2009 Asia-Pacific Screen Awards
2009 Asia-Pacific Screen Award winners: Australia’s Gold Coast on Nov 26. 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Writer-director Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah, Australia's submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award, took best film honors at the 3rd Asia-Pacific Screen Awards held in Queensland, Australia. Samson & Delilah tells the story of two young aborigines (Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson) who flee their village in the Australian desert; the problem is: they have nowhere to go. Thornton's drama has also been nominated for 13 Australian Film Institute Awards.
Best Feature Film
* Samson & Delilah – Australia
Produced by Kath Shelper
Forever Enthralled People's Republic of China
Produced by Han Sanping and Du Jiayi
City of Life and Death People's Republic of China
Produced by Han Sanping, Quin Hong, Zhou Li, John Chong and Andy Zhang
About Elly Islamic Republic of Iran
Produced by Asghar Farhadi and Mahmoud Razavi
The Time That Remains Palestinian Territories / France / Italy / Belgium / UK
Produced by Hani Farsi and Elia Suleiman, Co-Produced by Avi Kleinberger
Best Documentary
Polamuang Juling (Citizen Juling) Thailand
Produced by Ing K, Manit Sriwanichpoom and Kraisak Choonhavan
* Hashmatsa (Defamation) Israel / Austria / Denmark / USA
Produced by Knut Ogris, Karoline Leth, Sandra Itkoff and Philippa Kowarsky
Gandhi's Children Australia
Produced by David MacDougall
Seishin (Mental) Japan / USA
Produced by Kazuhiro Soda
L’important, c’est de Rester Vivant (Survive, In the Heart of the Khmer Rouge Madness) Cambodia / France
Produced by Gerard Lacroix, Leslie F. Grunberg and Gerard Pont, Co-Produced by Chandara Saidnattar and Antoine Martin
Best Animated Feature
Perviy Otryad (First Squad: The Moment of Truth) Russian Federation / Japan / Canada
Produced by Eiko Tanaka, Misha Sprits and Aljosha Klimov
* Mary and Max Australia
Produced by Melanie Coombs
Sukai Kurora (The Sky Crawlers) Japan
Produced by Tomohiko Ishii
Samâ Wôzu (Summer Wars) Japan
Produced by Nozomu Takahashi, Takuya Ito and Takashi Watanabe, Co-Produced by Yuichiro Saito
Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa (The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow) Russian Federation
Produced by Alexander Boyarsky and Sergey Selyanov
Darbareye Elly (About Elly) Islamic Republic of Iran
Directing: Asghar Farhadi
* Nanjing! Nanjing! (City of Life and Death) People's Republic of China
Directing: Lu Chuan
Ahasin Wetei (Between Two Worlds) Sri Lanka / France
Directing: Vimukthi Jayasundara
Dev.D India
Directing: Anurag Kashyap
Ai No Mukidashi (Love Exposure) Japan
Directing: Sion Sono
Darbareye Elly (About Elly) Islamic Republic of Iran
Actress: Golshifteh Farahani
* Madeo (Mother) Republic of Korea
Actress: Kim Hye-ja
Akasa Kusum (Flowers of the Sky) Sri Lanka / India
Actress: Malani Fonseka
Volchok (Wolfy) Russian Federation
Actress: Yana Troyanova
Li Mi De Caixiang (The Equation of Life and Death) People's Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)
Actress: Zhou Xun
* Okuribito (Departures) Japan
Actor: Masahiro Motoki
Ddongpari (Breathless) Republic of Korea
Actor: Yang Ik-june
Eid milad Laila (Laila's Birthday) Palestinian Territories / Tunisia / The Netherlands
Actor: Mohamed Bakri
A Wednesday India
Actor: Naseeruddin Shah
Fei Cheng Wu Rao (If You Are The One) People's Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)
Actor: Ge You
Best Screenplay
* Darbareye Elly (About Elly) Islamic Republic of Iran
Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi
Okuribito (Departures) Japan
Screenplay: Kundo Koyama
Jang-rye-sik-ui Member (Members of the Funeral) Republic of Korea
Screenplay: Baek Seung-bin
Madeo (Mother) Republic of Korea
Screenplay: Bong Joon-ho and Park Eun-kyo
Mumbai Meri Jaan (Mumbai My Life) India
Screenplay: Yogesh Vinayak Joshi and Upendra Sidhaye
Best Cinematography
Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia) Thailand
Cinematography: Uruphong Raksasad
* Nanjing! Nanjing! (City of Life and Death) People's Republic of China
Cinematography: Chao Yu
Cheraghi Dar Meh (A Light in the Fog) Islamic Republic of Iran
Cinematography: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Bumaznyj Soldat (Paper Soldier) Russian Federation
Cinematography: Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov
Volchok (Wolfy) Russian Federation
Cinematography: Alexei Arsentiev
Best Children's Film
3 Doa 3 Cinta (Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves) Indonesia
Produced by Nan Achnas, Nurman Hakim and Adiyanto Sumarjono
The Strength of Water – New Zealand / Germany
Produced by Fiona Copland, Co-Produced by Karl Baumgartner and Raimond Goebel
Tahaan (Tahaan: A Boy with a Grenade) India
Produced by Shripal Morakhia and Mubina Rattonsey
* Ye Haeng Ja (A Brand New Life) Republic of Korea / France
Produced by Lee Chang-dong, Laurent Lavole and Lee Joon-dong
Mommo-Kizkardesim (The Bogeyman) Turkey
Produced by Atalay Tasdiken
Jury Grand Prizes: Asghar Farhadi (Iran), Darbareye Elly (About Elly), and Elia Sulieman (Palestinian Territories), The Time That Remains
UNESCO Prize: Sawan Baan Na (Agrarian Utopia) by Uruphong Raksasad (Thailand)
FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film: Isao Matsuoka
Jury's High Commendations: Yang Ik-june for Best Performance by an Actor for Ddongpari (Breathless); Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov for Achievement in Cinematography for Paper Soldier; Tahaan: A Boy with a Grenade for Best Children’s Feature; and Gandhi’s Children for Best Documentary Feature.
Jury: Huang Jianxin (president, China), Tahmineh Milâni (Islamic Republic of Iran), Gina Kim (Republic of Korea), Aden Young (Australia), Andrew Pike (Australia) and Pryas Gupta (India)
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