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Andy Lau to be honoured at HK film festival
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-24 16:52
Hong Kong heart-throb Andy Lau is set to receive a special award in
recognition of his contribution to cinema at the 29th Hong Kong International
Film Festival, organisers said.
Hong Kong heart-throb Andy Lau is
set to receive a special award in recognition of his contribution to
cinema at the 29th Hong Kong International Film Festival.
[AFP] |
The 43-year-old actor and
singer will be honoured as "Actor in Focus" at the gala event, the latest
accolade he has received in a successful year.
Lau has won the Best Actor awards at both the Golden Horses in Taiwan and the
Hong Kong Film Awards last year. He also picked up five nods at the territory's
Solid Gold music awards in January.
Festival organisers said it was time to recognise Lau's contribution to the
industry which he has played a part in since the 1980s.
"Everyone knows Lau's acting has been outstanding and recently it has reached
his peak. He's a special case. How many actors who can be famous for 20 years?
It's time to look at his contribution to the Hong Kong film industry," said Li
Cheuk-To, artistic director of the March 22-April 6 festival.
The festival will be showing 11 of over 120 Lau's movies during the
fortnight.
Lau has starred in cop thriller "Infernal Affairs" and its two others sequels
as well as Chinese director's Feng Xiaogang "A World Without Thieves" and Zhang
Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers".
He is also a star in the world of Canto-pop, the Cantonese language hybrid of
Chinese ballads and Western pop.
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