Melbourne, Oct 12 (Inditop.com) Four critically acclaimed Indian films — “Dev D”, “A Wednesday”, “Tahaan” and “Mumbai Meri Jaan” — have been nominated in different categories for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards to be announced Nov 26.
Anurag Kashyap is nominated in the best director category for his take on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel “Devdas” in “Dev D”; Santosh Sivan’s “Tahaan” is nominated in the Best Children’s Film: Shripal Morakhia and Mubina Rattonsey category; Naseeruddin Shah is nominated for the best actor award for his performance in “A Wednesday”; and Yogesh Vinayak Joshi and Upendra Sidhaye are nominated for their screenplay for “Mumbai Meri Jaan”.
Malini Fonseka gets a nomination in best actress category for “Akasa Kusum” (Flowers of the Sky) – a Sri Lanka and India co-production.
Feroz Abbas Khan, director of “Gandhi, My Father”, is one of the jury members.
Winners will be announced Nov 26 at the third annual APSA Ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast.
The Asia Pacific Screen awards has announced nominees in nine award categories with 37 films from 16 countries — Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Palestine, China, South Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey.
“Nominees were determined from a record number of 212 entries from 43 countries,” said APSA Chairman Des Power in a statement.
APSA is a collaboration between CNN International, Unesco and FIAPF International Federation of Film Producers Associations. Films are judged on cinematic excellence and the way in which they attest to their cultural origins.
Japan is strongly represented in 2009 with a total of seven nominations followed by China with six. Iran, Russia and South Korea have received five nominations while India has four.
Countries nominated in the APSAs for the first time this year are Thailand, Cambodia and Palestine.
Nomination List:
Best Feature Film
“Darbareye Elly” (About Elly) – Iran
“Nanjing! Nanjing!” (City Of Life And Death) – China
“Mei Lanfang” (Forever Enthralled) – China
“Samson & Delilah” – Australia
“The Time That Remains” – Palestine/France/Italy/Belgium/Britain
Best Animated Feature Film
“Perviy Otryad” (First Squad: The Moment Of Truth) – Russia/Japan/Canada
“Mary and Max” – Australia
“Sukai Kurora” (The Sky Crawlers) – Japan
“Sam� W�zu” (Summer Wars) – Japan
“Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa” (The Tale Of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow),
– Russia
Best Documentary Feature Film
“Polamuang Juling” (Citizen Juling) – Thailand
“Hashmatsa” (Defamation) – Israel /Austria /Denmark /US
“Gandhi’s Children” – Australia
“L’important, C’est De Rester Vivant” (The Main Thing Is To Stay Alive) – Cambodia/ France
“Seishin” (Mental) – Japan/US
Best Children’s Feature Film
“Mommo – Kizkardesim” (The Bogeyman) – Turkey
“Ye Haeng Ja” (A Brand New Life) – South Korea/France
“3 Doa 3 Cinta” (Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves) – Indonesia
“The Strength Of Water” – New Zealand/Germany
“Tahaan” – India
Achievement in directing
Asghar Farhadi for “Darbareye Elly” – Iran
Vimukthi Jayasundara for “Ahasin Wetei” – Sri Lanka/France
Lu Chuan for “Nanjing! Nanjing!” – China
Anurag Kashyap for “Dev D” – India
Sion Sono for “Ai No Mukidashi” – Japan
Best Screenplay
Asghar Farhadi for “Darbareye Elly” – Iran
Kundo Koyama for “Okuribito” – Japan
Baek Seung-bin for “Jang-rye-sik-ui Member” – South Korea
Bong Joon-ho and Park Eun-kyo for “Madeo” – South Korea
Yogesh Vinayak Joshi and Upendra Sidhaye for “Mumbai Meri Jaan” – India
Achievement in Cinematography
Uruphong Raksasad for “Sawan Baan Na” – Thailand
Cao Yu for “Nanjing! Nanjing!” – China
Ali Mohammad Ghasemi for “Cheraghi Dar Meh” – Iran
Alisher Khamidhodjaev and Maxim Drozdov for “Bumaznyj Soldat” – Russia
Alexei Arsentiev for “Volchok” – Russian
Best Performance by actress
Golshifteh Farahani for “Darbareye Elly” – Iran
Zhou Xun for “Li Mi De Caixiang” – China
Malini Fonseka for “Akasa Kusum” – Sri Lanka/India
Kim Hye-ja for “Madeo” – South Korea
Yana Troyanova for “Volchok” – Russia
Best Performance by actor
Masahiro Motoki for “Okuribito” – Japan
Naseeruddin Shah for “A Wednesday” – India
Mohamed Bakri for “Eid Mila Laila” – Palestinie/Tunisia /Netherlands
Yang Ik-june for “Ddongpari” – South Korea
Ge You for “Fei Cheng Wu Rao” – China
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