Bona Film Group Limited ("Bona" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:BONA), a leading film distributor and vertically integrated film company in China, today announced that its films received a record thirteen awards at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards ("HKFA") in Hong Kong on April 13th.
"We are completely thrilled to have Bona films bringing home a record thirteen top awards at the prestigious Hong Kong Film Awards," said Mr. Yu Dong, Founder, Chairman and CEO. "This is a ground-breaking achievement for China's film companies, and speaks to Bona's leading position in film production and dominance in creative resources in the film industry." Bona-invested and distributed martial arts drama, The Grandmaster, directed by Wong Kar-Wai, and featuring internationally renowned actor Tony Leung and actress Ziyi Zhang, claimed 12 of the 14 awards for which it was nominated, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. In addition, Nick Cheung was named Best Actor for his performance in the mixed martial-arts film Unbeatable, where he played a former boxing champion, and for which he also received the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival. The Grandmaster and Unbeatable also achieved strong domestic box receipts, generating around RMB300 million and RMB120 million, respectively.All statements other than statements of historical fact in this press release are forward-looking statements and involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and the industry in which the Company operates, but involve a number of Unknown risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is
included in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results. You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained herein and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
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