Chinese stars including Xiao Zhan, Tan Jianci, Yang Mi and Yu Shi are among the 22 actors nominated in NoonTalk Media's Golden Singa Awards, which will be held in Singapore on Nov 28.

The international film awards, supported by Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and first presented in 2025, celebrates excellence in Chinese-language film and entertainment.

The nominees across 18 of the 20 categories were announced in a press release today (Oct 26).

The Best Feature Film nominees are Singapore film A Good Child, Taiwanese films Girl and Sunshine Women's Choir, as well as Chinese films Gezhi Town and Dear You.

Directors Ong Kuo Sin (A Good Child), Hung Tzu-hsuan (96 Minutes), Yuen Woo Ping (Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert), as well as Kong Sheng (Gezhi Town) and Lan Hongchun (Dear You) will be competing for the Best Director award.

In the Best Male Actor category, local actor Richie Koh, who starred in A Good Child, will be up against Xiao Zhan (Gezhi Town) and Tan Jianci (Sound of Silence) from China, as well as Austin Lin (96 Minutes) and Joseph Chang (Deep Quiet Room) from Taiwan.

For Best Female Actor, Ariel Lin (Deep Quiet Room) and Ivy Chen (Sunshine Women's Choir) from Taiwan will compete with Malaysia-born Hong Kong actress Fish Liew (Someone Like Me) as well as Li Sitong (Dear You) and Lan Xiya (Sound of Silence) from China.

Chinese actors Yu Shi (Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert), Yin Zheng (Gezhi Town) and Wang Ge (Sound of Silence) are nominated for Best Male Supporting Actor alongside Taiwanese Wang Po-chieh (96 Minutes) and Kaiser Chuang (The Tao Exorcist).

Nominees of Best Female Supporting Actor are Chinese actresses Yang Mi (The Lychee Road), Li Yunxiao (Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert), Liu Lei (As the Water Flows) as well as Wang Xiaohui and Wu Shaoqing (Dear You).

In the Best Rising Star category, Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert's Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao will be up against Dear You's Wang Xiaohui and Wang Yantong.

Awards will also be presented to winners of Best Animated Film, Best Director of Photography, Best Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Sound Effects, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Action Design.

The Singapore Feature Film of the Year (Chinese), as well as Asia Feature Film of the Year (Non-Chinese) will also be presented. All eligible films for the two categories will be submitted directly to the jury for deliberation and voting, with the winners announced during the awards ceremony.

Golden Singa Awards will be held on Nov 28 at Resorts World Sentosa Convention Centre.

Hong Kong actress Kara Wai will helm the nine-member jury, with members including American actress Shannon Lee, Chinese actors Zhang Songwen and Yu Nan as well as Taiwanese directors Chen Yu-shun and Lee You-ning.

Film director Peter Pau, music producer Chris Babida and actor Tse Kwan Ho, all from Hong Kong, round up the panel.

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