25th Golden Horse Awards

The 25th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第25屆金馬獎) took place on November 5, 1988, at the Chung Hwa Sports Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan.

25th Golden Horse Awards
Date	November 5, 1988
Site	Chung Hwa Sports Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan
Hosted by	Sylvia Chang and David Tao
Organized by	Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Highlights
Best Feature Film	Painted Faces
Best Director	Alex Law Painted Faces
Best Actor	Alex Man Gangland Odyssey
Best Actress	Carol Cheng Moon, Star & Sun
Most awards	Painted Faces (7)
Most nominations	Painted Faces (9)
Television in Taiwan
Channel	TTV

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Feature Film Painted Faces Love in a Fallen City People Between Two China When the Ocean is Blue Wonder Women Police Story 2	Best Documentary Film Evening Drums and Morning Bells 水里陶 深山猶有讀書聲 矮人祭之歌 Chiu Lung Kou
Best Director Alex Law — Painted Faces Ann Hui — Starry is the Night Wong Kar-wai — As Tears Go By	Best Director for a Documentary Film Lin Tsuo-yung — 深山猶有讀書聲 Liu Kuo-bin — 水里陶 Yang Wen-kan — Evening Drums and Morning Bells
Best Leading Actor Alex Man — Gangland Odyssey Sammo Hung — Painted Faces Ti Lung — People's Hero	Best Leading Actress Carol Cheng — Moon, Star & Sun Chiang Hsia — People Between Two China Cora Miao — Love in a Fallen City
Best Supporting Actor Stephen Chow — Final Justice Lam Ching-ying — Painted Faces Chin Tu — The Green Trees	Best Supporting Actress Wang Lai — People Between Two China Elaine Jin — People's Hero Chang Ying-chen — Rouge of the North
Special Award The Digger