11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

November 2017 November 2017 11 Asia Pacific Screen Awards 23 November 2017 Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre, BrisbaneAustralia 10th 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards The 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on 23 November 2017 at the Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia. On 14 September 2017, three jury members were announced in Beijing by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Cr Graham Quirk. They are Chinese actress He Saifei, Filipino writer/director Adolfo Alix Jr and Kazakh writer, director and cinematographer Adilkhan Yerzhanov. Top Australian film editor, Jill Bilcock ASE ACE was later announced as the head of the international jury, joined by Yoshi Yatabe, the programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, completing the jury line-up.https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/jill-bilcock-to-head-asia-pacific-screen-awards-jury-1202575242/ Top Editor Jill Bilcock to Head Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury 28 September 2017 The international jury determined the winners of all the major APSA awards including Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actress and Actor. They also determined the winner of the Cultural Diversity Award, under the patronage of UNESCO. Haifaa Al Mansour, was announced to be the chair of the Youth Animation and Documentary Jury, followed by Melanie Coombs and Steve Abbott.https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news-events/apsa-announces-youth-animation-documentary-nominees-jury APSA Announces Youth, Animation, Documentary Nominees and Jury 4 October 2017 Winners and nominees Nominees of Youth, Animation, and Documentary were announced with the jury on 4 October 2017. The full list of nominees were announced on 13 October 2017.https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/news-events/nominations-announced-11th-asia-pacific-screen-awards Films from Australia, Japan, China lead Nominations Best Feature FilmBest Animated Feature Film Australia Sweet Country China Angels Wear White (Jia Nian Hua) Israel Foxtrot Netherlands A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya) Islamic Republic of Iran A Man of Integrity (Lerd) Canada Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming China Have a Nice Day (Da Shi Jie) Philippines Saving Sally Japan A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) Japan your name. (kimi no na wa)Best Youth Feature FilmBest Documentary Feature Film Indonesia The Seen and Unseen (Sekala Niskala) Turkey Big Big World (Koca Dünya) Australia Jasper Jones Islamic Republic of Iran The Skier China The Summer is Gone (Ba Yue) Syrian Arab Republic Last Men in Aleppo New Zealand Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web Australia The Opposition Lebanon Taste of Cement China A Yangtze Landscape (Changjiang)Achievement in DirectingBest Screenplay Russian Federation Andrey Zvyagintsev – Loveless (Nelyubov) Georgia Ana Urushadze – Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda) Japan Kore-eda Hirokazu – The Third Murder (Sandome no Satsujin) Indonesia Mouly Surya – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (Marlina si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak) India Sanal Kumar Sasidharan – Sexy Durga India Amit V Masurkar, Mayank Tewari – Newton Russian Federation Boris Khlebnikov, Natalia Meshchaninova – Arrhythmia (Aritmiya) Kyrgyzstan Dastan Zhapar Uulu, Bakyat Mukul – A Father's Will (Atanyn Kereezi) Australia David Tranter, Steven McGregor – Sweet CountryAchievement in CinematographyBest Performance by an Actress Russian Federation Pyotr Dukhovskoy, Timofey Lobov – The Bottomless Bag (Meshok Bez Dna) China Lyu Songye – Ghost in the Mountains (Kong Shan Yi Ke) Georgia Mindia Esadze – Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda) India Shehnad Jalal – Lady of the Lake (Loktak Lairembee) Australia Warwick Thornton, Dylan River – Sweet Country Georgia Nata Murvanidze – Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda) Indonesia Cut Mini – Emma' (Mother) (Athirah) Turkey Ecem Uzun – Clair Obscur (Tereddüt) Republic of Korea Na Moon-hee – I Can Speak China Zhou Xun – Our Time Will Come (Ming Yue Ji Shi You)Best Performance by an ActorCultural Diversity Award Under the Patronage of UNESCO India Rajkummar Rao – Newton Islamic Republic of Iran Navid Mohammadzadeh – No Date, No Signature (Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune Emza) Philippines Paolo Ballesteros – Die Beautiful Japan Koji Yakusho – The Third Murder (Sandome no Satsujin) Palestine Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri – Wajib (Duty) Georgia Dede Kyrgyzstan Centaur Philippines Die Beautiful Bhutan Honeygiver Among the Dogs (Munmo Tashi Khyidron) India Lady of the Lake Multiple wins and nominations The following films received multiple nominations NominationsFilm3Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda)Sweet CountryThe Third Murder (Sandome no Satsujin)2Die BeautifulLady of the LakeNewton References Asia Pacific Screen Awards Asia Pacific Screen Awards Category:Asia Pacific Screen Awards Asia Pacific Screen Awards