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.
