Despite a few technical gaffes throughout the evening thanks to a storm that was hovering over Brisbane, the 8th Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards marched on to celebrate films emanating from the Asia Pacific region.

 

Below you’ll find the full list of nominees in each category and the winners in bold.

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

1001 Apples (Iraq)

Bidesia in Bambai (India)

Sanda: Surviving (Korea)

Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait  (Syria)

Wukan: The Flame of Democracy (Singapore)

 

BEST YOUTH FEATURE FILM

52 Tuesdays (Australia)

Corrections Class (Russia)

Sivas (Turkey)

The Fort (India)

Theeb (Georgia)

 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Frog Kingdom (China)

Maya the Bee Movie (Australia/Germany)

On the White Planet (Korea)

The Sattellite Girl and Milk Cow (Korea)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japan)

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Prasanna Jayakody (28)

Alexey Fedorchenko, Denis Osokin and Oleg Loyevsky (Angels of Revolution)

Nima Javidi (Melbourne)

Shawkat Amin Korki and Mehmet Aktas (Memories on Stone)

Giancarlo Abrahan (Sparks)

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dong Jinsong (Black Coal, Thin Ice)

Zeng Jian (Blind Massage)

Mikhail Krichman (Leviathan)

Levan Kapandaze (Test)

Yerkinbek Ptyraliyev (The Owners)

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Ronit Elkabetz (Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem)

Nora Aunor (Justice)

Lu Zhong (Red Amnesia)

Tang Wei (The Golden Era)

Merila Zareie (Track 143)

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Mahendra Perera (28)

Liao Fan (Black Coal, Thin Ice)

David Gulpilil (Charlie’s Country)

Navid Mohammadzadeh (I’m Not Angry!)

Cliff Curtis (The Dark Horse)

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

Rolf De Heer (Charlie’s Country)

Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan)

Im Kwon-taek (Revivre)

Rakhshan Banietemad (Tales)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep)

 

BEST FEATURE FILM

I’m Not Angry (Iran)

Leviathan (Russia)

Memories on Stone (Iraqi-Kurdistan)

The Owners (Kazakhstan)

Winter Sleep (Turkey)