Just 24 hours after receiving the Golden Mulberry for Outstanding Achievement Award, Hong Kong superstar Anthony Wong Chau Sang was gracing the stage at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine once again, where his new drama Still Human was awarded the Golden Mulberry, top prize at the Far East Film Festival.

Still Human, written and directed by first-timer Oliver Chen Siu Kuen, is the story of a curmudgeonly wheelchair-bound divorcee (Wong), who forms a reluctant, yet ultimately touching relationship with his new Filipino helper, played by the wonderful Crisel Consunji. The film also won the Black Dragon Award (aka Black Mulberry), as voted for exclusively by the festival’s top tier pass holders. 

Mainland Chniese drama Dying to Survive, directed by Wen Mu Ye, collected the Silver Mulberry for second place in the audience-awarded shortlist, while Lee Byoung-heon’s Korean action comedy Extreme Job, took home the Bronze.

The Mymovies Award (Purple Mulberry) went to Hideki Takeuchi’s Fly Me to the Saitama, while the jury-selected White Mulberry for Best first film, was given to Melancholic by Seiji Tanaka.

21st FEFF Award winners in full:

Audience Award

Golden Mulberry: Still Human (Oliver CHEN, Hong Kong, 2018) with average score of 4.53

Silver Mulberry: Dying to survive (WEN Mu Ye, China, 2018) with average score of 4.39

Bronze Mulberry: Extreme Job (LEE Byoung-heon, Korea, 2019) with average score of 4.30

Black Dragon Award (aka Black Mulberry)

Still Human (Oliver CHEN, Hong Kong, 2018) with average score of 4.34

Mymovies Award

Fly me to the Saitama (TAKEUCHI Hideki, Japan, 2019)

White Mulberry Award for First time director

Melancholic (TANAKA Seiji, Japan, 2018)