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Asia Pacific Screen Award For Best Feature Film
The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film, formerly Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, is an award category in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia, sometimes called "Asia-Pacific Oscars". In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting a .... The winners and nominees of this category are: Winners and nominees 2000s 2010's References External links * {{Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film Awards for best Asian film Lists of films by award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia, sometimes called "Asia-Pacific Oscars". In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting and preserving the different cultures through the influential medium of cinema, it honours and promotes the films, actors, directors, and cultures of the Asia-Pacific, Asia Pacific area to a worldwide audience. Event history APSA was established in 2007 and works with FIAPF, the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. An international jury selects the winners, and films are evaluated based on their cinematic quality and how well they reflect their cultural backgrounds. More than 70 nations and regions in the Asia Pacific region are represented by APSA, which introduces their films to new international audiences. It is a sister organisation to the European Film Academy and Platino Awards, Premios PLATINO del Cine Iberoameric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulpan
Tyulpan () is a 2008 Kazakh drama film. It was directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and distributed by Zeitgeist Films. ''Tulpan'' was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category, but it didn't make the final shortlist. It won the award for Best Film at the 2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Overview Asa, a recently discharged Russian Navy sailor, is living in the remote Kazakhstan steppe with his sister Samal, her older husband, Ondas, and their three children. He dreams of becoming a herdsman and owning his own ranch, but he believes that to attain this goal, he must first marry. Asa hopes to marry Tulpan, the daughter of a neighboring family and the only eligible young woman in the area. However, her parents are unwilling to see their daughter marry an unemployed man with few prospects and Tulpan herself appears to have little interest in Asa. The plot of the story follows the trials of Asa, his surrogate family, and his western culture-lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qin Hing
Qin may refer to: Dynasties and states * Qin (state) (秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China * Qin dynasty (秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC * Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire * Former Qin (前秦), Di state/Di (Wu Hu) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 351 AD * Later Qin (后秦), Qiang state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 384 AD * Western Qin (西秦), Xianbei state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 409 AD Geography * Qin (秦), another name of Shaanxi province, China * Qin County (沁县), in Shanxi province, China * Qin River (沁河) in Shanxi, tributary of the Yellow River * Qin River (Hebei) (寢水) in Hebei, a former name of the Ming River Other uses * Qin (surname) * ''Qin'' (board game) * Qin (Mandaeism), a demon of the Mandaean underworld * Qin (''Star Wars''), a character on the television series ''The Mandalorian'' * BYD Qin, a car * Guqin (古琴), or qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Sanping
Han Sanping (born 1 October 1953) is a Chinese film producer and distributor. Until 2014, he served as the chairman of the state-owned China Film Group Corporation, which is one of the largest distributors and exporters of Chinese films. Caixin reported that Han retired from his state position shortly after being questioned during the anti-graft investigation into Zhou Yongkang, a high-level official in the Chinese Communist Party. Han has also co-produced with established film directors such as Peter Chan, Chen Kaige, Stephen Chow and Johnnie To. Han is currently a co-head of Zhengfu Pictures. He is assigned to serve as Jury Head of Asian World Film Festival. Apart from being the former chairman of China Film Group Corporation, Han also serves as the President of Beijing Film Studio and the Chinese Children Film Studio, as well as Vice Managing Director of the Chinese Film Producer Association. In 2009 and 2011, he directed two patriotic tribute films: ''The Founding of a Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson And Delilah (2009 Film)
''Samson and Delilah'' is a 2009 Australian drama film written and directed by Warwick Thornton and starring Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson, both young first-time actors. The film depicts two Indigenous Australian 14-year-olds living in a remote Aboriginal community who steal a car and escape their difficult lives by going to Alice Springs. It won many awards, including the Caméra d'Or at Cannes for best first Feature. It was Australia's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making the January shortlist. Plot Samson and Delilah are 14-year-olds who live in an Aboriginal community near Alice Springs in Central Australia. Samson is a mute boy who lives in a run-down shelter and is addicted to sniffing petrol. His elder brother's ska band practices outside his bedroom all day, disrupting Samson's sleep. Delilah cares for her frail grandmother, taking her to clinic appointments and managing her medication. Together, Delil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kath Shelper
Kath Shelper is an Australian film producer, known for '' Samson and Delilah''. Her production company is called Scarlett Pictures. Career Shelper's production credits include a number of short films and telemovies, including ''Confessions of a Headhunter'', ''Plains Empty'', '' Bush Mechanics'', ''Above The Dust Level'', and ''Green Bush''. Her first feature film, '' Samson and Delilah'', was directed and filmed by Warwick Thornton, and she produced Beck Cole's first feature film, '' Here I Am'' in 2011. In 2015, Shelper produced the film '' Ruben Guthrie'', and between 2014 and 2020 produced many episodes of the TV comedy series, ''Black Comedy''. Shelper produced two feature films that were released in 2023, both shot in South Australia - Warwick Thornton's The New Boy and Kitty Green's The Royal Hotel. Production companies She was a founding member of the film production company Film Depot along with fellow producers Louise Smith and Matthew Dabner, but since 1998 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Thornton
Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. His debut feature film '' Samson and Delilah'' won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film in 2017 for '' Sweet Country''. Early life and education Thornton is a Kaytetye man born and raised in Alice Springs. His mother, Freda Glynn, co-founded and was the first director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and was the director of Imparja Television for its first 10 years. At 13, Thornton was sent to boarding school, Salvado College, in Australia's only monastic town, New Norcia, Western Australia, although he later declared he became angry with Christianity and did not consider himself religious. He graduated in cinematography from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Career Thornton began his career making short films a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Monkeys (film)
''Three Monkeys'' () is a 2008 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film was Turkey's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards, and it made the January shortlist but was not nominated. Plot In summary, a family is dislocated when small failings become extravagant lies. The film opens with a wealthy businessman, Servet, campaigning in the upcoming election, driving in his car on a wet night, alone, sleepy and struggling to keep his eyes open. Seconds later, he hits and kills a pedestrian in the middle of the road. Servet panics when another car with a couple inside stops briefly and drives away. Eyüp, Servet's normal driver, lives with his wife and son next to the railroad tracks in the poor coastal Yedikule neighborhood of Istanbul. He is woken in the night by his cell phone ringing. It is Servet, telling him to meet up immediately. When they meet, Servet, shivering in shock, explains the situation. If his ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeynep Özbatur
Zeynep is the Turkish form of the Arabic female given name Zaynab. Zeynep means "precious rock, precious gem" and may refer to: People * Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), Turkish scholar of antiquities * Zeynep Akata, Turkish computer scientist *Zeynep Sibel Algan (born 1955), Turkish diplomat * Zeynep Çelik (judoka) (born 1996), Turkish para judoka * Zeynep Çelik (scholar), Turkish architect and academic * Zeynep Çelik-Butler, Turkish-American Professor of Electrical Engineering * Zeynep Ergun (1953–2022), Turkish academic * Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu (born 1955), Turkish architect * Zeynep Karahan Uslu, Turkish politician and activist * Zeynep Kınacı (1972–1996), Kurdish militant and first ever suicide bomber * Zeynep Korkmaz (1921–2025), Turkish scholar *Zeynep Kuray (born 1978), Turkish journalist * Zeynep Oduncu (born 1987), Turkish journalist * Zeynep Oral (born 1946), Turkish journalist * Zeynep Sevde Paksu (born 1983), Turkish writer and publisher *Zeynep Sönmez (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparrow (2008 Film)
''Sparrow'' () is a 2008 Hong Kong caper film produced and directed by Johnnie To. The film stars veteran Milkyway Image cast and crew alumni Simon Yam, Gordon Lam, Law Wing-cheung and Kenneth Cheung as a small gang of pickpockets, with each member being mysteriously approached by a beautiful Taiwanese woman ( Kelly Lin) with a hidden agenda. ''Sparrow'' remained in pre-production for three years from 2005 to 2008, with To shooting the film in between other projects. The film was selected in competition at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, premiering during the festival in February 2008. It was released in Hong Kong on 19 June 2008. Plot Kei (Simon Yam) is the experienced leader of a team of pickpockets.(Pickpockets are also known as "Sparrows" in Hong Kong slang). He enjoys a carefree lifestyle taking photos with his vintage Rolleiflex. One day a dashing beauty, Chun-Lei (Kelly Lin), suddenly appears in Kei's viewfinder. Kei is mesmerized. Every member of his tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnnie To
Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his Hong Kong action cinema, action and crime film, crime movies, which have earned him critical respect and a cult film, cult following, which includes American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. To's biggest international successes include ''Breaking News (2004 film), Breaking News'', ''Election (2005 film), Election'', ''Election 2'' (a.k.a. ''Triad Election''), ''Exiled (2006 film), Exiled'', ''Mad Detective'' and ''Drug War (film), Drug War''; these films have appeared in a number of international film festivals, been distributed theatrically in France and the United States, and been widely sold to foreign countries. His films, often made in collaboration with the same group of actors, screenwriters and cinematographers, frequently explore them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Awn
''The Red Awn'' ( zh, s=红色康拜因, t=紅色康拜因, p=Hóngsè kāngbàiyīn, l=The Red Combine) is a 2007 Chinese film directed Cai Shangjun. It premiered at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. The film tells the story of a father and son in China's interior Gansu province. It won the Golden Alexander, the top award at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival. Cast * Yao Anlian as Song, a man who returns to his hometown after five years only to discover that his family has declared him dead. * Lu Yulai as Yongtao, Song's 17-year-old son. * Shi Junhui as Yongshan, Song's friend and the owner of the titular (in the original Chinese) red combine harvester. * Huang Lu Reception ''The Red Awn'' found success on the international film festival circuit early on. Besides winning the FIPRESCI Prize at Pusan, ''The Red Awn'' was an official selection of the 2007 International Thessaloniki Film Festival where it premiered on November 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |