16th Golden Horse Awards

The 16th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第16屆金馬獎) took place on November 2, 1979, at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

16th Golden Horse Awards
Date	November 2, 1979
Site	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Hosted by	Chiang Kuang-chao Sylvia Chang
Organized by	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Highlights
Best Feature Film	The Story of a Small Town
Best Director	King Hu Legend of the Mountain
Best Actor	Ko Chun-hsiung A Teacher of Great Soldiers
Best Actress	Joan Lin The Story of a Small Town
Most awards	Legend of the Mountain (6)
Most nominations	The Story of a Small Town (10)

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Best Feature Film The Story of a Small Town Legend of the Mountain (runner-up) Drunken Master (runner-up - mention) A Teacher of Great Soldiers (runner-up - mention) The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung (runner-up - mention) The Avenging Eagle (runner-up - mention) Fly Up With Love (runner-up - mention) A Special Smile (runner-up) Gone with Honor (runner-up) Love in Chilly Spring (runner-up) Off to Success (runner-up) Killing Does Not Pay (runner-up - mention)	Best Documentary Nu Chao Peng Pai Bei Gang Niu Xu (runner-up) Tai Wan De Hu Die (runner-up) Min Zu Wen Hua De Suo Ying — Jin Men (runner-up) Guo Shi Ying (runner-up) Chong Man Xi Wang De Yi Dai (runner-up - mention) Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Qi Nian Guo Qing Yue Bing (runner-up - mention) Beautiful Formosa (runner-up - mention) Guo Ji Tian Jing Yao Qing Sai (runner-up - mention) Qing Zhu Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Qi Nian Guo Qing (runner-up - mention)
Best Animation – Runner Up Xing Fu Zhang Wo Zai Nin Shou Zhong	Best Director King Hu — Legend of the Mountain Li Hsing — The Story of a Small Town Tu Chung-hsun — A Special Smile
Best Leading Actor Ko Chun-hsiung — A Teacher of Great Soldiers Shih Chun — Legend of the Mountain Liang Hsiu-shen — Love in Chilly Spring	Best Leading Actress Joan Lin — The Story of a Small Town Sibelle Hu — A Special Smile Hsu Feng — Legend of the Mountain
Best Supporting Actor Han Su — A Special Smile Yuen Siu-tien — Drunken Master Chiang Ming — The Story of a Small Town	Best Supporting Actress Shen Shih-hua — Fly Up with Love Terry Hu — Rainbow in My Heart Gua Ah-leh — Love in Chilly Spring
Best Child Star Chen Jun-jie — The Story of a Small Town Lien Chen-fan — A Special Smile	Best Original Screenplay Chang Yung-hsiang — The Story of a Small Town Lin Huang-kun — Love in Chilly Spring Sung Hsiang-ju — A Special Smile
Best Adapted Screenplay Li Han-hsiang — The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung Hsiao Yeh — Off to Success Lin Chin-wei — Killing Does Not Pay	Best Cinematography Chen Chun-chieh — Legend of the Mountain Chen Kun-hou — The Story of a Small Town Liao Ching-song — Love in Chilly Spring
Best Film Editing Chiang Hsing-lung — The Avenging Eagle Hsiao Nan — Legend of the Mountain Wang Chi-yang — Off to Success	Best Art Direction King Hu — Legend of the Mountain Tsai Cheng-pin — The Story of a Small Town Chou Chih-liang — Love in Chilly Spring
Best Film Score Wu Ta-chiang — Legend of the Mountain Weng Ching-hsi — The Story of a Small Town Li Tai-hsiang — A Special Smile	Best Original Film Song "Huan Yan" — A Special Smile Composer： Li Tai-hsiang Lyrics: Shen Lv-bai "Cheng Gong Ling Shang" — Off to Success Composer： Lo Ming-dao Lyrics： Zhuang Nu "No Soil, No Flower" — Love in Chilly Spring Composer： Lin Chia-ching Lyrics： Lin Huang-kun
Best Sound Recording Chou Shao-lung — Legend of the Mountain Wang Jung-fang — The Story of a Small Town Hsin Chiang-sheng — Off to Success	Best Cinematography for Documentary Wang Chu-chin - Tai Wan De Hu Die Peng Chun-tien — Bei Gang Niu Xu Lo Jung-pen — Guo Shi Ying
Best Planning for Documentary Hung Lao-tien — Bei Gang Niu Xu Lei Chi-ming — Guo Shi Ying Chao Chi-pin — Nu Chao Peng Pai	Best Director for Animated Film (no winner) Huang Mu-tsun — Xing Fu Zhang Wo Zai Nin Shou Zhong