Golden Rooster Awards
The Golden Rooster Awards (Chinese: 金鸡奖; pinyin: Jīnjī Jiǎng) are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981. Award recipients receive a statuette in the shape of a golden rooster, and are selected by a jury of filmmakers, film experts, and film historians. The awards are the Chinese equivalent to the American Academy Awards.
| Golden Rooster Awards 金鸡奖 | |
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| Current: 36th Golden Rooster Awards | |
 The Golden Rooster Award | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in film |
| Country | China |
| Presented by | China Film Association |
| First awarded | 1981 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國電影金雞獎 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国电影金鸡奖 | ||||||||||||
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Originally, Golden Roosters were only available to mainland Chinese nominees, but in 2005, the awards opened up the acting categories to actors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere in an effort to compete with Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards.[1] Films in the past two years are eligible for the Golden Rooster awards since 2007.
The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards have taken place on alternate years since 2005, with the Golden Rooster taking place on odd years. In 1992, the Golden Rooster and the Hundred Flowers Awards were combined into a single national festival.[2]
Awards categories
- Best Picture (最佳故事片)
- Best Director (最佳导演)
- Best Actor (最佳男主角)
- Best Actress (最佳女主角)
- Best Supporting Actor (最佳男配角)
- Best Supporting Actress (最佳女配角)
- Best Writing (最佳编剧)
- Best Directorial Debut (最佳导演处女作)
- Best Cinematographer (最佳摄影)
- Best Editor
- Best Sound
- Best Art Director
- Best Score
- Best TV Film
- Best Documentary
- Best Animation (最佳美术片)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (终身成就奖)
Award winners
| Time | Year | Category | Award winners / winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1981 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Evening Rain”, “Legend of Tianyun Mountain”
Xie Jin - “Legend of Tianyun Mountain” Ye Nan - “Evening Rain” Li Zhiyu - “Evening Rain” |
| 2 | 1982 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Neighbor”
Cheng Yin - “The Xi'an Incident” Zhang Xian - “Corner Left Unnoticed by Love” Zhang Yan - “Laughs at Moon Bar” Li Xiuming - “Xu Mao and His Daughters” |
| 3 | 1983 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“At Middle Age”, “Rickshaw Boy”
Wu Yigong - “My Memories of Old Beijing” Shen Rong - “At Middle Age” N/A Pan Hong - “At Middle Age” |
| 4 | 1984 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Voice From Hometown”
Tang Xiaodan - “Liao Zhongkai” N/A Dong Xingji - “Liao Zhongkai” Yang Zaibao - “Blood is Always Hot” Gong Xue - “Under The Bridge” |
| 5 | 1985 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Girl in Red”
Ling Zifeng - “The Border Town” Li Zhun, Li Cunbao - “Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain” Lu Xiaohe - “Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain” Li Ling - “Girl from Mt. Huangshan” |
| 6 | 1986 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“In The Wild Mountains”
Yan Xueshu - “In The Wild Mountains” Liu Zifeng - “The Black Cannon Incident” Yue Hong - “In The Wild Mountains” |
| 7 | 1987 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Hibiscus Town”, “Dr. Sun Yat-sen”
Ding Yinnan - “Dr. Sun Yat-sen” Tian Junli, Fei Linjun - “The Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang” |
| 8 | 1988 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Old Well”, “Red Sorghum”
Wu Tianming - “Old Well” Huang Shuqin, Li Ziyu, Song Guoxun - “Woman Demon Human” Zhang Yimou - “Old Well” Pan Hong - “Well” |
| 9 | 1989 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
N/A
Wu Ziniu - “Evening Bell”, “Joyous Heroes”, “Between Life and Death” N/A Tao Zeru - “Evening Bell”, “Joyous Heroes”, “Between Life and Death” Xu Shouli - “Joyous Heroes”, “Between Life and Death” |
| 10 | 1990 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“After the Final Battle”
Li Qiankuan, Xiao Guiyun - “The Birth of New China” Xie Tieli, Zhao Yun - A Dream of Red Mansions Zhang Tianmin, Zhang Xiaotian, Liu Xing, Guo Chen - “The Birth of New China” Lu Qi - “Baise Uprising” N/A |
| 11 | 1991 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Jiao Yulu”
N/A N/A Li Xuejian - “Jiao Yulu” Xi Meijuan - “Leave Women the Truth” |
| 12 | 1992 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign”
Sun Zhou - “The True-Hearted” Ensable Directors - “Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign” Huang Yazhou, Wang Tianyun - “The Creation of a World” Wang Tiecheng - “Zhou Enlai” Song Xiaoying - “Her Smile Through Candlelight” |
