[Press
Conference] 1st Golden Wau Awards 2013
Golden Wau
Awards, Juries from 3 countries sharing the film experience!
Kuala
Lumpur, 2nd September 2013 – The GOLDEN WAU AWARDS final round
judging starts right after the announcement of Top 8 Finalist. GWA has invited
CEO of Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Wen
Tien-Hsiang together with Best New Director of Golden Horse Awards, Ho Wi Ding, Best Screenplay of Hong
Kong Film Awards, Tian Koi Leong, Producer
cum International Film Consultant, Lorna
Tee to be the jury. They have arrived Malaysia last week for the final
round judging. Due to personal reason, Dennis
Lim has quitted to be the jury and
GWA honored to have invited China Famous Actress, Sophia Hu Jing to be our jury.
After the judging, the juries met up with the media and this was a
very rare opportunity to gather the filmmakers from Taiwan, China and Malaysia.
GOLDEN WAU AWARDS has taken this
opportunity to host a “GOLDEN WAU AWARDS
Jury Sharing Session and Press Conference” at 7th floor Suite 1
& 2, Hilton Kuala Lumpur.
During
The “GOLDEN WAU AWARDS Jury Sharing Session and Press Conference”:
The press conference was seated with VVIP, VIP as well as some
local celebrities and media members. Apart from that, a few lucky public
audiences have also attended the press conference.
SweetDream
Supports Golden Wau Award As Main Sponsor!
As the main sponsor of Golden Wau Awards, SweetDream will tailor
made a series of products including the Marsh Pillow (Movie Pillow) using the
unique and specialty of “Support Factor”.
After the announcement of Main Sponsor, Mr. Tan Kai Hor, CEO of SweetDream was invited to give a speech.
Xiao
En Group & Overseas Union Garden Sdn Bhd Co-sponsoring the event while LINE
Malaysia being the official Mobile Platform & Hilton Kuala Lumpur being the
Official Hotel!
After the announcement of main sponsors, the emcee has also
announced the co-sponsors and other partners for the event.
Announcement
of Movie List for “Most Popular Local Chinese Film” & “Most Popular
Singapore Film”!
Besides the announcements of Sponsors, the list for “Most Popular
Local Chinese Film” & “Most Popular Singapore Film” were also announced. (The list can be found at the end of this
article)
The voting for these awards starts from 9th September
2013 to 10th October 2013 through GOLDEN WAU AWARDS Facebook Fans
Page and it is open for public to vote. Besides, the voters will have the
chance to win the merchandise of LINE Malaysia.
Apart from that, the “Best Local Non-Chinese Film” will be judged
by Malaysian Film Producers Association
(Persatuan Penerbit Filem Malaysia –PFM) and Film Directors’ Association of Malaysia (Persatuan Pengarah Filem
Malaysia – FDAM).
Golden
Wau Awards has also officially announced the special
awards “Pioneer Awards” will be rewarded to Dato’ Lai Meng & Han Ying, who
were the pioneers of Malaysia Film Industry, to appreciate their efforts and
contribution to Malaysia Film Industry. The Main Sponsor, SweetDream will
measure the “Support Factor” of the two pioneers and tailor made a set of
mattress for them.
Ceremony
Brand Ad Short Film!
Golden Wau Awards will shoot the Ceremony Brand Ad Short Film. The
short film will be revolving around the journey of Malaysian film industry and
will be shown during the Golden Wau Awards Ceremony. The celebrities who would
be involved in the short film include Jane
Wong, Henley Hii, Lim Ching Miau, Goh Wee Ping, Danielle D, Mayjune Tan, Alvis
Chin, Emily Lim and Candy Lee.
Seminar
Forum & Sharing Session!
Golden Wau Awards will also be hosting a few seminar & sharing
session of Top 8 Finalist for Best Director Awards. So stay tuned to GOLDEN WAU AWARDS (GWA) FB Page for more details.
Jury
Sharing Session
Some highlights spoken by each jury:
Jury
Wen Tien Hsiang
- Through Local Films, we can learn the
different cultures at different part of Malaysia such as Penang and Kuala
Lumpur. Different places having different dialects such as Hokkien or Hakka are
something unique from our local film.
Jury
Sophia Hu Jing
-
This is her first time being a jury and she has
gained many new experiences.
-
She has challenged her own limitation because
she has to watch and review many ghost movies despite being very timid to this
genre of movies.
-
She thought that Malaysia movies have many
languages in it which are so different from China movies.
Jury
Lorna Tee
-
It’s important for all filmmakers to work
together as an industry to gather strength so that Malaysian films can get
beyond the Malaysia water.
-
The box office in Malaysia was growing well
now.
-
If the Malaysian Film can be more universal,
then it can reach out even further to the oversea market.
Jury
Ho Wi Ding
-
Filming a movie is not like studying. Some of
the times it depends on your intuition. Most importantly, we must not give up.
-
Filming a movie requires good stress-management
and some soft skills in dealing with people. Most people only saw the outcome
product but not all of them have realized the hectic life of being a director.
Jury
Tian Koi Leong
-
To become a good screenplay writer, you must
have the tolerance to sit on the chair surrounded by only blank papers for at
least 3 hours. (he jokingly said)
-
After he has won the best screenplay of Hong
Kong Film Awards before, instead of feeling contented, he became stricter to
himself in order to become more improved.
After the Jury Session, all of the VVIPs, VIPs, guest celebrities
and jury have taken a group photo together.
Anyway, do stay tuned for the awards ceremony. It will be hosted
on 15th October 2013, 8pm, in Hilton Kuala Lumpur.
List
of “Most Popular Local Chinese Film” & “Most Popular Singapore Film”
Most
Popular Local Chinese Film最受欢迎本地中文电影
1)
Woo Hoo
2)
Ice Kacang Puppy Love
3)
The Cycle of Love
4)
Phua Chu Kang
5)
Lelio Popo
6)
The Great Day
7)
Homecoming
8)
I Love Wing Chun
9)
Twisted
10) The
Loan Shark
11) Nasi
Lemak 2.0
12) 23:59
13) Petaling
Street Warriors
14) Ah Beng
Three Wishes
15) The
Wedding Diary
16) Fist
Of Dragon
17) 3X
Trouble
18) Ghost
buddies
19) You
Believe In Ghost
20) Tears
of Mum
21) Karma
Reborn
22) Hantu
Gangster
23) Greedy
Ghost
24) Kepong
25) The
Golden Couple
26) The
Collector
Most
Popular Singapore Film
1)
Kidnapper
2)
Happy Go Lucky
3)
Old Cow vs Tender Grass
4)
Haunted Changi
5)
The Ghost Must be Crazy
6)
Perfect Rival
7)
It’s a Great Great World
8)
Dance Dance Dragon
9)
We Not Naughty
10) Timeless
Love
11) Ghost
On Air
12) Dangerous
Liaisons
13) Imperfect
14) Ah
Boys to Men
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