Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film

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

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.

External links

Official website

[1] "Film Categories and Awards". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[2] "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

[3] Patrick Frater (15 November 2007). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards fetes 'Sunshine'". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[4] Sandy George. "Tulpan wins highest accolade at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[5] Sandy George. "Samson & Delilah wins best film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[6] Sandy George. "China's Aftershock wins APSA for best feature". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[2010_Nominees-7] Sandy George. "Chinese blockbuster Aftershock leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[8] Sandy George. "Asia Pacific Screen Awards give best film honour to A Separation". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[9] Paul Chai (26 November 2012). "'Beyond the Hill' tops Asia-Pacific Awards". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[2012_Nominees-10] Sandy George. "Beyond the Hill leads the pack at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[11] Pip Bulbeck (12 December 2013). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Palestine's 'Omar' Wins Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[12] Pip Bulbeck (11 December 2014). "'Leviathan' Wins Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[13] Patrick Frater (26 November 2015). "'Cemetery of Splendour' Wins Asia Pacific Screen Awards Trophy". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[14] Fiona Williams. "'Cold Of Kalandar' triumphs at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[15] Pip Bulbeck (23 November 2017). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[2018_Nominees-16] Patrick Frater (17 October 2018). "'Shoplifters' Leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

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v t e Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Main awards	Best Picture Best Animated Feature Film Best Documentary Feature Film Best Youth Feature Film Achievement in Direction Best Screenplay Achievement in Cinematography Best Performance by an Actress Best Performance by an Actor
Special awards	FIAPF Award UNESCO Award Jury Grand Prize Young Cinema Award
Ceremonies	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Winners and nominees by country	Afghanistan Australia Cambodia Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia

v t e Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film
2000s	Secret Sunshine (2007) Tulpan (2008) Samson and Delilah (2009)
2010s	Aftershock (2010) A Separation (2011) Beyond the Hill (2012) Omar (2013) Leviathan (2014) Cemetery of Splendour (2015) Cold of Kalandar (2016) Sweet Country (2017) Shoplifters (2018) Parasite (2019)
2020s	Not held (2020) Drive My Car (2021) Before, Now & Then (2022)