The 39th China Golden Rooster Awards were announced. Tony Leung Ka Fai, the star of iQiyi's film "Chasing the Wind and Shadows" won the Best Actor.

On November 10, the 39th China Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony and the Closing Ceremony of the 2026 China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival were held in Xiamen. The movie "Chasing the Wind and Shadow" produced by iQiyi won three nominations for "Best Actor", "Best Actress" and "Best Supporting Actor" at this year's Golden Rooster Awards. On the night of the event, Tony Leung Ka-fai, the star of "Chasing Shadows", won the "Best Actor" award for his outstanding performance.

This is also the sequel to "Goodbye!" "Youth" "Great!" After film works such as "Young Man", "China Ping Pong: The Last Strike", "Back to Tibet" and "Chasing the Moon", iQiyi once again won the Golden Rooster Award for its excellent creative ability.

The China Film Golden Rooster Award was founded in 1981 and is one of the most professional and authoritative national film awards in the Chinese film field. The Golden Rooster Award adheres to professional review standards and focuses on the ideological connotation, artistic value and professional standards of the film. It represents the Chinese film industry's high recognition of the artistic quality and professional standards of outstanding works.

At the award ceremony, the Golden Rooster Award jury affirmed that Tony Leung Ka Fai has not been defined by role labels in his more than 40 years of acting. He has written the cunning and ruthless nature of a highly intelligent criminal under his gentle and refined manners. His tender fatherly love hides cold determination, his martial arts are fierce and vigorous, and his subtle expressions are rich in layers. He completed the character interpretation among the complex and multi-faceted textures of the characters, practiced his true heart as an actor through long-term artistic exploration, and was awarded the Best Actor.

Tony Leung Ka Fai delivered an acceptance speech on the spot. He said that this was the first time he had won the Golden Rooster Award in more than 40 years of filmmaking, and he was grateful to the Golden Rooster Award, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Film Association for giving him this recognition. He was particularly grateful to the director Yang Zi, Jackie Chan, Cheng Jia Ban and other creative staff of "Chasing the Wind and Shadows", as well as the producers iQiyi, Damai, and Hairun. It was everyone's hard work that made this movie possible. He also thanked all the audience friends for their continuous support, which allowed him to continue to realize his dream as an actor. "Finally, I want to tell everyone that winning the award does not mean that we can stop work. We have started working!"

"Chasing the Wind and Chasing the Shadow" takes a fierce collision of old and new tracking concepts as the starting point, telling the story of the "Mysterious Tracking Team" led by Jackie Chan and Zhang Zifeng, and the exciting battle of wits and courage with the "Wolf Group of Adopted Sons" led by Tony Leung Ka Fai. In this tense cat-and-mouse game, Tony Leung Ka Fai's character interpretation is extremely tense. In the film, he plays Fu Longsheng, the unfathomable leader of the "Wolf Group of Adopted Sons", showing his strong character creation ability. From the silent and deep calculations to the famous "1v30" high-burning action scenes that the audience will recall over and over again, Tony Leung perfectly captures the character's elegance and brutality, and portrays the character's inner ruthlessness and complex human undertones deeply.

As a phenomenon-level masterpiece in 2025, "Chasing the Wind" has a total box office of 1.265 billion yuan in domestic theaters, and has set a record for the highest score among domestic action crime movies in the past ten years. At the same time, it has set off a movie-watching craze in more than 30 countries and regions around the world, ranking among the top 10 box office in Malaysian Chinese film history. With its excellent quality, "Chasing the Wind" was selected for screening at the Busan International Film Festival and the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Tony Leung also won the "Best Actor" at the 44th Hong Kong Film Awards for this film.

Currently, the much-anticipated sequel "Chasing the Wind and Shadows 2" produced by iQiyi has officially entered the filming stage. The newly upgraded cat-and-mouse game and high-energy action feast are about to debut, so stay tuned!