A Simple Life was the big winner of the 2012 Hong Kong Film Awards, winning five major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. A Simple Life, also known as Sister Peach, directed by Ann Hui tells about a heartwarming relationship between a young master of a big family, Roger and the servant of the family who raised him, Sister Peach. The film is inspired by a true story of the producer, Roger Lee, and his servant.
The complete list of 2012 Hong Kong Film Award winners :
Best Picture: A Simple Life
Best Director: Ann Hui On-Wah; A Simple Life
Best Actor: Andy Lau Tak-Wah; A Simple Life
Best Actress: Deannie Yip Tak-Han; A Simple Life
Best Supporting Actor: Lo Hoi-Pang); Life Without Principle
Best Supporting Actress: So Hang-Suen; Life Without Principle
Best Screenplay: Susan Chan; A Simple Life
Best New Actor: Jam Hsiao); The Killer Who Never Kills
Best Cinematography: Jake Pollack, Lai Yiu-Fai; Wu Xia
Best Editing: Yau Chi-Wai; Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Best Art Direction: Yee Chung-Man, Ben Lau; Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Best Costume Design and Make-Up: William Cheung Suk-Ping, Let The Bullets Fly
Best Action Choreography: Yuen Bun, Sun Jian-Kui, Allen Lan Hai-Han; Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Best Original Film Score: Chan Kwong-Wing, Peter Kam Pui-Tat, Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Wu Xia
Best Original Song: from Hi, Fidelity, Composer: Jun Kung, Lyrics: Calvin Poon Yuen-Leung, Performer: Sandy Lam
Best Sound Design: Kim Seok-Won, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Best Visual Effects: Kim Wook, Josh Cole, Frankie Chung; Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Best Chinese-language Film from the Two Coasts: You Are The Apple Of My Eye (TAIWAN)
Best New Director: Jessey Tsang Tsui-Shan; Big Blue Lake
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ni Kuang
Professional Achievement Award: Fong Ho Yuen