Never have followed the Asian Pacific nominations… mainly because it’s hard to, you know~~~ watch films from that part of the world for me. However, distribution is getting better – dvds are being launched so much faster, and many of them come with subtitles in English (when needed), and there’s a lot more people willing to fansub when needed.
And YAY! Aftershocks has landed 6 nominations – including Best Film, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay PLUS! Best Actor and Best Actress. Now, I’m trying not to be biased, I don’t think actor Chen Daoming was THAT good in Aftershocks, but actress Xu Fan completely deserves it.
The other big nominee of the night is South Korea’s Poetry (Shi) – crap! I’m really that good at film recommendations for distributors, someone hire me ASAP! – which received 4 nominations for Best Film, Best Directing, Best Screenplay and Best Actress. While Taiwan’s Monga – see, I’m good – was nominated for 3 awards for Best Film, Best Directing and Best Cinematography.
The APSA(wards) will be handed out December 2nd on a live webcast at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards site.
All nominations below the break~
BEST FEATURE FILM
Tangshan dadizheng (Aftershock)
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)
Bal (Honey)
Turkey / Germany
Mengjia (Monga)
Taiwan
Paju
Republic of Korea
Shi (Poetry)
Republic of Korea
BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM
Boy
New Zealand
Bran Nue Dae
Australia
Shui Yuet Sun Tau (Echoes of the Rainbow)
Hong Kong (People’s Republic of China)
Digari (The Other)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Udaan
India
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Ibara no Ou (King of Thorn)
Japan
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
Australia / USA
Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho (Mai Mai Miracle)
Japan
Hottarake no Shima – Haruka to Maho no Kagami (Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror)
Japan
Piercing I
People’s Republic of China
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary
Lebanon
Budrus
Palestinian Territories / Israel / USA
Enemies of the People
Cambodia / United Kingdom
Karamay
People’s Republic of China
Last Train Home
People’s Republic of China / Canada
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
via APSA.
