39th Hong Kong Film Awards

The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in April 2020, but it was moved online due to preventive measures against COVID-19 and it was livestreamed on May 6, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3] The awards were handed out on the 17th July 2022 at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ‡.^[4]

Best Film Jojo Hui — Better Days ‡ Michael J. Werner, Teresa Kwong, Sandy Yip, Chowee Leow — Suk Suk Ann Hui, Julia Chu — Fagara Soi Cheang — I'm Livin' It Stephen Chow, Y. Y. Kong — The New King of Comedy	Best Director Derek Tsang — Better Days ‡ Kiwi Chow — Beyond The Dream Ray Yeung — Suk Suk Heiward Mak — Fagara Wilson Yip — Ip Man 4: The Finale
Best Screenplay Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yimeng — Better Days ‡ Felix Tsang, Kiwi Chow — Beyond The Dream Ray Yeung — Suk Suk Heiward Mak — Fagara Norris Wong— My Prince Edward	Best Actor Tai Bo — Suk Suk ‡ Louis Koo — A Witness Out Of The Blue Chu Pak Hong — My Prince Edward Aaron Kwok — I'm Livin' It Jackson Yee — Better Days
Best Actress Zhou Dongyu — Better Days ‡ Sammi Cheng — Fagara Sammi Cheng — Fatal Visit Cecilia Choi — Beyond The Dream Stephy Tang — My Prince Edward	Best Supporting Actor Cheung Tat Ming — I'm Livin' It ‡ Philip Keung — A Witness Out Of The Blue Siuyea Lo — Suk Suk Alex Man — I'm Livin' It Zhang Qi — The New King of Comedy
Best Supporting Actress Patra Au — Suk Suk ‡ Charlene Choi — Fatal Visit Megan Lai — Fagara Nina Paw — My Prince Edward Cya Liu — I'm Livin' It	Best New Performer Jackson Yee — Better Days ‡ E Jingwen — The New King of Comedy Vanda Margraf — Ip Man 4: The Finale Patra Au — Suk Suk Terrance Lau — Beyond The Dream
Best Cinematography Yu Jing Pin — Better Days ‡ Szeto Yat Lui — Beyond The Dream Tse Chung To Kenny — A Witness Out Of The Blue S.K. Yip — Fagara Cheng Siu Keung — Ip Man 4: The Finale	Best Film Editing Cheung Ka Fai — Ip Man 4: The Finale ‡ Zhang Yibo — Better Days Law Wing Cheong, Kelvin Chau— A Witness Out Of The Blue William Chang Suk Ping, Nose Chan Chui Hing — Suk Suk William Chang Suk Ping, Peter Chung — My Prince Edward
Best Art Direction Cheung Siu Hong — Fagara ‡ Liang Honghu — Better Days Chet Chan — A Witness Out Of The Blue Man Lim Chung, Li Kwok Lam Billy — I'm Livin' It Kenneth Mak — Ip Man 4: The Finale	Best Costume & Make Up Design Dora Ng — Better Days ‡ Albert Poon — Suk Suk Cheung Siu Hong — Fagara Man Lim Chung, Chan Po Yan Polly — I'm Livin' It Lee Pik Kwan — Ip Man 4: The Finale
Best Action Choreography Yuen Woo-ping — Ip Man 4: The Finale ‡ Jack Wong — A Witness Out of the Blue Chin Ka Lok, Ka Lok Stunt Team, Wong Wai Fai, Tang Sui Wa, Thomson Ng — Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Stephen Tung — Double World Hon Ping, Gobi Ng — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords	Best Original Film Score Eman Lam — My Prince Edward ‡ Varqa Buehrer — Better Days Yusuke Hatano — Say It Properly Peter Kam — I'm Livin' It Kenji Kawai — Ip Man 4: The Finale
Best Original Film Song "Fly" — Better Days ‡ Composer: Ellen Joyce Loo Lyrics: Ellen Joyce Loo, Ellen Joyce Loo Performer: Yoyo Sham "Say It Properly" — Fagara Composer: Tonyi Ng Lyrics: Tonyi Ng Performer: Sammi Cheng "My Prince Edward" — My Prince Edward Composer: Eman Lam Lyrics: Norris Wong Performer: Stephy Tang "Brotherhood" — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords Composer: Jacky Cai Lyrics: Andy Lau Performer: Andy Lau, Louis Koo "i’m livin’ it" — I’m Livin’ It Composer: Peter Kam Lyrics: Siu May Performer: Aaron Kwok	Best Sound Design Lee Yiu Keung George, Yiu Chun Hin — Ip Man 4: The Finale ‡ Victor Ray Ennis — The Captain Tu Duu-Chih, Wu Shu-Yao — Beyond The Dream Tu Duu-Chih, Chiang Yi Chen — Fagara Nip Kei Wing, Ip Siu Kei — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Best Visual Effects Yee Kwok Leung, Ma Siu Fu, Leung Wai Man, Ho Man Lok — The White Storm 2: Drug Lords ‡ Ellen Poon — The Captain Tam Kai Kwan, Ng Ka Lung, Chung Kar Hau, Yeung Hey Chiu — Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Eric Xu, Allen Wei, Li Shuai — Double World Victor Wong — The Bravest	Best New Director Norris Wong — My Prince Edward ‡ Jazz Boon — Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy Wong Hing Fan — I’m Livin’ It Nick Leung Kwok-Pun — Lion Rock Cheuk Cheung — Bamboo Theatre
Best Asian Chinese Language Film An Elephant Sitting Still ‡ Detention Shadow

Films that received multiple awards and nominations

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
12	Better Days
11	Fagara
10	I'm Livin' It
9	Suk Suk
9	Ip Man 4: The Finale
8	My Prince Edward
6	Beyond The Dream
6	A Witness Out of the Blue
4	The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
3	The New King of Comedy
3	Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
2	Fatal Visit
	Double World
	The Captain

References

^ "BETTER DAYS SWEEPS 39TH HONG KONG FILM AWARDS". artasiapacific.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards unveils nominations, but mulls new format due to coronavirus fears". screendaily.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards 2020: Nominations and Winners List". Hong Kong Film Awards.
^ "Hong Kong Film Awards 2020 winners: Better Days takes eight prizes, including best picture, director, screenplay and actress". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 May 2020.