Nora Aunor Wins Best Actress, Brillante Mendoza Best Director at 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2012

Philippine superstar Nora Aunor bagged the Best Actress trophy at the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2012. Nora Aunor was recognized for her performance in the film Thy Womb (Sinapupunan).

The said award is a follow up APSA win for Nora Aunor as her film Himala was awarded the CNN APSA Viewers Choice Award for Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time in 2008.

Meanwhile, Thy Womb director Brillante Mendoza also took pride for winning the Achievement in Directing (Best Director) category in the said annual awards. Thy Womb, which is now an official entry to the 2012 Metro Manila Film Festival has earned rave reviews from critics of the 2012 Venice International Film Festival.

Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill, Turkey/Greece) was hailed as the Best Feature Film. while Choi Min-sik of South Korea won the Best Actor trophy for the film Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time). For the complete list of winners of APSA 2012, click here.

Aside from Aunor and Mendoza, Filipino screenwriter-director Chris Martinez (Here Comes The Bride) also got a nod from APSA and was nominated in the Best Screenplay category for Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank. Marlon Rivera, the director of the said film was awarded the APSA NETPAC award which comes with a film development cash prize of $5,000.

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 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.

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6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2012 Winners

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:

BEST FEATURE FILM
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.

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Nora Aunor, Brillante Mendoza, and Chris Martinez Nominated at the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012

The Philippines scored three nominations at the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2012. Brillante Mendoza's Thy Womb (Sinapupunan) was nominated in two categories: Best Director for Brillante Mendoza and Best Actress for Nora Aunor. 

Meanwhile, screenwriter-director Chris Martinez (Here Comes The Bride) was nominated in the Best Screenplay category for Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank. Early this year, Chris was also nominated in the same category at the Asian Film Awards.

Nora Aunor will once again be pitted against Cho Min-soo of the Korean film Pieta for the Best Actress award. The two were nominated at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival but lost to Hadas Yaron of Israel's Fill The Void. Cho's film eventually won the said filmfest's top prize, Golden Lion (Best Film). Nora, however, won for her the Golden Eel Award (Best Actress) from a group of critics in Venice Film Festival.

The Philippines had clinched only one APSA Award by virtue of Nora Aunor's Himala which was awarded the CNN APSA Viewers Choice Award for Best Asia-Pacific Film of All Time in 2008.

All winners in the sixth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony on November 23 in Brisbane, Australia. 

According to the official website of Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 264 films from 70 eligible Asia Pacific countries joined the competition this year but only 5 were chosen as the official nominees for each category.

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