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Hong Kong Film Awards
The Hong Kong Film Awards, founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong.
Cast and crew members of Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In celebrate the best film win. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Gaming icon Hideo Kojima hails Hong Kong Kowloon Walled City film as ‘phenomenal’

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Hideo Kojima has said one of his favourite aspects of the film is that Louis Koo’s (pictured) character runs a barbershop. Photo: Handout
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The Last Dance is front-runner for 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards

Drama about funeral rites nominated in nearly every category; Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, set in Kowloon Walled City, has 14 nods.

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Dayo Wong (left) and Michael Hui in a still from The Last Dance, which leads nominations for the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards with 18 nods. Photo: Emperor Motion Pictures
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Twilight of the Warriors named the best Hong Kong film of 2024 by critics

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Louis Koo Tin-lok in a still from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, winner of best Hong Kong film in the 2024 Hong Kong Film Critics Awards. Photo: Media Asia Distribution
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Dayo Wong in a still from The Last Dance. Photo: Emperor Motion Pictures
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