WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 10TH ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) recognize and promote the cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the vast Asia Pacific region.

Established in 2007 and headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, APSA, an international cultural program driven by Brisbane City Council through Brisbane Marketing is endorsed by UNESCO and FIAPF – International Federation of Film Producers Associations, and proudly presented by the Treasury Casino and Hotel.

Covering one-third of the Earth, the 70 countries and areas of the Asia Pacific stretch from Egypt in the west to the Cook Island in the east, from Russia in the north to New Zealand in the south. They are home to 4.5 billion people and produce half the world’s film.

Since inception, thousands of feature length films have competed in the APSAs; films that demonstrate a rich slate of diversity – each telling its own story, in its own way, from its country of origin. With UNESCO, APSA aims to build a greater understanding of diversity across cultures.

Winners in the 10th APSA were announced last night (29th November) at a glittering ceremony in Brisbane.

Hosted by Australian actor David Wenham and presenter Anjali Rao, the 2016 Awards marked the 10th year of APSA recognising and promoting cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world’s fastest growing film region: comprising 70 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, one third of the earth and responsible for half of the world’s film output.

10th ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS – WINNERS

BEST FEATURE FILM
Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu)
Turkey, Hungary
Produced by NerminAytekin
Co-produced by Ivan Angelusz, JánosRózsa

BEST YOUTH FEATURE FILM
The World of Us (Woorideul)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Chang-dong, Kim Soon-mo

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Seoul Station (Seoul-yeok)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Dong-ha, Suh Young-joo, Yeon Sang-ho

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Starless Dreams (Royahaye Dame Sobh)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Produced by MehrdadOskouei

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Feng Xiaogang for I Am Not Madame Bovary (Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian)
People’s Republic of China

BEST SCREENPLAY
Ryusuke Hamaguchi , Tadashi Nohara , Tomoyuki Takahashi for Happy Hour
Japan

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cevahir Şahin, Kürşat Üresin for Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu)
Turkey, Hungary

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Hasmine Killip in Ordinary People (PamilyaOrdinaryo)
Philippines

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh
India

SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Psycho Raman (Raman Raghav 2.0)
India

CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF UNESCO
Hussein Hassan for The Dark Wind (Reşeba)
Iraq, Qatar, Germany

APSA FIAPF AWARD
Iranian producer Manoochehr Mohammadi

JURY GRAND PRIZE
YounYuh-jung in The Bacchus Lady (Jug-yeo-ju-neun yeo-ja)
Republic of Korea

JURY GRAND PRIZE
Mark Lee Ping-bing for Crosscurrent (Chang Jiang Tu)

SPECIAL MENTION: JURY GRAND PRIZE
Sunny Pawar in Lion
Australia

YOUNG CINEMA AWARD presented by NETPAC and Griffith Film School
Mustafa  Kara for Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu) Turkey, Hungary

SPECIAL MENTION: YOUNG CINEMA AWARD presented by NETPAC and Griffith Film School
BiGan for Kaili Blues (Lu Bian Ye Can) People’s Republic of China

MPA APSA ACADEMY FILM FUND 2016 RECIPIENTS
Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudi Arabia) for Miss Camel
Joo Young Park (Republic of Korea) for Morning Star (Yeonbaek)
Rolf de Heer (Australia) for Mr Ward’s Incredible Journey
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan) for The River
 
SUBMISSION

Films are selected by a Submitting Member Organisation to represent their country or area (submitted films) and are directly invited by the APSA International Nominations Council, and APSA Film Director (invited films) to enter the APSA competition.

APSA does not take independent submissions. If you are unable to present your film to a Submitting Member Organisation in your country or area, or prevailing conditions in your country have prevented your film from being screened, please send details of your production and background information to submissions@brisbanemarketing.com.au