ceremony to begin at 6:30pm, the committee said.