11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Date 23 November 2017
Site Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
 Australia

The 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be held on Thursday, 23 November 2017 at the Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia.

On 14 September 2017, three jury members were announced in Beijing by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Cr Graham Quirk. They are Chinese actress He Saifei, Filipino writer/director Adolfo Alix Jr and Kazakh writer, director and cinematographer Adilkhan Yerzhanov. Top Australian film editor, Jill Bilcock ASE ACE was later announced as the head of the international jury, joined by Yoshi Yatabe, the programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, completing the jury line-up.[1] The international jury will determine the winners of all the major APSA awards including Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actress and Actor. They will also determine the winner of the Cultural Diversity Award, under the patronage of UNESCO.

Haifaa Al Mansour, is announced to be the chair of the Youth Animation and Documentary Jury, followed by Melanie Coombs and Steve Abbott.[2]

Winners and nominees

Nominees of Youth, Animation, and Documentary were announced with the jury on 4 October 2017. The full list of nominees were announced on 13 October 2017.[3]

Best Feature Film Best Animated Feature Film
Best Youth Feature Film Best Documentary Feature Film
  • Syria Last Men in Aleppo
    • New Zealand Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
    • Australia The Opposition
    • Lebanon Taste of Cement
    • China A Yangtze Landscape (Changjiang)
Achievement in Directing Best Screenplay
Achievement in Cinematography Best Performance by an Actress
Best Performance by an Actor Cultural Diversity Award Under the Patronage of UNESCO

Multiple wins and nominations

The following films received multiple nominations

Nominations Film
3 Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda)
Sweet Country
The Third Murder (Sandome no Satsujin)
2 Die Beautiful
Lady of the Lake
Newton

Reference

  1. ↑ "Top Editor Jill Bilcock to Head Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury".
  2. ↑ "APSA Announces Youth, Animation, Documentary Nominees and Jury".
  3. ↑ "Films from Australia, Japan, China lead Nominations".
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