17th Hong Kong Film Awards

The 17th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, honored the best films of 1997 and took place on 26 April 1998 at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Carol Cheng and Cheung Tat Ming, during the ceremony awards are presented in 17 categories.

Date26 April 1998

SiteHong Kong Cultural Centre

Hosted byCarol Cheng and Cheung Tat Ming

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17th Hong Kong Film Awards

Date	26 April 1998
Site	Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Hosted by	Carol Cheng and Cheung Tat Ming
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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (â¡).^[1] ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Best Film Made in Hong Kongâ¡ The Soong Sisters Lifeline Full Alert Happy Together	Best Director Fruit Chan â Made in Hong Kongâ¡ Johnnie To â Lifeline Mabel Cheung â The Soong Sisters Ringo Lam â Full Alert Wong Kar-wai â Happy Together
Best Screenplay Raymond To â The Mad Phoenixâ¡ Alex Law â The Soong Sisters Johnny Mak â Island of Greed Wai Ka-Fai, Matt Chow and Szeto Kam-Yuen â Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 Fruit Chan â Made in Hong Kong	Best Actor Tony Leung â Happy Togetherâ¡ Leslie Cheung â Happy Together Sean Lau â Full Alert Tony Leung â Island of Greed Tse Kwan Ho â The Mad Phoenix
Best Actress Maggie Cheung â The Soong Sistersâ¡ Pauline Suen â Island of Greed Shu Qi â Love Is Not a Game, But a Joke Jacklyn Wu â Eighteen Springs Carina Lau â The Intimates	Best Supporting Actor Jiang Wen â The Soong Sistersâ¡ Chang Chen â Happy Together Eric Tsang â Task Force Poon Chan-Leung â The Mad Phoenix Law Kar-ying â Kitchen
Best Supporting Actress Anita Mui â Eighteen Springsâ¡ Elaine Kam â The Soong Sisters Theresa Lee â The Intimates Theresa Lee â Downtown Torpedoes Michelle Yeoh â The Soong Sisters	Best New Performer Sam Lee â Made in Hong Kongâ¡ Ruby Wong â Lifeline Nicola Cheung â Cause We Are So Young Ken Wong â Downtown Torpedoes Lam Bo-Lun â My Dad Is a Jerk
Best Cinematography Arthur Wong â The Soong Sistersâ¡ Horace Wong â Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 Cheung Man-Biu â Downtown Torpedoes Mark Lee â Eighteen Springs Christopher Doyle â Happy Together	Best Film Editing Wong Wing-Ming â Lifelineâ¡ Marco Mak and Angie Lam â Full Alert Fruit Chan â Made in Hong Kong Eric Kwong and Cheung Ka-Fai â Downtown Torpedoes William Chang and Wong Ming-Lam â Happy Together
Best Art Direction Eddie Ma â The Soong Sistersâ¡ Raymond Lee â Island of Greed Eddie Ma and Ken Mak â Downtown Torpedoes Bruce Yu and Yank Wong â Eighteen Springs William Chang â Happy Together	Best Costume Make Up Design Emi Wada â The Soong Sistersâ¡ Silver Cheung â The Odd One Dies Dora Ng â Downtown Torpedoes William Chang â Happy Together Eddie Mok â Eighteen Springs
Best Action Choreography Tung Wai â Downtown Torpedoesâ¡ Yuen Bun â Island of Greed Yuen Bun â Lifeline Sammo Hung â Once Upon a Time in China and America Jackie Chan Stunt Team and Cho Wing â Mr. Nice Guy	Best Original Film Score KitarÅ and Randy Miller â The Soong Sistersâ¡ Cacine Wong â Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 Carl Wong â First Love: The Litter on the Breeze Ye Xiaogang â Eighteen Springs Peter Kam â Downtown Torpedoes
Best Original Film Song æ¡æ¨ä»å®µ âCause We Are So Youngâ¡ Composer: Dennie Wong Lyricist: Wyman Wong Singer: Leo Ku åçç·£ â Eighteen Springs Composer: Wong Kwok-Lun Lyricist: Albert Leung Singer: Leon Lai å¤ææ· â Island of Greed Composer: Wu Bai Lyricist: Wu Bai Singer: Andy Lau ä¸æ¼å¥éª â Young and Dangerous 4 Composer: Duck Lau Lyricist: Richard Lam Singer: Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan ææå»æ¿ â Kitchen Composer: Otomo Yoshihide Lyricist: Cheng Kwok-Kong Singer: Cass Phang	Best Sound Design Lifelineâ¡ Downtown Torpedoes Full Alert Island of Greed The Soong Sisters
Professional Achievement Chor Yuenâ¡

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