PUBLISHED ONDecember 02, 2025 10:24 AMBYEsther LamThe Golden Singa Awards held its inaugural ceremony yesterday (Dec 1) at the Capitol Theatre, where a total of 18 awards were presented.
Among the award presenters were Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Digital Development and Information Tan Kiat How, Hong Kong action star-director Donnie Yen who was also the president of the final jury, Hong Kong actresses Anita Yuen and Adia Chan, as well as local actors Jack Neo and Mark Lee.
Hong Kong movies Papa starring Sean Lau, and The Last Dance, starring Dayo Wong and Michael Hui, were two of the biggest winners that night.
Papa took home five awards including Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Male Actor, while The Last Dance garnering three awards including Best Feature Film and Best Male Supporting Actor.
Another Hong Kong film Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In received four awards including Best Cinematography.
Mark was also nominated for Best Male Actor for his role in the Singapore movie Wonderland, though the award went to Sean.
Held in conjunction with the Singapore Media Festival and organised by Singapore-based media and entertainment company NoonTalk Media, the Golden Singa Awards is an annual initiative aimed at recognising and honouring outstanding cinematic achievements in Chinese-language productions.
Due to the recent deadly housing complex fire in Hong Kong that killed at least 151 people and left hundreds displaced, the awards turned out different than expected.
Local veteran host and CEO of NoonTalk Media Dasmond Koh told the media that 60 per cent of the invited guests, who are from Hong Kong and China, had cancelled their attendance in light of the tragedy.
The red carpet was also cancelled by the organising committee.
The award ceremony began with a black backdrop as Dasmond gave a sombre speech, followed by Donnie who led a minute of silence to mourn the victims and honour the firefighters.
Here are the winners for each category.
Kenji Tanigaki (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In)
Li Luo'an (Mumu)
Zhang Shijie (Detective Chinatown 1900)
Kenneth Mak, Zhou Shihong Ambrose Chau (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In)
Xu Mingjun (Detective Chinatown 1900)
Yiu Chun Hin, Cheung Man Hoi, To Burnard Davy (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In)
Jojo Shek (Papa)
Cheng Siu Keung (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In）
Ding Ke (Papa)
The Last Dance (The Last Dance)
Elaine Zhong (Good Things)
Chu Pak Hong (The Last Dance)
Song Jia (Good Things)
Sean Lau (Papa)
Philip Yung (Papa)
Philip Yung, Au Cheuk Man (Papa)
The Last Dance
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