Wednesday, October 20, 2010

4th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards - nominees announced


Nominations for the fourth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards were announced and leading the way with 6 nominations was the Chinese blockbuster Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock) by Feng Xiaogang. It recently broke the all-time Chinese box-office record and was submitted by China to the Academy Awards for consideration for the Best Foreign Language Film category. It received APSA nominations for Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress.

The Korean film
Shi (Poetry) by Lee Chang-dong was next with four nominations for Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Best Screenplay and Best Performance by an Actress for Yun Jung-hee. Lee Chang-dong took the Award for Best Feature Film in the inaugural 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards for Miryang (Secret Sunshine). 31 films from 15 countries received nominations. Nominated countries include Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, New Zealand and Iran. Canada was a co-producing nation with China for the excellent Best Documentary nominee Last Train Home

Winners will be announced at a ceremony at
the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Australia’s Gold Coast on December 2, 2010.

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The nominees in the fourth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards are:

BEST FEATURE FILM

Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)

People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)
Produced by Guo Yanhong, Han Sanping, Wang Zhonjun, Peter Lam Kin Ngok, Wang Tonguan and Albert Yeung.

Bal (Honey)
Turkey / Germany
Produced by Semih Kaplanoðlu.
Co-Produced by Johannes Rexin, Bettina Brokemper.

Mengjia (Monga)
Taiwan
Produced by Lee Lieh and Doze Niu Chen-zer.

Paju
Republic of Korea
Produced by Kim Ju-kyung and Lee Eun.

Shi (Poetry)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Joon-dong.

BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM

Boy

New Zealand
Produced by Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis and Emanuel Micheal.
Co-Produced by Merata Mita.

Bran Nue Dae
Australia
Produced by Robyn Kershaw and Graeme Isaac.

Shui Yuet Sun Tau (Echoes of the Rainbow)
Hong Kong (People’s Republic of China)
Produced by Mabel Cheung.
Co-Produced by Candy Leung.

Digari (The Other)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Produced by Mohammad Ali Najafi.

Udaan
India
Produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap and Ronnie Screwvala.
Co-Produced by Aarti Bajaj, Zarina Mehta, Deven Khote and Siddarth Roy Kapur.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Ibara no Ou (King of Thorn)

Japan
Produced by Yasumasa Tsuchiya.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Australia / USA
Produced by Zareh Nalbandian.

Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho (Mai Mai Miracle)
Japan
Produced by Tomohiko Iwase, Miho Ichii and Ryoichiro Matsuo.

Hottarake no Shima - Haruka to Maho no Kagami (Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror)
Japan
Produced by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Chihiro Kameyama.

Piercing IPeople’s Republic of China
Produced by Lynne Wang.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary

Lebanon
Produced by Zeina Daccache.

Budrus
Palestinian Territories / Israel / USA
Produced by Ronit Avni, Julia Bacha and Rula Salameh.
Co-Produced by Sandi DuBowski and Darius Fisher.

Enemies of the People
Cambodia / United Kingdom
Produced by Robert Lemkin and Thet Sambath.

Karamay
People's Republic of China
Produced by Zhu Rikun

Last Train Home
People's Republic of China / Canada
Produced by Mila Aung-Thwin and Daniel Cross.
Co-Produced by Bob Moore.

BEST SCREENPLAY

Su Xiaowei
for Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)

Hisako Kurosawa and Koji Wakamatsu for Caterpillar
Japan

Nir Bergman for Ha’dikduk ha’pnimi (Intimate Grammar)
Israel

Samuel Maoz for Levanon (Lebanon)
Israel / France / Germany

Lee Chang-dong
for Shi (Poetry)
Republic of Korea

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Lu Yue
for Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)

Bariþ Özbiçer for Bal (Honey)
Turkey / Germany

Jake Pollock
for Mengjia (Monga)
Taiwan

Santosh Sivan and V. Manikandan for Raavan
India

Sudhir Palsane for Vihir (The Well)
India

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS


Xu Fan for Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)

Tejaswini Pandit
for Mee Sindhutai Sakpal (I am Sindhutai Sakpal)
India

Seo Woo for Paju
Republic of Korea

Yun Jung-hee for Shi (Poetry)
Republic of Korea

Yu Nan
for Fang Zhi Gu Niang (Weaving Girl)
People’s Republic of China

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR

Chen Daoming
for Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)

Tony Barry for Home by Christmas
New Zealand

Sergei Puskepalis
for Kak ya provel etim letom (How I Ended This Summer)
Russian Federation

Mark Ivanir
for The Human Resources Manager
Israel / Germany / France / Romania

Atul Kulkarni for Natarang
India

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

Feng Xiaogang
for Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)

Semih Kaplanoðlu
for Bal (Honey)
Turkey / Germany

Doze Niu Chen-zer for Mengjia (Monga)
Taiwan

Lee Chang-dong for Shi (Poetry)
Republic of Korea

Wang Quan An for Fang Zhi Gu Niang (Weaving Girl)
People's Republic of China

Three additional major awards will be presented for outstanding achievement:

1. FIAPF Award FIAPF - International Federation of Film Producers Associations will determine the winner of the award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia-Pacific region.

2. UNESCO Award* The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film.

3. Screen International Jury Grand Prize* The Jury can, at its discretion, present a further award: the Jury Grand Prize.

*Nominees and nominated films from all award categories are eligible for these prizes to be decided by the APSA Jury.

In addition, the APSA NETPAC Development Prize will be awarded ahead of the APSA Ceremony - a prize of US$5000 offered by APSA in collaboration with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) to a filmmaker from within the pool of nominees. The recipient of the APSA NETPAC Development Prize is decided by three members of the APSA Nominations Council who are also NETPAC members and is designed to nurture new and rising talent in the region.

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