Kamila Andini’s Before, Now And Then (Nana) won the best film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) which took place on the Gold Coast, Australia today (November 11).
It is the first film directed by a woman to win the award and the first Indonesian film to do so.
Set against Indonesia’s turbulent post-independence years in the 1960s, Happy Salma stars as a woman still reeling from the past as she tries to move on with her life. The film premiered in competition at the Berlinale where Laura Basuki won the Silver Bear for best supporting actor.
Davy Chou was awarded best director for Cambodia’s Oscar entry Return To Seoul. The Cannes premiere also picked up best new performance for Park Ji-min.
Further international Oscar entries to receive prizes at this year’s APSA’s include Darin J Sallam’s Farha (Jordan)for best youth film and Inna Sahakyan’s Aurora’s Sunshine (Armenia) for best animated film.
Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes picked up best documentary. The India-UK-US co-production, which follows two brothers trying to protect an endangered bird, has played widely on the festival circuit – winning the Golden Eye at Cannes, best documentary in London and Hong Kong as well as the jury prize in World Cinema – Dramatic at Sundance.
The 15th edition of APSA marked the first year of ungendered acting awards, with best performance going to Lee Jeong-eun for her role in Su-won Shin’s Korean drama Hommage.
ASPA winners 2022
Best film
Before, Now And Then (Nana) (Ind) dir. Kamila Andini
Best youth film
Farha (Jor-Pal-Saudi-Swe) dir. Darin J Sallam
Best animated film
Aurora’s Sunshine (Armenia-Ger-Lithuania) dir. Inna Sahakyan
Best documentary
All That Breathes (Ind-UK-US) dir. Shaunak Sen
Special jury mention
Delikado (Phil-Australia-UK-US-HK) dir. Karl Malakunas
Best performance
Lee Jeong-eun, Hommage (Omaju) (Korea)
Best director
Davy Chou, Return To Seoul (Fr-Bel-Ger-Cam-Qat)
Best screenplay
Makbul Mubarak, Autobiography (Ind-Sing-Phil-Qat-Fr-Pol-Ger)
Best cinematography
Niklas Lindschau, The Stranger (Al Garib) (Pal-Syr-Qat-Ger)
Best new performance
Park Ji-min, Return To Seoul
Cultural diversity award
Muru (NZ) dir. Tearepa Kahi
Young cinema award
Saim Sadiq, Joyland
Fiapf (International Federation of Film Producers) award for outstanding contribution to Asia Pacific Cinema
Nadine Labaki
MPA (Motion Picture Association) Apsa Academy Film Fund recipients
Khadija Al Salami (Yemen-Fr), I Wish I Were A Girl
Kirby Atkins (NZ), Levity Jones
Anne Köhncke (Nor), A Disturbed Earth
Weijie Lai (Sing), The Sea Is Calm Tonight
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