The 35th Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place in
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre () is a multipurpose performance facility in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Located at Salisbury Road, it was built by the former Urban Council and, since 2000, has been administered by the Leisure and Cultural Servi ...
on 3 April 2016. The host of the awards ceremony was
Sean Lau.
The state-owned
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six lan ...
did not air the program as it had previously for every year since 1991; this was because the film nominated for best picture in the awards, ''
Ten Years'', was seen to be critical of China's influence over Hong Kong. The Chinese government was reported to have ordered the state broadcaster not to broadcast the ceremony.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Censorship
The Hong Kong Film Awards announced 21 film awards in all, but there were only 20 according to reports in the mainland Chinese news media. Major mainland news websites, including
Sina
Sina may refer to:
Relating to China
* Chin (China), or Sina (), old Chinese form of the Sanskrit name Cina ()
** Shina (word), or Sina ( ja, 支那, links=no), archaic Japanese word for China
** Sinae, Latin name for China
Places
* Sina, Alban ...
and Tencent, which covered the awards ceremony on 3 April 2
016 neglected to mention the winner of best picture, considered one of Asia's top film awards.
In mainland Chinese cities where TVB, the main Hong Kong television channel, is aired, users on social media reported that the programme was blacked out and replaced with a cooking programme.
References
External links
Official website of the Hong Kong Film AwardsHong Kong Film Awards 2013 University of Hong Kong Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hong Kong Film Awards 2013
*2013
2016 film awards
2016 in Hong Kong
Hong