the film was also nominated for the palme d'or at the 2005 cannes film festival and at the 2005 golden horse film festival, the film won best actress (shu qi), best taiwanese film of the year and best taiwanese filmmaker of the year awards, while being nominated for best feature film, best director, best leading actor (chang chen), best original screenplay (chu t’ien-wen and hou hsiao-hsien), best cinematography (ping bin lee), best art direction (wen-ying huang), best makeup & costume design (wen-ying huang, shu-chen liao and gin oy), and best film editing (ching-song liao and ju-kuan hsiao) awards. the film also won the grand prix / golden apricot award for best film at the 2006 yerevan international film festival, a jury prize from the 2005 tallinn black nights film festival, where it was also nominated for the grand prize. finally, the film was also nominated for a best asian film award from the 2006 hong kong film awards and a best foreign language film award from the 2006 st. louis film critics association awards. in an indiewire critics' poll taken in 2006 for best film of the year, the film was ranked in 6th place.