Golden Horse: Best Art Direction

Everything begins with an insistence on playful detail. A director sits in his chair with Hitchcock’s signature cigar, a black bird perched above it. Curtains rise over dry ice, trees, a black horse in formal dress, lightning on the wall, and official posters for the year’s nominated films.

Every object has a life, however briefly it appears on screen. The film imagines the 56th Golden Horse Awards as a black carnival from hell, inviting every dark horse to celebrate with solemn ceremony and a hint of black humor.