Separation, Anatolia top APSA nominations list

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Awards News

Iranian film A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin, pictured) by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da), written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, each received four nominations for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).

The nominations shortlist was unveiled in Busan on Monday night. Both films are among the five nominated for best film, along with Let the Bullets Fly 讓子彈飛 (2010) (China), Goodbye (Bé Omid É Didar, Iran) and Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) (India).

A Separation also claimed nominations for Farhadi, as writer and director and for actor Peyman Moadi. Anatolia's other nominations are for directing (Ceylan), cinematography (Gökhan Tiryaki) and screenplay (Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan).

Organisers said that a total of 240 films were entered into this year's competition and that they selected 37 across the 13 awards categories.

Winners will be selected by a jury headed by Hong Kong producer Nansun SHI 施南生 and announced at the Ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, on 24 Nov.

 
ASPA NOMINEES 2011

Best Feature
A Separation (Iran)
Let the Bullets Fly (China/Hong Kong)
Goodbye (Iran)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Wedding Planners (India)

Achievement in Directing
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation (Iran)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Mohammad Rasoulof, Goodbye (Iran)
JIANG Wen 姜文, Let the Bullets Fly (China/Hong Kong)
NA Hong-jin 나홍진 | 羅泓軫, The Yellow Sea 황해 | 黃海 (2010) (South Korea)

Best Performance by an Actress
Judy DAVIS, The Eye of the Storm (2011) (Australia)
Nahed El Sebai, Cairo 678 (Egypt)
Nadezhda Markina, Elena (Russia)
Shayesteh Irani, Facing Mirrors (Iran)
Leyla Zareh, Goodbye (Iran)

Best Performance by an Actor
Peyman Moadi, A Separation (Iran)
WANG Baoqiang 王寶強, Mr. Tree Ｈｅｌｌｏ！ 樹先生 (2010) (China)
Sasson Gabay, Restoration (Israel)
Fa'afiaula Sagote, The Orator O le tulafale (2011) (New Zealand/Samoa)
Daniel Connors, Toomelah (2011) (Australia)

Best Screenplay
YOON Sung-hyun 윤성현, Bleak Night 파수꾼 (2010) (South Korea)
Denis Osokin, Silent Souls (Russia)
Alexey Balabanov, A Stoker (Russia)
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation (Iran)
Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey/ Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Achievement in Cinematography
Vladimir Bashta, Brest Fortress (Russia)
Yuri Klimenko, The Edge (Russia)
Mark LEE 李屏賓, Norwegian Wood ノルウェイの森 (2010) (Japan)
SONTHAR Gyal 松太加, Old Dog 老狗 (2010) (China)
Gökhan Tiryaki, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best Children's Feature
11 Flowers 我１１ (2011) (China/France)
Buta (Azerbaijan)
The Flood (Israel/France/Germany/Canada)
The Fourth Portrait 第４張畫 (2010) (Taiwan)
Red Dog (2011) (Australia)
Wind and Fog (Iran)

Best Documentary Feature
Amin (Iran/South Korea/Canada/Ukraine)
Bakhmaro (Georgia/Germany)
I Was Worth 50 Sheep (Sweden/Japan/US)
Marathon Boy (2010) (India/UK)
Pink Saris (India/UK)

Best Animated Feature
Children who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below 星を追う子ども (2011) (Japan)
Leafie 마당을 나온 암탉 (2011) (South Korea)
RPG Metanoia (2010) (Philippines)
Tatsumi (2011) (Singapore)
The Ugly Duckling (Russia)

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