Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2008 Nominees

Here are the nominees for the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards:

BEST FEATURE FILM

Hong Se Kang Bai Yin (The Red Awn)
Produced by Li Xudong, Lin Nianxiu, Sun Xiaoxi, Wang Shunsheng, Chen Weidong (People’s Republic of China)

Men Jeuk (Sparrow)
Produced by Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

Om Shanti Om
Produced by Gauri Khan (India)

Tulpan
Produced by Gulnara Sarsenova, Karl Baumgartner, Valerie Fischer, Bulat Galimgereyev, Sergey Melkumov, Sergey Selyanov, Elena Yatsura, Henryk Romanowski, Thanassis Karathanos, Raimond Goebel (Kazakhstan/Russia/ Switzerland/Poland/Germany)

Uc maymun (Three Monkeys)
Produced by Zeynep Özbatur, Fabienne Vonier, Valerio De Paolis, Cemal Noyan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey/France/Italy)


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Byul-byul Yi-ya-gi 2: Yeo-seot-bit-ggal Mu-ji-gae (If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2)
Produced by Nam Kyu-sun (Republic of Korea)

Stranger Mukoh Hadan (Sword of the Stranger)
Produced by Masahiko Minami (Japan)

Vals im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir)
Produced by Yael Nahlieli, Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Theirry Garrel, Pierette Ominetti (Israel/France/Germany)


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

33 Yaoum (33 Days)
Produced by Mai Masri, Mohammad Belhaj, Jean Chamoun (Lebanon/Qatar)

Ggeutnaji Anhmeun Jeon Jaeng (63 Years On)
Produced by Lee SeungGu (Republic of Korea)

Kantata Takwa
Produced by Setiawan Djody, Erros Djarot, Gotot Prakosa (Indonesia)

Rain of the Children
Produced by Vincent Ward, Marg Slater, Tainui Stephens, Kero Nancy Tait (New Zealand)

Tinar
Produced by Mahdi Moniri (Islamic Republic of Iran)


BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM

The Black Balloon
Produced by Tristram Miall (Australia), Sally Ayre-Smith, Elissa Down, Jimmy Jack, Mark Turnbull

Mahek
Produced by Children’s Film Society, India (India)

Pisay (Philippine Science)
Produced by Auraeus Solito Jr, Endi Balbuena and Paul Morales, Linda Cordova, Erwin Navarro (Philippines)

Siri Raja Siri (King Siri)
Produced by Renuka Balasooriya, Somaratne Dissanayake (Sri Lanka)

Taare Zameen Par
Produced by Aamir Khan, Ajay Bijli, Sanjeev K Bijli (India)


ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

Kim Jee-woon for Joheunnon nabbeunnom isanghannom (The Good, The Bad, The Weird, Republic of Korea)

Johnnie To for Men Jeuk (Sparrow, Hong Kong)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa for Tokyo Sonata (Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong)

Sergey Dvortsevoy for Tulpan (Kazakhstan/Russia/Switzerland-Poland-Germany)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Uc maymun (Three Monkeys, Turkey/France/Italy)


BEST SCREENPLAY

Hong Sang-soo for Bam guan at (Night and Day, Republic of Korea)

Suha Arraf and Eran Riklis for Etz Limon (Lemon Tree, Israel/France/Germany)

Dervis Zaim for Nokta (Dot, Turkey)

Behnam Behzadi for Tanha do bar zendegui mikonim (Before the Burial, Islamic Republic of Iran)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Sachiko Tanaka for Tokyo Sonata (Japan/The Netherlands/Hong Kong)


ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

Lee Mogae for Joheunnon nabbeunnom isanghannom (The Good, The Bad, The Weird, Republic of Korea)

Kiiran Deohans for Jodhaa Akbar (India)

Cheng Siu-keung for Men Jeuk (Sparrow, Hong Kong)

Oleg Kirichenko for Rusalka (Mermaid, Russian Federation)

Gökhan Tiryaki for Uc maymun (Three Monkeys, Turkey/France/Italy)


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Omarbekova Nesipkul for Baksy (Native Dancer, Kazakhstan/Russian Federation/France/Germany)

Hiam Abbass for Etz Limon (Lemon Tree, Israel/France/Germany)

Akie Namiki for Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama Sanso Eno Michi (United Red Army, Japan)

Miao Pu for Ying Tao (Cherries, People’s Republic of China)

Daria Moroz for Zhivi I pomni (Live and Remember, Russian Federation)


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Reza Naji for Avaze Gonjeshk-ha (The Song of Sparrows, Islamic Republic of Iran)

Kim Yoon-suk for Chugyeogja (The Chaser, Republic of Korea)

Simon Yam for Men Jeuk (Sparrow, Hong Kong)

Rajat Kapoor for The Prisoner (India)

Alireza Aghakhani for Tanha do bar zendegui mikonim (Before the Burial, Islamic Republic of Iran)

VIEWERS' CHOICE AWARD
'In the Mood for Love' ('Fa yeung nin wa') Hong Kong/China (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)
'Mother India' ('Bharat Mata') India (Mehboob Khan, 1957)
'The Host' ('Gwoemul') South Korea (Bong Joon-ho, 2006)
'Syndromes and a Century' ('Sang sattawat') Thailand (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
'Whale Rider' New Zealand (Niki Caro, 2002)
'Still Life' ('Sanxia haoren') China (Zhang Ke Jia, 2006)
'Shower' ('Xizao') China (Yang Zhang, 1999)
'Shall we dansu?' Japan (Masayuki Suo, 1998)
'The Ballad of Narayama' ('Narayama bushiko') Japan (Keisuke Kinoshita,1958)
'Infernal Affairs' ('Mou gaan dou') Hong Kong/China (Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, Alan Mak Siu-Fai, 2002)
'Mandala' South Korea (Kwon-Taek Im, 1981)
'To Live' ('Huozhe') China (Zhang Yimou, 1994)
'When the Tenth Month Comes' ('Bao gio cho den thang muoi') Vietnam (Dang Nhat Minh, 1984)
'Himala' Philippines (Ishmael Bernal, 1982)
'A Touch of Zen' ('Xia nu') Hong Kong/Taiwan (King Hu, 1969)
'Ikiru' Japan (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
'Utu' New Zealand (Geoff Murphy, 1983)
'Gabbeh' Iran (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)




The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (the APSAs), which is a collaboration with CNN International, UNESCO and FIAPF – International Federation of Film Producers Associations, is participated in by 17 countries and areas of the Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Lebanon, Qatar, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka and Turkey.

The announcement of winners is on November 11, 2008 at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.