Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film
| Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Asia Pacific Screen Academy |
| First award | 2007 |
| Currently held by | April by Dea Kulumbegashvili (2024) |
| Website | asiapacificscreenawards |
The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film, formerly Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, is an award category in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[1][2]
The winners and nominees of this category are:
Winners and nominees
2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kim In-soo, Lee Chang-dong, Hanna Lee | Secret Sunshine[3] | Miryang |
| Anne-Dominique Toussaint | Caramel | Sukkar banat | |
| Garin Nugroho, Simon Field, Keith Griffiths | Opera Jawa | ||
| Sevil Demirci Çakar | Takva: A Man's Fear of God | Takva | |
| Mehdi Homayounfar | The Night Bus | Autobus-E Shab | |
| 2008 | Sergey Melkumov, Karl Baumgartner | Tulpan[4] | |
| Gauri Khan | Om Shanti Om | ||
| Li Xudong | The Red Awn | Hongse Kangbaiyin | |
| Johnnie To | Sparrow | Man Jeuk | |
| Zeynep Özbatur | Three Monkeys | Üç Maymun | |
| 2009 | Warwick Thornton, Kath Shelper | Samson and Delilah[5] | |
| Han Sanping, Qin Hing, Zhou Li, John Chong, Andy Zhang | City of Life and Death | Nanjing! Nanjing! | |
| Elia Suleiman, Hani Farsi | The Time That Remains | ||
| Asghar Farhadi, Mahmoud Razavi | About Elly | Darbareye Elly | |
| Han Sanping, Du Jiayi | Forever Enthralled | Mei Lanfang |
2010's
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Feng Xiaogang | Aftershock[6] | Tangshan dadizheng |
| Semih Kaplanoğlu | Honey[7] | Bal | |
| Lee Lieh, Doze Niu | Monga[7] | Mengjia | |
| Kim Ju-kyung | Paju[7] | ||
| Lee Joon-dong | Poetry[7] | ||
| 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation[8] | Jodaeiye Nader az Simin |
| Mohammad Rasoulof | Goodbye | Bé Omid É Didar | |
| Zeynep Özbatur Atakan | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da | |
| Aditya Chopra | Wedding Planners | Band Baaja Baaraat | |
| Jiang Wen | Let the Bullets Fly | Rang zidan fei | |
| 2012 | Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman, Emin Alper | Beyond the Hill[9] | Tepenin Ardi |
| Javad Norouzbeigi | The Bear[10] | Kher | |
| Natalya Gostyushina, Sergei Kravets | The Horde[10] | Orda | |
| Park Shin-kyu, Han Jae-duk | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time[10] | Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng | |
| Peter Ho-sun Chan, Jojo Hui Yuet-chun | Dragon[10] | Wu Xia | |
| 2013 | Hany Abu-Assad, Waleed F. Zuaiter, David Gerson | Omar[11] | |
| Alexandre Mallet-Guy | The Past | Le Passé | |
| Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles | The Turning | ||
| Lasantha Nawarathna, Mohamed Adamaly | With You, Without You | Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka | |
| Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Television | ||
| Matsuzaki Kaoru | Like Father, Like Son | Soshite chichi ni naru | |
| 2014 | Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov | Leviathan[12] | |
| Reza Dormishian | I'm Not Angry! | عصبانی نیستم | |
| Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Olga Khlasheva, Serik Abishev | The Owners | ||
| Mehmet Aktaş | Memories on Stone | Bîranînen li ser kevirî | |
| Zeynep Özbatur Atakan | Winter Sleep | Kış Uykusu | |
| 2015 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Keith Griffiths, Simon Field, Charles De Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans W. Geißendörfer | Cemetery of Splendour[13] | Rak Ti Khon Kaen |
| Lee Im-kul | End Of Winter | Cheol Won Gi-Haeng | |
| Endo Hitoshi, Matsuda Hiroko, Masa Sawada | Journey to the Shore | 岸辺の旅 | |
| Hou Hsiao-hsien | The Assassin | ||
| Park Jung-bum, Kim Youngjin, Jang Byungwon, Lee Sangyong, Park Hongsik | Alive | Sanda | |
| 2016 | Nermin Aytekin | Cold of Kalandar[14] | Kalandar Soğuğu |
| Ilya Stewart, Diana Safarova, Yury Kozyrev | The Student | Uchenik | |
| Reza Mirkarimi | Daughter | Dokhtar | |
| Majid Majidi, Mohammadreza Saberi | Muhammad: The Messenger of God | Muhammad Rasoulallah | |
| Zeki Demirkubuz | Ember | Kor | |
| 2017 | Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey | Sweet Country[15] | |
| Sean Chen | Angels Wear White | Jia Nian Hua | |
| Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet, Michel Merkt | Foxtrot | פוֹקְסטְרוֹט | |
| Marianne Slot | A Gentle Creature | Unne eamem Doueh | |
| Mohammad Rasoulof | A Man of Integrity | Lerd | |
| 2018 | Kore-eda Hirokazu, Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, Taguchi Hijiri | Shoplifters[16] | Manbiki Kazoku |
| Achinette Villamor, Edong Canlas, Khavn De La Cruz | Balangiga: Howling Wilderness[16] | ||
| Lee Chang-dong, Lee Joon-dong | Burning[16] | ||
| Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Mai Meksawan, Philippe Avril, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Chatchai Chaiyon | Manta Ray[16] | Kraben Rahu | |
| Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Serik Abishev, Olga Khlasheva | The Gentle Indifference of the World[16] | Laskovoe Bezrazlichie Mira | |
| 2019 | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho | Parasite | 기생충 |
| Huang Xufeng, Jacky Pang Yee Wah | Balloon | 气球 | |
| Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov | Beanpole | Дылда | |
| Akshay Singh, Ridham Janve | The Gold-Laden Sheep and The Sacred Mountain | ||
| Xuan Liu | So Long, My Son | 地久天长 | |
| 2025 18th[17] |
() Directed by Jafar Panahi Produced by Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin |
It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف ساده |
| () Directed by Lav Diaz Produced by Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Paul Soriano, Mark Victor |
Magellan | Magalhães | |
| () Directed by Garin Nugroho Produced by Gita Fara |
Samsara | ||
| () Directed by Cai Shangjun Produced by Ma Shuang, Huang Titi, Justine O. |
The Sun Rises on Us All | 日掛中天 | |
| () Directed by Sho Miyake Produced by Masayoshi Johnai |
Two Seasons, Two Strangers | 旅と日々 | |
References
- ^ "Film Categories and Awards". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Patrick Frater (15 November 2007). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards fetes 'Sunshine'". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "Tulpan wins highest accolade at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "Samson & Delilah wins best film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "China's Aftershock wins APSA for best feature". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sandy George. "Chinese blockbuster Aftershock leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "Asia Pacific Screen Awards give best film honour to A Separation". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Paul Chai (26 November 2012). "'Beyond the Hill' tops Asia-Pacific Awards". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sandy George. "Beyond the Hill leads the pack at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Pip Bulbeck (12 December 2013). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Palestine's 'Omar' Wins Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Pip Bulbeck (11 December 2014). "'Leviathan' Wins Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Patrick Frater (26 November 2015). "'Cemetery of Splendour' Wins Asia Pacific Screen Awards Trophy". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Fiona Williams. "'Cold Of Kalandar' triumphs at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Pip Bulbeck (23 November 2017). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Patrick Frater (17 October 2018). "'Shoplifters' Leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (15 October 2025). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: 'Samsara' & Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident' Among Leading Nominees". Deadline. Retrieved 15 October 2025.