"the puppetmaster" also won fipresci prize at the 1994 istanbul international film festival, the georges delerue prize at the 1993 ghent international film festival, the distribution help award at the 1994 fribourg international film festival (tying with "kosh ba kosh" (1993)), and best cinematography (ping bin lee), best makeup & costume design (pei-yun juan and kuang-hui chang), and best sound effects (duu-chih tu) at the 1993 golden horse film festival, where it was also nominated for best feature film, best art direction (hung chang, hsien-ko ho, ming-ching lu, and chao-yi tsai) and best original film score (ming-chang chen).