2005 Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards
2005 Asian Festival of 1st Films: November 23–30, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
In Auraeus Solito's The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, an effeminate 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks and with a penchant for crossdressing falls for a handsome policeman who ends up becoming quite attached to him.
BEST FILM
* ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS / THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Philippines) Auraeus Solito
BEST DIRECTOR
* ELECTRIC SHADOWS (China) Xiao Jiang
OTHER BEST FILM & BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES
FINGER AND BODY (Japan) Kei Horie
KAAZHCHA (India) Blessy Ipe Thomas
DREAMING LHASA (India / U.K.) Ritu Sarin / Tenzing Sonam
YAHAAN (India) Shoojit Sircar
PUTERI GUNUNG LEDANG / A LEGENDARY LOVE (Malaysia) Saw Teong Hin
DRAGON EYE CONGEE – A DREAM OF LOVE (Taiwan) Kuo-Fu Chang
BEST DOCUMENTARY
DIMINISHING MEMORIES (Singapore) Eng Yee Peng
FEEDING ON THE DEAD (India) Sandeep Singh
* I FOR INDIA (U.K.) Sandhya Suri
JUMP! BOYS (Taiwan) Lin Yu Hsien
BEST DIRECTOR OF DOCUMENTARY
JUMP! BOYS (Taiwan) Lin Yu Hsien
BECOMING (Hong Kong) Duc Luu
MY COUNTRY MY TALK (Bangladesh) Farid Shah
* DEAR PYONGYANG (Japan) Yonghi Yang
HONORABLE MENTION (DOCUMENTARY)
JUMP! BOYS (Taiwan) Lin Yu Hsien
DIMINISHING MEMORIES (Singapore) Eng Yee Peng
BEST ACTOR
* PAK PAK PAKAAK (India) Saksham Kulkarni
ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS / THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Philippines) Nathan Lopez
KAAZHCHA (India) Yash
BEST ACTRESS
* MURDER UNVEILED (Canada) Anita Majumdar
DRAGON EYE CONGEE – A DREAM OF LOVE (Taiwan) Shin Yin
HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI (India) Chitrangada Singh
UNARMED COMBAT (Singapore) Marilyn Lee
YAHAAN (India) Minnisha Lamba
BEST SCREENPLAY
KAAZHCHA (India) Blessy Ipe Thomas
DRAGON EYE CONGEE – A DREAM OF LOVE (Taiwan) Chienwei Chen
* MANDHELING (Hong Kong) Brenda Tong
DREAMING LHASA (India / U.K.) Ritu Sarin / Tenzing Sonam
BEST PRODUCER
* PUTERI GUNUNG LEDANG (Malaysia) Tiara Jacquelina
BLACK FRIDAY (India) Arindam Mitra
DRAGON EYE CONGEE – A DREAM OF LOVE (Taiwan) Hsu-Ru You
ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS / THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (Philippines) Raymond Lee
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
* CHAMELI (India) Aseem Bajaj
DRAGON EYE CONGEE – A DREAM OF LOVE (Taiwan) Shenfeng Chiang
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