第三十三屆香港電影金像獎頒獎典禮定於4月13日(星期日)假香港文化中心隆重舉行，日前，各位最佳男/ 女主角、最佳男/ 女配角、最佳導演、最佳新演員之候選人已完成了本屆紀念特刊拍攝工作，大會於本日下午一時假香港文化中心舉行新聞發佈會，率先披露本屆紀念特刊之拍攝造型及設計。最佳女主角候選人顏卓靈、最佳女配角候選人惠英紅、最佳男配角候選人張晉及陳友，以及最佳新演員候選人廖子妤及蔡瀚億今天出席記者招待會，一起為紀念特刊發佈進行揭幕儀式。
香港電影金像獎協會董事梁李少霞女士首先感謝著名瑞士珠寶及腕錶品牌伯爵本年度已是連續第四年支持香港電影金像獎協會，伯爵作為此次盛事的主題贊助，特別獻上多款珠寶及腕錶協助特刊拍攝，讓香港電影金像獎再度綻放華麗光芒。梁太感謝一眾候選人、攝影師KAON@R WORKSHOP及創意總監SK Lam撥冗參與拍攝工作，再加上香港頂尖髮型集團Hair Culture及國際化粧品牌M.A.C.的大力支持，令本屆紀念特刊倍添奪目耀眼的光采。大會同時宣佈頒獎禮當晚，最佳衣著獎將由本地著名時裝設計師何國鉦 (Dorian Ho) 負責選出頒獎禮當晚現場最佳衣著男、女得獎者各一位，並由主題贊助伯爵送出名貴珠寶予兩位最佳衣著獎得獎人士。
本屆金像獎協會將頒發「終身成就獎」予張鑫炎導演，張導演於六十年代執導的武打作品《雲海玉弓緣》開創了香港電影彩色武俠片年代，而《雲》的嶄新拉威也處理手法更令該片成為前所未見的銀幕奇觀；1982年出品的《少林寺》大膽起用武術運動員擔演，成為一代電影傳奇，令李連杰及少林寺都一炮而紅。當日大會表示張鑫炎導演對香港的武打電影製作影響深遠，獲頒「終身成就獎」實在當之無愧。
本年度之紀念特刊分別以最佳男主角候選人及最佳女主角候選人合照共兩款封面發行，由四月開始會於各大書局及報攤有售。本年度大會以「時代光影」為主題，特刊中各候選人所拍攝之照片亦貫徹此概念，眾候選人站於昔日戲院的佈景舞台上，背景則是戲院舊址現今之面貌，帶出時空穿梭的感覺。而在特刊內亦有候選人的訪問，分享他們對舊日戲院的種種回憶。
最後大會邀請本日所有來賓上台拍攝大合照留念，發佈會於掌聲中圓滿結束。
The 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held at Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 13 April (Sunday). The nominees of the Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Director and Best New Performer have been busy with the photo shooting for the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony Special and the shooting was finished successfully last month. A press conference took place at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre today (1 Apr, Tue) at 1:00pm for the preview of photos in the Special. Miss Cherry Ngan, the nominee of the Best Actress, Miss Kara Wai Ying Hung, the nominee of the Best Supporting Actress, Mr Zhang Jin and Mr Antony “Friend” Chan, the nominees of the Best Supporting Actor and, Miss Fish Liew and Mr Babyjohn Choi, the nominees of the Best New Performer, attended the press conference today.
At the beginning of the event, Mrs Vicky Leung, one of the Board Directors of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association delightfully announced that the renowned Swiss jeweller and watchmaker Piaget at its 4th consecutive year to support Hong Kong Film Awards and becomes the Major Sponsor of this year’s presentation ceremony again, to pay tribute to the Hong Kong film industry. As the Major Sponsor of Ceremony, Piaget presented its latest and finest jewellery and watches for the nominees to accentuate dazzling glamour to the Special. Mrs Vicky Leung also expressed her gratitude towards the nominees who participated in the photo-shoot, the photographer KAON@R WORKSHOP and the creative director SK Lam. What is more, the top hair styling group, Hair Culture, and international leading cosmetic brand, M.A.C., have also presented great support to its fullest extent. It was also announced that Mr Dorian Ho, one of the most famous local fashion designers, will be the fashion jury of the evening’s walk of fame. He will hand-pick one glamorous male and female star for the Best Dressed Award and the winners will each receive jewellery presented by Piaget, the Ceremony’s Major Sponsor.
It was announced that Director Cheung Sing Yim is the recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award of this year. Director Cheung Sing Yim’s film “The Jade Bow” in 1966 was one of the first colored kung fu films in Hong Kong. The way Director Cheung used wire for action shooting was innovative and surprised the audience a lot in the 60’s. In 1982, Cheung directed “The Shaolin Temple” and starred martial arts athletes. The film was a big debut that Mr Jet Li and Shaolin Temple became famous worldwide. As Cheung’s films were a great influence of the production of the local kung fu films, Cheung was entirely worthy as the recipient of this Award.
There will be two covers for the Special this year – the group photo of the Best Actor and the Best Actress nominees. The Special will be released in April in book stores and newsstands. As the theme of the Ceremony this year is “Time and Cinema”, in the photos we can see the nominees stand on the stage with an old cinema backdrop, and the background of the stage was how the location of that old cinema looked like nowadays. There were also interview of the nominees in the Special, regarding their memory of the old cinemas.
At the end of the event, all the guests were invited to have a group photo on stage, and the press conference came to conclusion at 1:30pm.
