Organised by Indian productioncompany Teamwork Films with backing from corporate sponsors, the festival aimsto provide a new platform for emerging Asian talent. Eight awards are up forgrabs for films nominated in the competition section (see below). A total of 56films from first-time directors will be screened over the eight-day event,including the competition films.
Taiwanese film Dragon EyeCongee: A Dream Of Love has received the largest number of nominations,five in all, followed by The Philippines' The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliverosand
"AFFF is the first[festival] of its kind in
The festival has theendorsement of Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) and takes place atthe same time as the MDA's Asia Media Festival (Nov 14 - Dec 2), although itdoesn't receive any funding from the government agency.
The first five editions ofthe event will take place in
Full list of nominations:
Best Producer:
Tiara Jacquelina - Puteri Gunung Ledang (
Arindam Mitra - Black Friday (
You Hsu-ru - Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream Of Love (
Raymond Lee - The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros (The
Best Director:
Kei Horie - Finger And Body (Japan)
Blessy Ipe Thomas - Kazcha (India)
Vimukthi Jayasundara - Sulanga Enu Pinisa (Sri Lanka)
Aureaus Solito - The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros (The Philippines)
Shoojit Sarkar - Yahaan (India)
Saw Teong Hin - Puteri Gunung Ledang (Malaysia)
You Hsu-ru - Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream of Love (Taiwan)
Xiao Jiang - Electric Shadows (China)
Best Actor:
Saksham Kulkarni - Pak Pak Pakaak (India)
Nathan Lopez - The Blossoming Of Maximo Oliveros (The Philippines)
Yash - Kazcha (India)
Nilupili Jayawardena - Sulanga Enu Pinisa (Sri Lanka)
Best Actress:
Anita Mazumdar - Murder Unveiled (
Shin Yin - Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream Of Love (
Chitrangada Singh - Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (
Marilyn Lee - Unarmed Combat (
Best Screenplay:
Blessy Ipe Thomas - Kazcha (
Chen Chien-wei - Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream Of Love (
Ada Tong - Mandhelin (
Vimukthi Jayasundara - Sulanga Enu Pinisa (
Best Cinematographer:
Aseem Bajaj - Chameli (
Chiang Shen-feng - Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream Of Love (
Best Documentary:
Diminishing Memories (
Feeding On The Dead (
I For
Jump! Boys (
Best Documentary Director:
Lin Yu-hsien - Jump! Boys (
Duc Luu - Becoming (
Farid Shah - My Country My Talk (
Toshiya Inaba - Dear
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