The 36th Golden Rooster Awards ceremony (Chinese: 第36届中国电影金鸡奖) took place on 4 November 2023, in Xiamen, Fujian.[1][2] During the gala, the China Film Association presented Golden Rooster Awards honouring Chinese language films released from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023. The ceremony, televised in mainland ChinabyCCTV, was hosted by Lan Yu, Zhang Xiaofei, Alec Su and Huang Xuan.
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| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements |
| Announced on | Nominations: October 15, 2023 (2023-10-15) |
| Presented on | November 4, 2023 (2023-11-04) |
| Site | Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center Xiamen, China |
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| Official website | Golden Rooster Awards |
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| Best Film: Drama | The Lady of Qiao |
| Best Feature Film | Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
| Special Jury Prize | The Wandering Earth 2 |
| Best Direction | Er Cheng Hidden Blade |
| Best Actor | Tony Leung Hidden Blade |
| Best Actress | He Saifei Off the Stage |
| Best Supporting Actor | Li Xuejian Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
| Best Supporting Actress | Huang Miyi Ripples of Life |
| Lifetime achievement | Shichang Da |
| Most nominations | 9 – Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms |
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| Network | CCTV |
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Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms won three awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Hidden Blade with three awards, The Wandering Earth 2 with two, and Back to Tibet, Born to Fly, Chang'an, Home Coming, Journey to the West, Like Father and Son, Notre-Dame on Fire, Off the Stage, Pathfinder, Ripples of Life, Snow Leopard and Her Friends, and The Lady of Qiao with one.[3]
The nominations were announced on 15 October 2023. Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms received 9 nominations and Hidden Blade received 8 nominations.[4]
Nominees and winners (winners denoted in bold)[3]
| Best Picture | Best Low-budget Feature |
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| Best Children's Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
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| Best Drama Film | Best Documentary/Educational Film |
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| Best Art/Animation Film | Special Jury Prize |
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| Best Director | Best Directorial Debut |
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
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| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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| Best Writing | Best Editing |
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| Best Cinematography | Best Art Direction |
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| Best Music | Best Sound Recording |
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The following films received multiple nominations:
| Films | Nominations | Nominated for |
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| Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms | 9 |
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| Hidden Blade | 8 |
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| Back to Tibet | 6 |
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| Born to Fly | 5 |
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| Like Father and Son |
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