Asia Pacific Screen Awards's video: Highlights - 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

In a spread of awards representing the geographical and cultural diversity of the Asia Pacific region, the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards saw wins from Australia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore and Turkey. The Awards, hosted by New Zealand movie star Cliff Curtis and popular Australian TV presenter Sofie Formica were held at Brisbane Exhibition & Convention Centre. Winners were presented with a unique hand-crafted glass trophy created by Brisbane-based glass artist Joanna Bone. BEST FEATURE FILM Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku) (Japan) Kore-eda Hirokazu, Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, Taguchi Hijiri JURY GRAND PRIZE Burning (Republic of Korea) Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF UNESCO Memories of My Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) (Indonesia) Garin Nugroho, Ifa Isfansyah ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING Nadine Labaki for Capharnaüm (Lebanon) SPECIAL MENTION FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING Ivan Ayr for Soni (India) BEST SCREENPLAY Dan Kleinman, Sameh Zoabi for Tel Aviv on Fire (Israel, Belgium, France, Luxembourg) ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY Hideho Urata for A Land Imagined (Singapore, France, Netherlands) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Manto (India) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS Zhao Tao for Ash is Purest White (Jiang hu er nv) (People’s Republic of China, France) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson for Mary Magdalene (Australia, UK) BEST YOUTH FEATURE FILM The Pigeon (Güvercin) Banu Savıcı, Mesut Ulutaş (Turkey) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Rezo (Znaesh’ mama, gde ya byl) (Russian Federation) Leo Gabriadze, Timur Bekmambetov BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM Gurrumul (Australia) Paul Damien Williams, Shannon Swan YOUNG CINEMA AWARD Yeo Siew Hua for A Land Imagined (Singapore, France, Netherlands) FIAPF AWARD Nandita Das (India) MPA APSA ACADEMY FILM FUND RECIPIENTS Producer Ifa Isfansyah (Indonesia) for Yuni Producer Olga Khlasheva for Hell is Empty and All The Devils Are Here Producer Mai Meksawan for Worship Director, producer, screenwriter Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey) for Asli APSA ACADEMY BO AI FILM FUND RECIPIENT Director Feras Fayyad (Syrian Arab Republic) for feature documentary The Cave ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN LAB RECIPIENTS Sherwan Haji (Syrian Arab Republic) Taro Imai (Japan) Khanjan Koshore Nath (India)