16th Hong Kong Film Awards

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| date = 13 April 1997

| site = Hong Kong Cultural Centre

| host = Lydia Shum and Nancy Sit

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Ceremony for the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards was held on 13 April 1997 in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and hosted by Lydia Shum and Nancy Sit. In total, sixteen winners in fifteen categories were unveiled. Peter Chan's Comrades: Almost a Love Story became the biggest winner for the year with nine awards, setting the record for the highest number of categories won by a single film. The event also marked the last time the Hong Kong Film Awards was held while under British colonial rule.

The nominees were announced on 24 February 1997. The front runners were Peter Chan's Comrades: Almost a Love Story and Benny Chan's Big Bullet, with eleven and nine nominations respectively.

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ({{double-dagger}}).{{cite web|title=List of Awardees of The 16th Hong Kong Film Awards|url=http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist16.html |website=hkfaa.com |publisher=Hong Kong Film Awards|access-date=13 March 2017}}

{{cite web|title=The 16th Hong Kong Film Awards (1997)|url=http://award.mtime.com/17/1997/|website=Mtime.com Inc|access-date=13 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=The 16th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards|url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/features/hkfa_1996.htm|website=Love HK Film|access-date=13 March 2017}}{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Film Awards for 1997|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000329/1997|website=IMDb|access-date=13 March 2017}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Film}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Director}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Screenplay}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Actor}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Actress}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Supporting Actor}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Supporting Actress}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best New Performer}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Film Editing}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Cinematography}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Art Direction}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Costume Make Up Design}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Action Choreography}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Original Film Score}}

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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Original Film Song}}

References

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