Best Feature Film:
Cape No. 7 (海角七號)
Orz Boyz (囧男孩)
Assembly (集結號)
Ocean Flame (一半海水,一半火焰)
The Warlords (投名狀)
Best Director:
Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖), Cape No. 7
Ping Ho-cheung (彭浩翔), Trivial
Matters (破事兒)
Peter Chan Ho-sun, The Warlords
Sylvia Chang Ai-jia (張艾嘉), Run Papa Run (一個好爸爸)
Best Leading Actress:
Prudence Liew (劉美君), True Women for Sale (我不賣身.我賣子宮)
Monica Mok (莫小奇), Ocean Flame
Karena Lam (林嘉欣), Claustrophobia (親密)
Chang Yung-yung (張榕容), Miao Miao (渺渺)
Best Original Screenplay:
Orz Boys
Winds of September (九降風)
The Warlords
Claustrophobia
Best Leading Actor:
Zhang Han-yu (張涵予), Assembly
Liao Fan (廖凡), Ocean Flame
Jet Li (李連杰), The Warlords
Louis Koo (古天樂), Run Papa Run
Best Supporting Actor:
Ma Ju-long (馬如龍), Cape No. 7
Eason Chan (陳奕迅), Trivial Matters
Hu Jun (胡軍), Red Cliff
Dai Li-ren (戴立忍), Parking (停車)
Best Supporting Actress:
Mei Fang (梅芳), Orz Boyz
Leon Lai (黎明), Money No Enough 2 (錢不夠用2)
Niki Wu (吳立琪), Detours to Paradise (歧路天堂)
Nora Miao (苗可秀), Run Papa Run
Best New Performer:
Chie Tanaka, Cape No. 7
Lin Tsung-hui (林宗輝), Cape No. 7
Pang Chin-yu (潘親御), Orz Boyz
Jiang Sheng-min (姜聖民), Tiao Ge Zi (跳格子)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Trivial Matters
Assembly
Best Cinematography:
Cape No. 7
Ocean Flame
The Warlords
Sparrow (文雀)
Best Visual Effects:
Assembly
The Warlords
Red Cliff
CJ7 (長江七號)
Best Art Direction:
Ocean Flame
The Warlords
Parking
Red Cliff
Best Make-up and Costume Design:
Trivial Matters
Candy Rain (花吃了那女孩)
The Warlords
Red Cliff
Best Action Choreography:
Assembly
Connected (保持通話)
The Warlords
An Empress and the Warriors (江山美人)
Best Original Film Score:
Cape No. 7
The Warlords
Sparrow
12 Lotus (十二蓮花)
Best Film Editing:
Winds of September
Connected
The Warlords
Claustrophobia
Best Sound Effects:
Cape No. 7
Assembly
The Warlords
Missing (謎屍)
Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year:
Cape No. 7
Winds of September
Parking
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year:
Wei Te-Sheng
Takeshi Kanashiro (金城武)
Li Long-yu (李龍禹)
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Chang Feng (常楓)
Special Contribution Award:
Huang Jen (黃仁)
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