The sixth Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region’s highest accolade in film, was held on Friday night, November 23 at a glittering ceremony at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane, Australia. The Philippines bagged two APSA Awards this year with Nora Aunor and Brillante Mendoza winning the Best Actress and Best Director trophies, respectively.
Here is the complete list of winners of the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2012:
Beyond The Hill (Turkey, Greece)
Highly commended: Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time (Republic of Korea)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
In My Mother’s Arms (Iraq, UK, Netherlands)
Highly commended: Planet Of Snail (Republic of Korea, Japan, Finland)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Letter To Momo (Japan)
BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM
The Mirror Never Lies (Indonesia)
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Brillante Mendoza, Thy Womb (Philippines)
Highly commended: Cheng Er, Lethal Hostage (China)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Reis Çelik, Night Of Silence
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Touraj Aslani, Rhino Season (Iraqi-Kurdistan,Turkey)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Choi Min-sik, Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time
Highly commended: Lior Ashkenazi, Footnote (Israel)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Nora Aunor, Thy Womb
Highly commended: Darya Ekamasova, Once Upon A Time There Lived A Simple Woman (Russia)
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL JURY GRAND PRIZE
Anurag Kashyap for his direction of Gangs Of Wasseypur (India)
Cho Min-soo for her performance in Pieta (Korea)
Highly commended: Joseph Cedar for his screenplay for Footnote
UNESCO AWARD
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan), director Wei Te-sheng, producers John Woo, Terence Chang.
APSA FIAPF Award
Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer
The APSA ceremony was attended by more than 700 Australian and international guests and filmmakers from across Asia Pacific who are true leaders in their fields. The Asia Pacific Screen Awards recognize and promote the cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the vast Asia Pacific region.