6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winners - Nora Aunor and Brillante Mendoza

6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winners - Nora Aunor and Brillante Mendoza

The winners for the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), an annual accolade for the best films in Asia and the Pacific and considered the region’s version of the Oscars, have been revealed.

The 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Awards was held on Friday night, November 23, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane, Australia.

Here is the list of winners for the 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards:

BEST FEATURE FILM:

“Beyond The Hill” (Turkey, Greece)

Highly Commended:

“Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time” (Republic of Korea)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:

“In My Mother’s Arms” (Iraq, UK, Netherlands)

Highly Commended:

“Planet Of Snail” (Republic of Korea, Japan, Finland)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

“A Letter To Momo” (Japan)

BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM:

“The Mirror Never Lies” (Indonesia)

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING:

Brillante Mendoza, “Thy Womb” (Philippines)

Highly Commended:

Cheng Er, Lethal Hostage (China)

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Reis Çelik, “Night Of Silence”

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Touraj Aslani, “Rhino Season” (Iraqi-Kurdistan,Turkey)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR:

Choi Min-sik, “Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time” (Korea)

Highly Commended:

Lior Ashkenazi, “Footnote” (Israel)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS:

Nora Aunor, “Thy Womb” (Philippines)

Highly Commended:

Darya Ekamasova, “Once Upon A Time There Lived A Simple Woman” (Russia)

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL JURY GRAND PRIZE:

Anurag Kashyap for his direction of Gangs Of Wasseypur (India)

Cho Min-soo for her performance in Pieta (Korea)

Highly Commended:

Joseph Cedar for his screenplay for Footnote

UNESCO AWARD:

Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Taiwan), director Wei Te-sheng, producers John Woo, Terence Chang.

APSA FIAPF AWARD:

Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer