Nominees in the sixth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) were announced with 34 films from 18 Asia Pacific countries and areas nominated in the region’s highest accolade in film.
The five films nominated for Best Feature Film are Khers (Bear, Islamic Republic of Iran), Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill, Turkey, Greece), Orda (The Horde, Russian Federation), Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, Republic of Korea) and Wu Xia (Hong Kong (PRC), People’s Republic of China).
All winners in the sixth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be announced on Friday November 23 in Brisbane, Australia.
The 2012 Official Nominations listed below:
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
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 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, ?Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, 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