1st Hundred Flowers Awards

The 1st Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award is a mass award given by the Chinese Film Workers' Association (the predecessor of the Chinese Filmmakers' Association) in recognition of the outstanding films produced in mainland China during the 1960-1961 period. It was voted by the readers of Popular Film, with a total of more than 110,000 ballots, and the awarding ceremony was held on May 22, 1962 in the CPPCC National Committee Auditorium (全国政协礼堂) in Beijing, China. It was hosted by Tian Fang, then vice chairman of the China Film Workers' Association, and awarded by Guo Moruo, chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Artistic Associations, with inscriptions for the winners by Chen Yi, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Lao She and others.