Hong Kong Film Awards 2025 predictions: Twilight of the Warriors, The Last Dance and more

Twilight of the Warriors and The Last Dance are expected to scoop up most of the prizes, but are any films more deserving of the awards?

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(From left) Terrance Lau Chun-him, Louis Koo Tin-lok and Philip Ng Wan-lung in a still from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, a top contender at the Hong Kong Film Awards 2025.

Published: 5:20pm, 22 Apr 2025

Even if the filmmakers behind The Last Dance and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In were to shock everyone and take home zero trophies at the end of the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards (HKFA) ceremony this Sunday, it is safe to assume they would still feel like winners.

Anselm Chan Mou-yin’s funeral-themed family drama (18 nominations) and Soi Cheang Pou-soi’s Kowloon Walled City-set martial arts epic (14) have made an incredible amount of money, becoming the top and third-highest grossing Hong Kong films, respectively, in local cinema history. They are now set to dominate proceedings at the awards.

Rounding out the best picture race are Philip Yung Tsz-kwong’s haunting family drama Papa (with 11 nods), based on a real-life case of killing; Adam Wong Sau-ping’s The Way We Talk (seven), about a deaf woman’s self-discovery; and Ray Yeung’s All Shall Be Well (five), which highlights a loophole in same-sex couples’ legal rights in Hong Kong.

Below, Post film editor Edmund Lee gives his predictions for who will win in the major categories, while also reflecting on who should win.

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Who will win – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Raymond Lam Fung in a still from Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In. Photo: Media Asia Films

In what is looking like a toss-up between the two biggest films in contention at the annual showpiece event, Twilight of the Warriors may just be the slight favourite among industry professionals.