2005 Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards
2005 Asia-Pacific Film Festival: September 28–October 1, 2005
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War was the big winner at the 50th Asia Pacific Film Festival, held in Kuala Lumpur. The commercially successful South Korean anti-war drama about two brothers (Won Bin and Jang Dong-Kun) whose placid, uneventful lives come to a halt when they are drafted into the Korean War took home the best film and the best director (Kang Je-gyu) awards. In his review for The Guardian, Philip French remarks that "if you can imagine the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan doubled in ferocity and continuing for more than two hours, you'll have some idea of the intensity of Brotherhood."
Best Film: Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo / Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (South Korea)
Best Director: Kang Je-Gyu (Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo / Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, South Korea)
Best Actor: Joo Hyun (Family, South Korea)
Best Actress: Tiara Jacquelina (Puteri Gunung Ledang / A Legendary Love, Malaysia)
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Wong (Initial D, Hong Kong / China)
Best Supporting Actress: Rima Melati (Violet, Indonesia )
Best Screenplay: The Moon Also Rises written by Lin Cheng Sheng (China)
Best Animation Film: Fireball (Taiwan)
Best Cinematography: Yves Cape for Mua len trau / Buffalo Boy (Vietnam)
Best Editing: Yoga Krispratama for Janji Joni (Indonesia)
Best Original Music Score: Ayob Ibrahim for Qaisy & Laila (Malaysia)
Best Art Direction: Tsuyoshi Shimizu for Samurai Commando – Mission 1549 (Japan)
Best Special Effects: Necromancer (Thailand)
Best Documentary / Short: Pua (Malaysia)
Most Promising Newcomer: Dian Sastrowardoyo (Indonesia)
Special Awards: Jackie Chan (China), Yang Kuei Mei (Taiwan), Path of Justice (Vietnam), and Beautiful, Wonderful, Perfect (Thailand)
Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific