The winner of the Arts Prize 2022, hk, will have his or her artworks showcased in an exhibition held at Goethe-Institut Hong Kong. The exhibition will open to the public in June and all of the exhibited works can be purchased. 80% of the proceeds will be donated to the non-profit organisation Justice Centre Hong Kong who aim to help refugees in our city. The rest will be used to fund the prizes. The exhibition will be free to attend and all are welcome to visit.
The Hong Kong Students Prize is a competitive art award for secondary school students in Hong Kong. Students must be nominated by their teachers to enter, and once they are accepted, they must submit their work online before the submission deadline. Students can compete for the Judges Prize of HK$8,000 and the People’s Choice award of HK$20,000. Both awards will be announced at the closing ceremony of the exhibition.
BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRIZE is an annual scientific research recognition prize to reward outstanding scientists and technologists for their outstanding achievements in Hong Kong’s science and technology sector. The Prize is open to research on all fields of science and technological innovation, including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Life and Health, New Materials and New Energy, Advanced Manufacturing and FinTech. The prize is to be given to no more than 5 persons (or teams) per year.
In order to ensure that the operation of BOCHK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY innovaion hk prize is performed in accordance with professional standards and rigorous criteria, an independent review procedure has been formulated. No organization or individual may exert undue influence on the review process. The prize will be awarded based on the evaluation results after review.
This year’s top honour went to legal drama A Guilty Conscience, which took home six awards, including best actor for Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Edko Films’ movie tells the story of a lawyer trying to win a case against one of Hong Kong’s most powerful business families. It also won the best picture at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards. It is the highest grossing Hong Kong movie ever with a total of $15M. It has now won more awards than any other Hong Kong movie in history. This is a remarkable achievement by the director and cast of this much-acclaimed movie. It is the second time that a Hong Kong film has won the top prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards. The previous winner was the crime thriller The Goldfinger in 1993. This year’s winners also included a film about Hong Kong’s first female mayor, .