2006 Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards
2006 Asian Festival of 1st Films: Singapore, November 29-December 6, 2006
2006 Asian Festival of 1st Films Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
The Road portrays the lives of a provincial bus driver and his wife through four decades of recent Chinese history. Director Zhang Jiarui was ineligible in the best director category because The Road is his third feature film.
BEST FILM
Dombivali Fast, producer: Ramakant S Gaikwad (India)
* Fangxiang zhi lu / The Road, producer: Zhang Jiarui (China)
Journey from the Fall, producer: Lam Nguyen; director: Ham Tran† (USA)
Maskot, producers: Robin Moran and Ari M Syarip (Indonesia)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bagher Baccha, producers: Bishnu Dev Halder / Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (India)
* One Show Less, producer: Nayantara Kotian (India)
A Hero's Journey, producer: Grace Phan (Singapore)
House No. 103, producer: Ohad Domb (Israel)
BEST DIRECTOR (tie)
* Dombivali Fast, Nishikant S Kamat (India)
Bliss, Sheng Zhimin (China)
A Bite of Love, Siwaporn Pongsuwan (Thailand)
* Journey from the Fall, Ham Tran (USA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
* Banana in a Nutshell, Roseanne Liang (New Zealand)
Jonathan, Adi Helman (Israel)
Don't Cry, Cheng Gong (China)
All About Our Mothers, Manak Matiyani, Kuber Sharma (India)
BEST ACTOR
Bliss, He Xing-quan (China)
Becoming Royston, Alvin Neo (Singapore)
* The Road in the Air, Le Go (Taiwan)
BEST ACTRESS
* Gangster, Kangana Ranaut (India)
Bliss, Guan Jinag-ge (China)
Journey from the Fall, Diem Lien (USA)
Sringaram – Dance of Love, Aditi Rao Hydari (India)
BEST SCREENPLAY
* Fangxiang zhi lu / The Road, Zhang Jiarui (China)
Maskot, Robin Moran, Ari M Syarip, Joko Nugroho (Indonesia)
Go Go G-Boys, Da Yi Li, Chang Lee Shamolo (Taiwan)
Becoming Royston, Nicholas Chee, Terence Teo (Singapore)
BEST PRODUCER (tie)
* Dombivali Fast Ramakant S Gaikwad (India)
Fangxiang zhi lu / The Road, Zhang Jiarui (China)
* Journey from the Fall, Lam Nguyen (USA)
Men Suddenly in Black 2, Teresa Mo (Hong Kong)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (tie)
Becoming Royston, Ken Minehan (Singapore)
* Omkara, Tassaduq Hussain (India)
* Gangster, Bobby Singh (India)
Lost or Found, Nitin Bal Chauhan (India)
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION CHOICE PURPLE ORCHID AWARD
Fangxiang zhi lu / The Road (China)
† In this instance, both the film's producer and director were listed as nominees.
Jury: Cinematographer Volker Langhoff (Germany), filmmaker and writer Michael Yorke (United Kingdom), director Ketan Mehta (India), producer and screenwriter James V. Hart (United States), and actress Cecilia Yip (Hong Kong)
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The Road is a great film!
As good as anything that Zhang Yimou has done.