[Coverage] 3rd Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) Red Carpet
and Award Ceremony
Kuala Lumpur, July 2019 – The 3rd
Malaysia Golden Global Awards (MGGA) has taken place on the 20th July 2019 at the
prestigious Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur.
The event was held successfully with the presence of local as well as international
filmmakers and artistes!
Red Carpet Ceremony: Gold &
Glittering Presence!
The
event was graced by many renowned artistes as well as the film industry
contributors who are well-recognized. Some of the artistes who were present
during the red carpet ceremony include Lee
Sinje, Bront Paralae, Fabian Loo, Koe Yeet, Joey Leong, Sherlyn Seo, Carmen
Soo, Priscilla Abby, Masya Saritah as well as some international artistes
such as Cecilia Yip, Petrina Fung, the
legendary martial art superstar Sammo Hung
and etc.
Below
are some of the photos taken by our chief
editor, WLJack during the red carpet ceremony:
Awards Show Kicked Off With 24 Season
Drums Performance! Great Appreciation of movies from different countries!
The
awards ceremony kicked off with an upbeat 24
seasons drum performance which heated up the atmosphere before the
announcement of winners for different categories!
Highlights of the Night!
The
night witnessed the presentation of Lifetime
Achievement Award to Sammo Hung,
the legendary “Big Big Brother” in HK Martial Arts Film Industry. The awards presenter was the veteran
HK actress Petrina Fung who shared
her excitement as well when she presented the awards to Sammo. Sammo Hung was delighted and he mentioned that in the past,
if he couldn’t win any award from an award show, he would be satisfied if he
could get the prize money. This time, he has finally achieved his goal of
winning the award and he felt grateful for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Two of the biggest winners of the night were definitely the team for “Hat-Trick” and “House of Hummingbird” as both of these films have grabbed away 3
awards respectively.
“Hat-Trick” was awarded
the title of “Best Film” in MGGA
2019 as well as sweeping away another two awards which are “Best Supporting Actor” to Saber Abar and “Best Screenplay” to Ramtin
Lavafi. Ramtin Lavafi mentioned that it was his birthday a day before the
awards show and these awards were the greatest presents for his birthday this
year.
Another film which has stolen the limelight of the awards show was “House Of Hummingbird”. Kim Bora who directed “House of Hummingbird” was recognized
as the “Best Director” in the third MGGA. The film also won the Best Supporting Actress award and the Best Cinematography award. Kim Bora was thankful for the awards
and the supports shown by the juries as well as the audiences. During the press
conference post-awards show, she also took the opportunity to introduce the
main actress for her film Park Ji-Hoo who
is a very talented young actress.
On the other hand, Lukman Sardi
from “27 Steps of May” and Sara Bahrami from
“Axing” were awarded as the Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
“Axing” were awarded as the Best Actor and Best Actress respectively.
The 3rd Malaysia Golden Global Awards was honoured of having Petrina Fung (Hong Kong), Nicholas Saputra
(Indonesia), Zig Madamba Dulay (Philippines), U-Wei Haji Saari (Malaysia), Umie
Aida (Malaysia), Iedil Putra (Malaysia), Sangeeta Krishnasamy (Malaysia)
and Zizan Razak (Malaysia) to be the
awards presenters. Besides, Joanne Goh
(founder and chairman of Malaysia International Film Festival and Malaysia
Golden Global Awards), Kim Dong Ho (Honorary President of Malaysia
International Film Festival and Malaysia Golden Global Awards), Kim Hyung Koo
(jury panel), Cecilia Yip (jury panel), Sinje Lee (festival ambassador), Bront
Palarae (festival ambassador), Dato Hans Isaac (Chairman of FINAS Malaysia)
also joined the awards presenter panel of the year.
Other highlights of the show included the performance by Malaysian Singers Priscilla Abby, Masya
Masyitah and Amy Search who have
mesmerized the audience with their wonderful voices.
3rd Malaysia Golden Global Awards Winners
List
Best Film : Hat – Trick
最佳电影：《帽子戏法》
New Hope Award：27
Steps of May
人道主义奖：《梅的二十七步走》
Best Director：Kim
Bora <House of Hummingbird>
最佳导演：金宝拉《我们与爱的距离》
Best Actor：Lukman Sardi <27 Steps of May>
最佳男主角：Lukman Sardi 《梅的二十七步走》
Best Actress: Sara Bahrami <Axing>
最佳女主角：Sara Bahrami 《解雇》
Best Supporting Actor: Saber Abar <Hat-Trick>
最佳男配角：Saber Abar《帽子戏法》
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Sae-Byuk <House of
Hummingbird>
最佳女配角：Kim Sae-Byuk《我们与爱的距离》
Best Cinematography: Kang Gook-Hyun <House of
Hummingbird>
最佳摄影指导：Kang Gook-Hyun 《我们与爱的距离》
Best Screenplay: Ramtin Lavafi
<Hat-Trick>
最佳编剧：Ramtin Lavafi 《帽子戏法》
3rd MGGA
was
a great award show that appreciates and recognizes the contributions of
filmmakers and artistes. It also embraces the theme of humanity and promotes the
industry more positively. Am looking forward to its future edition
again!
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Published
by WLJack.
Red carpet photography by WLJack.
Awards show photographs – credits to the official photographer (officially
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