Perhaps that's a topic for a stand-alone thread, MightyB - films that broke the mold.

Meanwhile, back on topic here:

Grandmaster tops HK Directors' Guild Awards
By Kevin Ma
Fri, 07 March 2014, 09:00 AM (HKT)



The Grandmaster 一代宗師 was the star of this year's annual Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild 香港電影導演會 dinner on Wednesday night, winning four prizes.

The martial arts epic won Best Director (WONG Kar-wai 王家衛), Best Actress (ZHANG Ziyi 章子怡), Best Actor (Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai 梁朝偉) and Best Picture.

Youth comedy The Way We Dance 狂舞派 was also a big winner, picking up Best New Actor (BabyJohn CHOI 蔡瀚億) and Best New Director (Adam WONG 黃修平). Derek KWOK 郭子健 picked up a special Executive Committee Prize for his work on As the Light Goes Out 救火英雄.

Votes from the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild hold a 25% weight in three categories of the Hong Kong Film Awards 香港電影金 — Best Director, Best New Director and Best Visual Effects – and 20% in other categories (except for Best Film and Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan, in which each vote is weighted equally).

As a result, The Grandmaster's win on Wednesday can be seen an early indicator for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards.