the film also won best director and best art direction (hsien-ko ho, wen-ying huang and ming-ching lu) awards at the 1996 asia-pacific film festival, golden deer awards for best director and best film at the 1996 changchun film festival, a special jury award from the 1996 fribourg international film festival, the golden maile award for best narrative feature at the 1995 hawaii international film festival, and a fipresci/netpac award (tied with "hkhagoroloi bohu door" (1995)) and a special achievement award at the 1996 singapore international film festival. the film was also nominated for the gold hugo award for best feature at the 1995 chicago international film festival.