APSA winners announced 'Sunshine' takes best movie prize

By PATRICK FRATER

The South Korean film industry claimed victory at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Screen Awards with the Lee Chang-dong-helmed drama "Secret Sunshine" claiming the best movie prize. Pic's star Jeon Do-yeon was named best actress.

Other prizes were more evenly spread around the massive region which according to UNESCO definition extends from Turkey in the West to the Cook Islands in the West.

Indian multi-hyphenate Feroz Abbas Khan won the best screenplay award for script of "Gandhi My Father," while Iranian co-helmers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab took home the directing prize with their "Mainline" (Khoonbazi.) Turkish thesp Erkan Can was named best actor for role in "Takva: A Man's Fear of God."

APSA jury was headed by Indian actress Shabana Azmi alongside Kim Dong-ho, director of Korea’s Pusan International Film Festival, Iranian director Jafar Panahi, UK producer Nik Powell and Chinese filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Event backed by Queensland Events in collaboration with CNN International, UNESCO and International film producers' federation FIAPF was held in Australia's Gold Coast.

Jeon picked up the same prize in Cannes where the film bowed and has twice been named in Variety's "achievement" lists.

Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2007 Winners List

Best Feature Film
"Secret Sunshine" (Miryang) Lee Chang-dong (South Korea.)

Best Performance by an Actress
Jeon Do-yeon in "Secret Sunshine" (South Korea.)

Best Performance by an Actor
Erkan Can in "Takva: A Man's Fear of God" (Turkey.)

Best Achievement in Directing
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab for "Mainline" (Khoonbazi) (Iran)

Best Children’s Feature Film
"Denias, Singing on the Cloud" (Denias, Senandung di Atas Awan) (Indonesia.)

Best Animated Feature Film
"5 Centimeters per Second" (Byosoku 5 Centimeters) (Japan.)

Best Documentary Feature Film
"Beirut Diaries: Truth, Lies and Videos" Mai Masri (Lebanon.)

Best Screenplay
Feroz Abbas Khan for "Gandhi My Father" (India)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Hooman Behmanesh for "Those Three" (An seh) (Iran)

The FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia-Pacific region:
Dr George Miller.

The UNESCO Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film:
"The Band's Visit" (Bikur Hatizmoret) (Israel)

Jury Grand Prize
"Night Bus" (Autobus e Shab) Kiumars Pourahmad (Iran)

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