17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
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Film awards ceremony
| 17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in cinema and performance in Asia Pacific region |
| Awarded by | Asia Pacific Screen Academy |
| Presented by | UNESCO FIAPF |
| Date | 30 November 2024 (2024年11月30日) |
| Site | Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Australia |
| Official website | www |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | April (2) |
| Most nominations | All We Imagine as Light & April (5) |
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The 17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards , presented by UNESCO, FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) and the Brisbane City Council, took place on 30 November 2024 at the Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to recognize the best in cinema of the Asia Pacific Region of 2024.[1]
The nominations were announced on 16 October 2024. The most nominated films were All We Imagine as Light , a co-production between France, India, Netherlands and Luxembourg, directed by Payal Kapadia, and April , a co-production between Georgia, Italy and France, directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili, with both films being up for five awards each.[2]
For the first time since the inception of the category, the non-gendered award for Best Performance consisted of only female performers. Similarly, four out of the five nominees for Best Director are female filmmakers.[3]
Winners and nominees
[edit ]The nominations were announced on 16 October 2024.[4] The winners are listed first and in bold.[5]
- April (Georgia (country) Italy France )
Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili
Produced by David Zerat, Ilan Amouyal, Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Archil Gelovani, Gabriele Moratti, Alexandra Rossi- All We Imagine as Light (France India Netherlands Luxembourg )
Directed by Payal Kapadia
Produced by Thomas Hakim, Julien Graff - Desert of Namibia (Japan )
Directed by Yoko Yamanaka
Produced by Keisuke Konishi - Happyend (Japan United States )
Directed by Neo Sora
Produced by Albert Tholen, Aiko Masubuchi, Eric Nyari, Alex C Lo, Anthony Chen - To Kill a Mongolian Horse (Malaysia Hong Kong South Korea Japan Saudi Arabia Thailand United States )
Directed by Xiaoxuan Jiang
Produced by Zhulin Mo
- All We Imagine as Light (France India Netherlands Luxembourg )
- Tato Kotetishvili – Holy Electricity
- Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
- Dea Kulumbegashvili – April
- Rithy Panh – Meeting with Pol Pot
- Xiaoxuan Jiang – To Kill a Mongolian Horse
Best Performance
- Ia Sukhitashvili as Nina in April
- Kani Kusruti as Prabha in All We Imagine as Light
- Yuumi Kawai as Kana in Desert of Namibia
- Madina Akylbekova as Madina in Madina
- Soheila Golestani as Najmeh in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- Boong – Lakshmipriya Devi, Alan McAlex, Vikesh Bhutani, Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Shujaat Saudagar (India)
- Magic Beach – Robert Connolly, Emma Kelly, Susan Danta, Lee Whitmore, Anthony Lucas, Kathy Sarpi, Eddie White, Simon Rippingale, Pierce Davison, Marieka Walsh, Susie Shapones, Jake Duczynski, Liz Kearney, Kate Laurie, Chloé Brugalé (Australia)
- She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones – Qu Youjia, Meng Xie, Xianjian Wu (China)
- Sunshine – Antoinette Jadaone, Geo Lomuntad, Dan Villegas, Bianca Balbuena (Philippines)
- The Mountain – Rachel House, Desray Armstrong, Morgan Waru (New Zealand)
- The Missing – Carl Joseph Papa, Geo Lomuntad, Dan Villegas (Philippines)
- Ghost Cat Anzu – Yoko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Keiichi Kondo, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Hiroyuki Negishi (Japan, France)
- Memoir of a Snail – Adam Elliot, Liz Kearney (Australia)
- Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease – Hur Bum-wook, Cho Heaseung (South Korea)
- The Colors Within – Naoko Yamada, Eunyoung Choi, Yoshihiro Furusawa, Genki Kawamura, Wakana Okamura, Kohei Sakita (Japan)
- No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning (Palestine, Norway)
- Breaking the Cycle – Aekaphong Saransate, Thanakrit Duangmaneeporn, Komtouch Napattaloong, Tanwarat Sombatwattana (Thailand)
- Kamay – Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran, Hanne Phlypo, Evelien De Graef (Afghanistan, Belgium, France, Germany)
- XiXi – Fan Wu, Venice De Castro Atienza, Sona Jo, Yoonsoo Her (Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea)
- Youth (Homecoming) – Wang Bing, Sonia Buchman, Mao Hui, Nicolas R De La Mothe, Vincent Wang (France, Luxembourg, Netherlands)
- Mongrel – Michaël Capron
- All We Imagine as Light – Ranabir Das
- April – Arseni Khachaturan
- Stranger Eyes – Hideho Urata
- Viet and Nam – Son Doan
References
[edit ]- ^ Vann-Wall, Silvi (16 October 2024). "APSA: Nominees announced for 17th Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Hub. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (16 October 2024). "'All We Imagine as Light' and 'April' Lead Nominations for Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Variety . Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "31 films from 23 Asia Pacific countries and areas represented". Asia Pacific Screen Awards . 16 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Rosser, Michael (16 October 2024). "'All We Imagine as Light', 'April' lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (30 November 2024). "'April' Takes Double Win at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Variety . Retrieved 1 December 2024.