An unprecedented total of 264 films were entered in this year’s competition. Asia Pacific countries and areas represented by the nominated films are Australia, Hong Kong (PRC), India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iraqi-Kurdistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Palestine, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Taiwan and Turkey. Seven of the 2012 nominees are already members of the rapidly expanding APSA Academy.
A six-member International Jury headed by acclaimed Australian producer Jan Chapman will determine the winner of Best Feature Film as well as winners of the five major craft awards, the Screen International Jury Grand Prize and the UNESCO Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film. APSA Academy members will determine the winners in the Best Children’s, Documentary and Animated Feature Film categories.
All winners in the sixth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony on Friday November 23 in Brisbane, Australia.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards, an initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia, are endorsed by UNESCO and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations. The awards recognise films from 70 countries and areas in Asia Pacific, an area that encompasses one-third of the earth, is home to 4.5 billion people and produces half the world’s film.
Films are judged on cinematic excellence and the way in which they attest to their cultural origins.
Nominated for Best Feature Film, Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill) Producers Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman, Emin Alper, Co-Producer Nikos Moutselos) from Turkey and Greece received three nominations in total, with nominations also in the categories of Best Screenplay (Emin Alper) and Best Performance by an Actor for Tamer Levent. Beyond the Hill has already received accolades around the world including the Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale 2012, Best Film, Best Script and the FIPRESCI Award at this year’s Istanbul International Film Festival and the NETPAC Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, among others.
The four other Best Feature Film nominees have received two nominations each: Khers (Bear) has received nominations for Best Feature Film (Producer Javad Norouzbeigi) and Achievement in Directing for Khosro Masoumi. Epic historical drama Orda (The Horde) is nominated for Best Feature Film (Producers Natalya Gostyushina, Sergei Kravets) and Achievement in Cinematography for Yury Raysky. Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time) has received nominations for Best Feature Film (Producers Park Shin-kyu, Han Jae-duk) and Best Performance by an Actor for Choi Min-sik. Wu Xia has also received a nomination for Achievement in Cinematography for Jake Pollock and Lai Yiu-fai.
Writer/directors who have received nominations for both Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay are Cheng Er for Lethal Hostage, and Reis Çelik for Lal gece (Night of Silence), winner of the Crystal Bear for Best Film Generation 14plus at the 2012 Berlinale.
Complete list of nominations for the 6th Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards
BEST FEATURE FILM
Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Park Shin-kyu, Han Jae-duk
Khers (Bear)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Produced by Javad Norouzbeigi
Orda (The Horde)
Russian Federation
Produced by Natalya Gostyushina, Sergei Kravets
Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill)
Turkey, Greece
Produced by Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman, Emin Alper
Co-Produced by Nikos Moutselos
Wu Xia
Hong Kong (PRC), People’s Republic of China
Produced by Peter Ho-sun Chan, Jojo Hui Yuet-chun
Co-Produced by Lu York, Dong Keyan, Hong Tao, Jiang Wenbo
BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM
Australia Sheli (My Australia)
Poland, Israel
Produced by Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir, Dariusz Jablonski, Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcikl
Gattu
India
Produced by Dr. Shravan Kumar (Children’s Film Society of India)
Kiseki (I Wish)
Japan
Produced by Kentaro Koike, Hijiri Taguchi
Co-Produced by Satomi Odake
Laut Bercermin (The Mirror Never Lies)
Indonesia
Produced by Garin Nugroho, Nadine Chandrawinata
Orchim Lerega (Off White Lies)
Israel
Produced by Aurit Zamir, Yoav Roeh
Co-Produced by Janja Kralj
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Hams Caeraten Maksura / Hamesh Matzlemot Shvurot (Five Broken Cameras)
Israel, Palestine, France
Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
In My Mother’s Arms
Iraq, UK, Netherlands
Produced by Isabelle Stead, Atia Jabarah Al-Daradji, Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
Negeri di Bawah Kabut (The Land Beneath the Fog)
Indonesia, Germany
Produced by Shalahuddin Siregar
Planet of Snail
Republic of Korea, Japan, Finland
Produced by Kim Min-chul, Gary Kam
Co-Produced by Janne Niskala, Imamura Ken-ichi
Shiton Hachok (The Law in These Parts)
Israel, USA, Germany
Produced by Liran Atzmor
Co-Produced by BZ Goldberg, Laura Poitras, Martin Hagemann
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Happy Feet Two
Australia, USA
Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller, Bill Miller
Co-Produced by Martin Wood
Kokurikozaka Kara (From Up on Poppy Hill)
Japan
Produced by Toshio Suzuki
Momo e no tegami (A Letter to Momo)
Japan
Produced by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Shigeru Watanabe, Kazuya Hamana
Nijiiro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies)
Japan
Produced by Atsutoshi Umezawa
Ookamikodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children)
Japan
Produced by Yuichiro Saito, Takuya Ito, Takashi Watanabe
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Anurag Kashyap for Gangs of Wasseypur
India
Brillante Ma. Mendoza for Sinapupunan (Thy Womb)
Philippines
Cheng Er for Lethal Hostage
People’s Republic of China
Khosro Masoumi for Khers (Bear)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Reis Çelik for Lal gece (Night of Silence)
Turkey
BEST SCREENPLAY
Cheng Er for Lethal Hostage
People’s Republic of China
Chris Martinez for Ang Babae sa Septic Tank (The Woman in the Septic Tank)
Philippines
Emin Alper for Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill)
Turkey, Greece
Reis Çelik for Lal gece (Night of Silence)
Turkey
Shoaib Mansoor for Bol
Pakistan
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Charin Pengpanich for Bunohan (Bunohan: Return to Murder)
Malaysia
Chin Ting-Chang for Seediq Bale (Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale)
Taiwan
Jake Pollock and Lai Yiu-fai for Wu Xia
Hong Kong (PRC), People’s Republic of China
Touraj Aslani for Fasle Kargadan (Rhino Season)
Iraqi-Kurdistan,Turkey
Yury Raysky for Orda (The Horde)
Russian Federation
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Choi Min-sik for Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time)
Republic of Korea
Lior Ashkenazi for Hearat shulayim (Footnote)
Israel
Manoj Bajpayee for Gangs of Wasseypur
India
Tamer Levent for Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill)
Turkey, Greece
Wu Tianming for Full Circle
People’s Republic of China
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Cho Min-soo for Pieta
Republic of Korea
Darya Ekamasova for Zila bila odna baba (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman)
Russian Federation
Humaima Malick for Bol
Pakistan
Nora Aunor for Sinapupunan (Thy Womb)
Philippines
Vidya Balan for The Dirty Picture
India
Two additional major awards for outstanding achievement will be presented at the ceremony.
FIAPF Award: Each year FIAPF–International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations determines the winner of the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region
UNESCO Award: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization presents the UNESCO Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Promotion and Preservation of Cultural Diversity Through Film
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