Hou 's tenth film , and second film in his " Taiwanese History Trilogy " was '' The Puppetmaster '' ( 1993 ) , a sprawling half-documentary , half-narrative film hybrid that told the story of Li Tian-lu , the most celebrated puppeteer in Taiwan . The film won the Jury Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival , where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or . The film was also another masterpiece listed in the 2012 British Film Institute Sight & Sound poll , with three directors and seven film critics declaring it as " one of the greatest films ever made . " '' 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 )
Fribourg International Film Festival
Fribourg International Film Festival
Hou Hsiao-hsien