'Perfect Days' wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Here is complete list
Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Friday. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia hosted the 16th edition of the APSA Awards.“Perfect Days,” narrates the life of a toilet cleaner in Tokyo as he finds happiness in everyday life. The film was premiered in Cannes. It was selected as Japan’s Oscar contender and as the opening title of the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Best Director Award
Celine Song won the APSA Best Director Award for her nuanced story of romance and emigration “Past Lives.” Anthony Shim received the APSA for Best Screenplay for “Riceboy Sleeps”. a story of a single mother raising a son in Canada in the 1990s.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2023
Best Film
“Perfect Days” (Japan) Dir. Wim Wenders. Prod. Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki, Koji Yanai.
Jury Grand Prize
“Evil Does Not Exist” (“Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai”) (Japan) Dir. Hamaguchi Ryusuke.
Prod. Takata Satoshi
Best Youth Film
“Bauryna Salu” (Kazakhstan) Dir. Askhat Kuchinchirekov. Prod. Askhat Kuchinchirekov, Anna Katchko.
Best Animated Film
“The Siren” (La Sirene) (France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium) Dir. Sepideh Farsi. Prod. Sébastien Onomo.
Best Documentary Film
“Against the Tide” (India, France) Dir. Sarvnik Kaur. Prod. Koval Bhatia, Sarvnik Kaur.
Best Director
Celine Song for “Past Lives” (Korea, U.S).
Best Screenplay
Anthony Shim for “Riceboy Sleeps” (Canada, Korea).
Best Cinematography
Azamat Dulatov for “Qas” (Kazakhstan).
Special Mention for Cinematography
Krum Rodriguez for “Citizen Saint” (“Mokalake Tsmindani”) (Georgia, France, Bulgaria).
Best Performance
Mouna Hawa for “Inshallah a Boy” (“Inshallah Walad”) (Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar).
Best New Performer
Aibar Saly and Alisher Ismailov for “Brothers” (“Bratya”) (Kazakhstan).
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