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中国电影金鸡奖 | Golden Rooster Awards

The Golden Rooster Awards are awards in film given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981. Award recipients receive a statuette in the shape of a golden rooster, and are selected by a jury of filmmakers, film experts, and film historians. The awards are given out by the China Film Association.

大众电影百花奖 | Hundred Flowers Awards

The Hundred Flowers Awards, the equivalent of China’s Golden Globes, are considered, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards in China. The awards were inaugurated by China Film Association in 1962 and sponsored by Popular Cinema magazine, which has the largest circulation in mainland China.

中国电影华表奖 | Huabiao Film Awards

China Huabiao Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony for Chinese cinema. Named after the decorative Chinese winged columns, The Huabiao Awards were first instituted in 1957 as the Ministry of Culture Excellence Film awards. Between 1958 and 1979, no awards were given. In 1994, the awards were renamed Huabiao. The ceremony, held in Beijing, is the highest government honor in film industry. Along with Golden Rooster Awards, Hundred Flowers Awards, these are known as China’s three main film awards.

华语电影传媒大奖 | China Film Media Awards

Chinese Film Media Awards are presented by Southern Metropolis Daily annually to honor excellence in Chinese-language cinema. Though based in mainland China, the awards are open to Chinese-language films from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

中国电影导演协会年度奖 | China Film Directors Guild Awards

China Film Director’s Guild Awards are presented by China Film Director’s Guild annually to honor excellence in cinema of China.

The Changchun Film Festival is a biennial international film festival held in the Chinese city of Changchun. Ostensibly international, its award for best film, the Golden Deer has nevertheless primarily been awarded to Chinese and other East Asia-region films. It was first held in 1992 and was founded in part by the Changchun Film Studio. The festival is funded in part by the Ministry of Radio, Cinema, and Television, the provincial government of Jilin, and the Changchun municipal government.

The Beijing International Film Festival is a film festival in Beijing, China. Founded in 2011, the film festival is supported and sponsored by the government of the Municipality of Beijing. The festival is one of the world’s most prominent film festivals, and since its launch has been heavily attended by Hollywood executives, directors, producers and studio heads, as well as filmmakers and actors from all over the world. It serves as an international venue for different cultures around the globe to communicate.

The Huading Awards are a set of entertainment awards in China. The awards were set up by Tianxia Yingcai Cultural Media Co., LTD in 2007 in Beijing and are held more than once each year across multiple entertainment media from Chinese television shows to international films and music.

The Chunyan Awards is a biannual event in Beijing, China, by the Beijing Government and the Beijing Film and Television Association, for “exceptional achievement in Chinese film and television series.” The event have been awarded since 1991. Since 2010, film categories have added.

FIRST青年电影展 | FIRST Youth Film Festival

FIRST International Film Festival is committed to the discovery and promotion of emerging filmmakers and their early work. Held annually from July 21 to July 30 in Xining, China, FIRST made its debut in 2005 and has concentrated on filmmakers’ first features and early works. A vehicle of film cutlures, FIRST endeavors to embed film viewing cultures into daily life. FIRST has long dedicated to chanelling the bold and innovative spirits of emerging Chinese filmmakers to the global vision. (Source)

Beijing College Student Film Festival, abbreviated BCSFF, first held in 1993, organized by Beijing Normal University and Beijing Municipal Bureau of Radio, Film and Television. This annual event, held in April–May, is one of the biggest film festivals in China, along with Shanghai International Film Festival and Changchun Film Festival.

台湾电影金马奖 | Golden Horse Awards

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, though the venue has been shifted around the island in recent times.

香港电影金像奖 | Hong Kong Film Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards, founded in 1982, is an annual film awards ceremony in Hong Kong. The ceremonies are typically in April. The awards recognise achievement in various aspects of filmmaking, such as directing, screenwriting, acting and cinematography. The awards are the Hong Kong equivalent to the American Academy Awards and the British BAFTAs.

The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards are the annual awards given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong since 1994. The awards are determined by votes cast in three rounds after a substantial discussion session between the members of the society.

Golden Bauhinia Awards is a Hong Kong film award organised by the Hong Kong Film Critics Association. Its first award presentation ceremony took place in 1996. The last ceremony took place in 2007.

The Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild is an entertainment guild founded in 1989 to represent the interests of directors in the Hong Kong film industry.

Founded in 1988, The Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers is the first registered professional organization in the film industry in Hong Kong. (Source)

The Macau International Movie Festival is an international film festival that takes place in Macau, China.

亚太电影节 | Asia-Pacific Film Festival

The Asia-Pacific Film Festival is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific. The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954.

The Asian Film Awards are presented annually by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society to recognize the excellence of the film professionals in the film industries of Asian cinema. The AFA Presentation Ceremony takes place as part of the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong Opening Gala.

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative of the Brisbane City Council, Australia, to honor and promote the films, actors, directors, and cultures of the Asia-Pacific region to a global audience and to realize the objectives of UNESCO to promote and preserve the respective cultures through the influential medium of film.

BAFTA Film Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awards ceremonies, BAFTA has an international, year-round programme of learning events and initiatives offering access to talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

Screen Actors Guild Awards are accolades given by the SAG-AFTRA to recognize outstanding performances in film and prime time television. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called “The Actor”.

The Independent Spirit Awards, founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. Since 2006, winners have received a trophy depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Association, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged. First presented in 1979, the Young Artist Awards was the first organization established to specifically recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.

MTV Movie Awards

The MTV Movie Awards is a film and television awards show presented annually on MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general public. Winners are presented with the “golden popcorn” statue, made by New York firm, Society Awards.

The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films; it was initially created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror on film, but has since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction, as well as on television and home media releases.