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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
"The Last Dance" won two accolades at Far East Film Festival
5 May - "The Last Dance" might have lost Best Picture at its home turf, but continued to gain new victories internationally, with the latest being the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy. The film was awarded the FEFF's Silver Mulberry Audience Award as well as the FEFF Black Dragon critics honour, becoming the only Hong Kong film to win at the festival. Director Anselm Chan expressed, "Thank you to the audience and professional judges of the Udine Far East Film Festival for their love and recognition. I am grateful that this magical journey of 'The Last Dance' has collected another beautiful memory." Lead actress Michelle Wai, who won Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) recently, expressed her elation as well, saying, "Thank you to the local audience for their love, which has allowed the film to go further." It is noted that "The Last Dance" won five accolades at the recently held HKFA. However, it lost the Best Picture category to "Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In". (Photo Source: Anselm Chan IG)
New Straits Times
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: 'The Last Dance' among Malaysia's top Chinese films
KUALA LUMPUR: The Last Dance, the popular Chinese movie screened late last year, has now garnered RM18.8 million at the box office, to become one of the Top 10 best selling Chinese movies in Malaysia. The movie produced, directed and co-written by Anselm Chan and starring Hong Kong superstars Michael Hui and Dayo Wong, as well as Michelle Wai, Tommy Chu and Catherine Chau, is the highest-grossing Hong Kong movie in Malaysia over the last six years. A statement from its distributors Lotus Five Star and Five Star AV yesterday said that it had collected over HK$166 million (RM93.6 million) in Hong Kong and Macau, to become one of the highest-grossing movies in both territories. The Last Dance has also received critical acclaim and numerous accolades including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, with a record-breaking 18 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards this year. The film also has an extended version which includes 13 minutes of never-before-seen footage, currently being screened in cinemas. The Last Dance explores themes related to Hong Kong's deathcare and follows a wedding planner (Wong) who enters the funeral industry through a partnership with a traditional Taoist priest (Hui), seeking to understand the meaning of life and death through funeral rituals.
South China Morning Post
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
The Last Dance is front runner for 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards
Published: 8:35pm, 14 Feb 2025 Hong Kong funeral rites drama The Last Dance is the clear front runner for the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards with 19 nominations, including best picture. The third feature film by director Anselm Chan, The Last Dance made waves in the city by grossing HK$122 million (US$15.7 million) in its first month of release, making it the highest-grossing Hong Kong film of all time at the local box office. Adapted from the novel City of Darkness by Yuyi and comic of the same name by Andy Seto, the film – shot in a re-creation of the Kowloon Walled City, a once notorious Hong Kong slum – has a star-studded cast, led by Louis Koo Tin-lok , Sammo Hung , Richie Jen and Raymond Lam Fung. The nominees, announced by organisers on February 14, were chosen from a pool of 46 Hong Kong-made films released in 2024, down from the 50 released in 2023 that contended for awards last year.
