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‘Drifting’ Leads Golden Horse Awards Race as Hong Kong Films Make Cautious Return

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Vivienne Chow Hong Kong drama “Drifting” leads Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards race with 12 nominations including best narrative feature and best adapted screenplay, organizers announced on Tuesday.The film that revolves around the tragedy of homeless people in Hong Kong also earned a nomination for Jun Li in the best director category.

Veteran actor Francis Ng, who plays a homeless drug addict battling for justice, was also nominated for best leading actor.Since 2019, Beijing has operated a mainland Chinese boycott of the awards that for many years were seen as the highest accoladed for Chinese-language filmmaking.

And in 2019 and 2020 most Hong Kong films and filmmakers also stayed away. This year’s list sees an uptick in the Hong Kong.

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