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MEET YOUR EDITOR Bruno Chatelin - Check some of his interviews. Board Member of many filmfestivals and regular partner of a few key film events such as Cannes Market, AFM, Venice Production Bridge, Tallinn Industry and Festival...Check our recent partners. The news in French I English This content and related intellectual property cannot be reproduced without prior consent. Palestinian film Omar has won the Best Feature Film Award at the seventh annual Asia Pacific Screen AwardsPalestinian film Omar has won the Best Feature Film Award at the seventh annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region’s highest accolade in film, announced at the ceremony at Brisbane’s City Hall on Thursday evening.
Produced, written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad, and produced by Waleed F. Zuaiter, David Gerson and Hany Abu-Assad, Omar is the first film to be fully funded by the Palestinian film industry.
Films from, India, People’s Republic of China and Republic of Korea took home two awards each, films from Bangladesh, Islamic Republic of Iran, Russian Federation and Singapore also collected awards, with a further two special mentions going to films from Kazakhstan and Iraqi Kurdistan.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk congratulated all winners and said the ceremony attracted leading cultural, business and political figures from throughout the Asia Pacific.
“It has been an honour for Brisbane to host the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and make welcome such a prestigious group of internationally acclaimed filmmakers and actors,” the Lord Mayor said.
“I congratulate all the winners. It is wonderful to see the 2013 awards go to films from such a range of countries across the region, and many of them to first time feature filmmakers.”
India’s The Lunchbox, starring Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, took out two major awards at the ceremony. First time feature filmmaker Ritesh Batra won the Best Screenplay award and the Jury bestowed the film with a Jury Grand Prize, one of two awarded.
Television (Bangladesh) produced by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, was also awarded a Jury Grand Prize, the first time an Asia Pacific Screen Award has gone to a film from Bangladesh. The award was accepted by co-writer and nominee Anisul Hoque and lead actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha.
Zhang Ziyi was awarded Best Performance by an Actress for her role in martial arts drama Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster, Hong Kong (PRC), People's Republic of China). Directed by Wong Kar Wai, it chronicles the life of Chinese Grandmaster Ip Man, whose students included Bruce Lee. Accepting the award from Los Angeles Zhang Ziyi said, ‘I wish I could fly to you like all my characters in all of my movies... I wish to thank the jury for this prize, it’s an honour to be in the company of these wonderful actresses from many different countries, representing different cultures, I share this award with all of you.’
Korean superstar Lee Byung-hun won Best Performance by An Actor for Masquerade (Republic of Korea), the fourth-highest grossing Korean film, in which he plays two roles.
Anthony Chen won Achievement in Directing for his touching debut feature film Ilo, Ilo (Singapore), the story of a young Singaporean boy and his live-in Filipino maid from the Ilo, Ilo province in the Philippines.
The International Jury awarded two additional special mentions for Achievement in Directing to Emir Baigazin for Uroki Garmonii (Harmony Lessons, Kazakhstan, Germany, France) and to Hiner Saleem for My Sweet Pepper Land (Iraqi Kurdistan, France, Germany).
Lu Yue won the Achievement in Cinematography award for Yi Jiu Si Er (Back to 1942, People’s Republic of China). The award was presented by Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk. Lu Yue is already an APSA Academy member, having received a nomination in the same category in 2010 for Tangshan Dadizheng (Aftershock).
The UNESCO award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film was awarded to The Painting Pool from Islamic Republic of Iran. Produced by Manoochehr Mohammadi, the award was accepted by acclaimed lead actress and nominee Negar Javaherian.
Winners in three categories were determined by APSA Academy members through Academy voting: Best Children’s Feature Film, Best Animated Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature Film.
Beom-joe So-nyeon (Juvenile Offender) from Republic of Korea, produced by Park Joo-young, collected the Best Children’s Feature Film award. The story of a young juvenile offender who is reunited with a mother he never knew he had, the film stars award-winning newcomer Seo Young-joo and K-pop star Lee Jung-hyun.
