By Travis Johnson
Turkey’s Cold of Kalandar took home three gongs at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane last night, including Best Feature Film, Achievement in Cinematography, and director Mustafa Kara was awarded the inaugural APSA Young Cinema Award.
Presented by David Wenham and presenter Anjali Rao, the Awards were decided by a five person jury, comprising Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE, Chairman of the Busan International Film Festival Kim Dong-Ho, Hong Kong producer Nansun Shi, Palme d’Or and Academy Award-winning Australian producer Jan Chapman, and Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal.
Lord Puttnam said “Over the last two weeks the APSA International Jury has viewed 24 films that between them have lasted almost 50 hours and it’s been a remarkable privilege to find yourself looking into customs, societies, attitudes and practices that you are not necessarily familiar with, and all of us on the Jury found that incredibly rewarding.
“There were two significant things I came away with: number one was how often the issue of family occurred, the importance of family and the role of family, is an underlying theme that popped up time and time again. The other that I found really encouraging was the quite extraordinary quality of the male performances. I have never seen that number of absolutely outstanding male performances – ever. Anywhere.”
And the winners are:
BEST FEATURE FILM
Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu)
Turkey, Hungary
Produced by Nermin Aytekin
Co-produced by Ivan Angelusz, János Rózsa
BEST YOUTH FEATURE FILM
The World of Us (Woorideul)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Chang-dong, Kim Soon-mo
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Seoul Station (Seoul-yeok)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Dong-ha, Suh Young-joo, Yeon Sang-ho
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Starless Dreams (Royahaye Dame Sobh)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Produced by Mehrdad Oskouei
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Feng Xiaogang for I Am Not Madame Bovary (Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian)
People’s Republic of China
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ryusuke Hamaguchi , Tadashi Nohara , Tomoyuki Takahashi for Happy Hour
Japan
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cevahir Şahin, Kürşat Üresin for Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu)
Turkey, Hungary
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Hasmine Killip in Ordinary People (Pamilya Ordinaryo)
Philippines
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh
India
SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Psycho Raman (Raman Raghav 2.0)
India
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF UNESCO
Hussein Hassan for The Dark Wind (Reşeba)
Iraq, Qatar, Germany
APSA FIAPF AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Iranian producer Manoochehr Mohammadi
JURY GRAND PRIZE
Youn Yuh-jung in The Bacchus Lady (Jug-yeo-ju-neun yeo-ja)
Republic of Korea
JURY GRAND PRIZE
Mark Lee Ping-bing for Crosscurrent (Chang Jiang Tu)
SPECIAL MENTION: JURY GRAND PRIZE
Sunny Pawar in Lion
Australia
YOUNG CINEMA AWARD PRESENTED BY NETPAC AND GRIFFITH FILM SCHOOL
Mustafa Kara for Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu) Turkey, Hungary
SPECIAL MENTION: YOUNG CINEMA AWARD PRESENTED BY NETPAC AND GRIFFITH FILM SCHOOL
Bi Gan for Kaili Blues (Lu Bian Ye Can) People’s Republic of China
MPA APSA ACADEMY FILM FUND 2016 RECIPIENTS
Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudi Arabia) for Miss Camel
Joo Young Park (Republic of Korea) for Morning Star (Yeonbaek)
Rolf de Heer (Australia) for Mr Ward’s Incredible Journey
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan) for The River
The Bacchus Lady, Seoul Station, Cold of Kalandar, Crosscurrent, Psycho Raman, Kaili Blues, I Am Not Madame Bovary, and The Dark Wind are all currently playing at the Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival.
