China Huabiao Film Awards ,also known as Huabiao Awards, is an annual awards ceremony for Chinese cinema

Cinema of China

The Chinese-language cinema has three distinct historical threads: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of China, and Cinema of Taiwan. Since 1949 the cinema of mainland China has operated under restrictions imposed by the Communist Party of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and...

. Named after the decorative Chinese winged column

Column

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Huabiao

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s), 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 is held in Beijing, is highest government honor in film industry. Along with Golden Rooster Awards

Golden Rooster Awards

China Golden Rooster Film Festival also known as Golden Rooster Awards are the most prestigious awards in film given in mainland China, equivalent the China's Academy Awards. The awards are given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981...

, Hundred Flowers Awards

Hundred Flowers Awards

The People's Hundred Flowers Film Festival or Hundred Flowers Awards, equivalent the China's Golden Globes, are considered, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards in China...

, these are known as china top 3 Awards Events.

Unlike other award ceremonies, Huabiao Awards for individual categories are often given to multiple nominees.

Categories

• Outstanding Film
• Outstanding Producer
• Outstanding Director
• Outstanding Writer
• Outstanding Actor
• Outstanding Actress
• Outstanding New Actor
• Outstanding New Actress
• Outstanding Animation
• Outstanding Documentary

See also

Another two major Chinese film award ceremony:

• Golden Rooster Awards
  Golden Rooster Awards
  China Golden Rooster Film Festival also known as Golden Rooster Awards are the most prestigious awards in film given in mainland China, equivalent the China's Academy Awards. The awards are given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award came from the year of the Rooster in 1981...
  
  
• Hundred Flowers Awards
  Hundred Flowers Awards
  The People's Hundred Flowers Film Festival or Hundred Flowers Awards, equivalent the China's Golden Globes, are considered, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards in China...
  
  

First critics award event in China:

• Shanghai Film Critics Awards
  Shanghai Film Critics Awards
  Shanghai Film Critics Awards are given annually to honor excellence in national cinema by an organization of film reviewers from Shanghai Film Critics Association and Shang Film Museum. This event is the only critics' awards in mainland China. The first annual held in 1991. From 1991 to 1993, they...
  
  

External links

• Huabiao Film Awards at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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