Winner of the Best Animated Feature Film was Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza, from the Russian Federation, produced by Sergey Selyanov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Yuri Kushnerev, Oleg Urushev, Konstantin Ernst.
Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Film was The Act of Killing (Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom). Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Joshua Oppenheimer, Michael Uwemedimo and anonymous Indonesian producers, and co-produced by Torstein Grude, Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Joshua Oppenheimer, and Christine Cynn, the award was accepted on the night by Norwegian producer Anne Köhncke.
Korean film producer Lee Choon-yun was the recipient of the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region.
Six of the award-winning films also represented their country as the official submission to the 2014 Academy Awards® for the Best Foreign Language Film category: · Television (Bangladesh) · The Grandmaster (Hong Kong) · Omar (Palestine) · Back to 1942 (People’s Republic of China) · Juvenile Offender (Republic of Korea) · Ilo, Ilo (Singapore)
The Act of Killing has been shortlisted for an Academy Award® nomination in the documentary category.
International Jury President, esteemed Indian screenwriter and director Shyam Benegal said he was very impressed with the quality of nominee films.
“More than half of the world’s films originate from the Asia Pacific region, which makes the APSA award in Brisbane among the more important competitive film awards in the world,” he said.
The Awards, supported by Brisbane City Council and managed by economic development board Brisbane Marketing in a unique collaboration with Paris-based UNESCO and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations, recognise and promote cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world’s fastest growing film region: comprising 70 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world’s film output. In 2013, 39 films from 23 countries and areas received award nominations.
The APSA ceremony is broadcast to 46 countries across Asia, the Pacific and Indian subcontinent via the ABC’s Australia Network and will air across Australia on SBS One on December 22.
CEREMONY BROADCAST DETAILS:
Australia Network: Sunday 15 December from 9.00pm AEST SBS One: Sunday 22 December at 11.30pm AEST
IMAGES: Red carpet and APSA ceremony images are available to download from: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ilje1liwq3e31vb/YHYSBp65o
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PLAYOUT from 06.00 AEST Friday 13 December A playout of the new package will be available on request to the Chief of Staff, Andrew Arthur ABC News +61 7 3377 5356 Email: arthur.andrew@abc.net.au
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MEDIA CONTACT: APSA Publicity Department Email: apsamedia@brisbanemarketing.com.au Cathy Gallagher, ph +61 416 227 282 Alicia Brescianini, ph +61 400 225 603 Natalie Motto, ph: +61 416 002 103
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Best Feature Film
Omar Palestine Produced by Hany Abu-Assad, Waleed F. Zuaiter, David Gerson
BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM
Juvenile Offender (Beom-joe So-nyeon) Republic of Korea Produced by Park Joo-young
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
The Act of Killing Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Joshua Oppenheimer, Michael Uwemedimo, anonymous Indonesian producers Co-Produced by Torstein Grude, Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Koo! Kin-Dza-Dza Russian Federation Produced by Sergey Selyanov, Leonid Yarmolnik, Yuri Kushnerev, Oleg Urushev, Konstantin Ernst
Achievement in Directing
Anthony Chen for Ilo Ilo Singapore
SPECIAL MENTIONS IN DIRECTING
Emir Baigazin for Harmony Lessons (Uroki Garmonii) Kazakhstan, Germany, France
Hiner Saleem for My Sweet Pepper Land Iraqi Kurdistan, France, Germany
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ritesh Batra for The Lunchbox India, France, Germany
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lu Yue for Back to 1942 (Yi Jiu Si Er) People’s Republic of China
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Lee Byung-hun in Masquerade Republic of Korea
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Zhang Ziyi in The Grandmaster (Yi dai zong shi) Hong Kong (PRC), People's Republic of China
jury grand prize (1)
Television Bangladesh Produced by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Co-Produced by Mahboob Rahman
jury grand prize (2)
Ritesh Batra for The Lunchbox India, France, Germany
UNESCO AWARD
The Painting Pool Produced by Manoochehr Mohammadi Islamic Republic of Iran
12.12.2013 | Editor's blog Cat. : PRIX
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