| 13 | 1993 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Story of Qiu Ju”
Xia Gang - “After Separation” Wang Xingdong - “The Scientist Jiang Zhuying” Ge You - “After Separation” |
| 14 | 1994 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Country Teachers”
He Ping - “Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker” Ju Sheng, Liu Xinglong, Bu Yangui - “Country Teachers” Li Baotian - “Country Teachers” Pan Hong - “Shanghai Fever” |
| 15 | 1995 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Accused Uncle Shangang”
Huang Jianxin, Yang Yazhou - “Back to Back, Face to Face” Bi Bicheng, Fan Yuan - “The Accused Uncle Shangang” Li Rentang - “The Accused Uncle Shangang” |
| 16 | 1996 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Red Cherry”
Wu Tianming - “The King of Masks” N/A Gao Ming - “Kong Fan Sen” Song Chunli - “Jiuxiang” |
| 17 | 1997 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Opium War”
Wei Lian - “Da Zhuan Zhe” Wang Xingdong - “The Days Without Lei Feng” Liu Peiqi - “The Days Without Lei Feng” Yu Hui - “Xi Liang” |
| 18 | 1998 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Live in Peace”
Hu Bingliu - “Settlement” Sai Fu, Mai Lisi - “Genghis Khan” Lu Zhuguo - “The Liberation of Southwest China” Feng Gong - “A Tree in House” |
| 19 | 1999 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Postmen in the Mountains”
Cao Wenxuan - “The Grass House” |
| 20 | 2000 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Fatal Decision”, “Roaring Across the Horizon”, “Fatal Decision”, “The Road Home”
Chen Guoxing - “Roaring Across the Horizon” Zhang Yimou - “The Road Home” He Zizhuang, Song Jigao - “Fatal Decision” Chen Daoming - “My 1919” |
| 21 | 2001 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Mao Zedong in 1925”
Huo Jianqi - “Love of Blueness” Wang Xiaotang, Wang Chen - “Fragrant Vows” Ge Zhijun - “Escort” Song Chunli - “To Be With You Forever” |
| 22 | 2002 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Pretty Big Feet”, “Charging Out Amazon”
Chen Kaige - “Together” Yang Yazhou - “Pretty Big Feet” Su Xiaowei - “Life Show” Ning Cai - “Heavenly Grassland” Ni Ping - “Pretty Big Feet” Tao Hong - “Life Show” |
| 23 | 2003 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The River Wild”, “Nuan”
Zhang Yimou - “Hero” Su Xiaowei - “Nuan” Xia Yu - “The Law of Romance” |
| 24 | 2004 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Shanghai Story”
Peng Xiaolian - “Shanghai Story” Zhao Dongling - “The Story of Xiao-Yan” Liu Ye - “The Foliage” |
| 25 | 2005 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“On the Mountain of Tai Hang”, “Kekexili: Mountain Patrol”
Ma Liwen - “You and Me” Liu Heng - “Zhang Side” Jackie Chan - “New Police Story” Jin Yaqin - “You and Me” |
| 26 | 2007 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Knot”
Qi Jian - “The Forest Ranger” Yin Li - “The Knot” Tang Lai, Zhang Sitao, Zhang Chi, Hu Kun - “The Tokyo Trial” Fu Dalong - “The Forest Ranger” Carina Lau - “Curiosity Kills the Cat (film)” Yan Bingyan - “Teeth of Love” |
| 27 | 2009 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Assembly”, “Forever Enthralled”
Jiang Haiyang, Gu Bai, Zong Fuxian - “Turning Point 1977” Jiang Wenli - “And the Spring Comes” Zhou Xun - “The Equation of Love and Death” |
| 28 | 2011 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Space Dream”
Chen Li - “Love On Gallerv Bridge” Cheng Xiaoling - “Sui Sui Qing Ming” Sun Chun - “Qiu Xi” |
| 29 | 2013 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Story of Zhou Enlai”, “American Dreams in China”
Peter Chan - “American Dreams in China” Huang Hong, Wang Jinming - “Fallen City” Zhang Guoli - “Back to 1942” Huang Xiaoming - “American Dreams in China” |
| 30 | 2015 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Wolf Totem”
Tsui Hark - “The Taking of Tiger Mountain” |
| 31 | 2017 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Operation Mekong”
Feng Xiaogang - “I Am Not Madame Bovary” |
| 32 | 2019 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“The Wandering Earth”
Dante Lam - “Operation Red Sea” Wang Xiaoshuai, Mei Ah - “So Long, My Son” |
| 33 | 2020 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Leap”
Wang Rui - “Chaogtu with Sarula” Zhang Ji - “Leap” |
| 34 | 2021 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
“Island Keeper”
Yu Xi, Huang Xin, Zhao Ningyu - “1921” Zhang Xiaofei - “Hi, Mom” |
| 35 | 2022 | Best Picture
Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress |
The Battle at Lake Changjin
Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Dante Lam - The Battle at Lake Changjin Shao Yihui - Myth of Love |
References
- "China Challenges Taiwanese Film Awards". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- "China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival". ChinaCulture.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2009-01-01.