14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Film awards ceremony

14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Awarded for| Excellence in Cinema and performance in Asia Pacific region
Awarded by| Asia Pacific Screen Academy
Presented by| UNESCO
FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations
Date| 11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
Site| Home of the Arts, Gold Coast,
Australia
Official website| APSA 2021
Highlights
Best Film| Drive My Car
Best Direction| Asghar Farhadi
A Hero
Best Actor| Merab Ninidze
House Arrest
Best Actress| Azmeri Haque Badhon
Rehana Maryam Noor

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* Asia Pacific Screen Awards
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The 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on 11 November 2021 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

## Jury

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International Jury was composed of:

* Tran Anh Hung, President, French/Vietnamese filmmaker
* Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian filmmaker
* Nashen Moodley, Director of Sydney Film Festival (Australia)
* Sooni Taraporevala, Indian photographer, screenwriter and filmmaker
* Janet Wu, President of Heaven Pictures and Director of China Film Foundation – Wu Tianming Film Fund for Young Talents, (People’s Republic of China)

## Winners and nominees

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Complete list of nominees:[3][4] and Winners:[5]

Best Feature Film

Achievement in Directing

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* Drive My Car \- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
* A Hero \- Asghar Farhadi
* A Night of Knowing Nothing \- Payal Kapadia
* The Pencil \- Natalya Nazarova
* There Is No Evil \- Mohammad Rasoulof

* Asghar Farhadi \- A Hero
* Dea Kulumbegashvili \- Beginning
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi \- Drive My Car \-
* P. S. Vinothraj - Pebbles
* Kamila Andini \- Yuni

Best Performance by an Actor

Best Performance by an Actress

* Merab Ninidze – House Arrest
* Levan Tediashvili Brighton 4th
* Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
* Caleb Landry Jones – Nitram
* Amir Jadidi – A Hero

* Azmeri Haque Badhon – Rehana Maryam Noor
* Alena Yiv – Asia as Asia
* Valentina Romanova-Chyskyyray – Scarecrow
* Leah Purcell – The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson as Molly Johnson
* Essie Davis – The Justice of Bunny King as Bunny King

Best Screenplay

Best Youth Feature Film

* Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car
* Dana Idisis - Here We Are
* Asif Rustamov, Roelof Jan Minneboo, Ilgar Najaf - Sughra's Sons
* Asghar Farhadi \- A Hero
* Nasim Ahmadpour, Shahram Mokri - Careless Crime

* Moving On \- Yoon Dan-bi
* Brother’s Keeper \- Ferit Karahan
* Scales (Sayidat Al Bahr) - Shahad Ameen
* Voices in the Wind \- Nobuhiro Suwa
* When Pomegranates Howl \- Granaz Moussavi

Best Documentary Feature Film

Best Animated Feature Film

* Sabaya \- Hogir Hirori
* Gorbachev. Heaven \- Vitaly Mansky
* Miguel's War \- Eliane Raheb
* The Devil's Drivers \- Mohammed Abugeth, Daniel Carsenty
* Writing with Fire \- Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas

* The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks (Nos, ili Zagovor Netakih) \- Andrei Khrzhanovsky
* Beauty Water \- Cho Kyung-hun
* Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko \- Ayumu Watanabe
* The Knight and the Princess \- Bashir el-Deek, Ibrahim Mousa
* Where Is Anne Frank \- Ari Folman

Achievement in Cinematography

UNESCO Award

* Nguyễn Vinh Phúc – Taste
* Akiko Ashizawa – Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
* Feng Yuchao Robbin – A New Old Play
* Phuttiphong Aroonpheng – Anatomy of Time
* Vignesh Kumulai and Che Parthiban – Pebbles

* Prasanna Vithanage – Children of the Sun

## References

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1. ^ Frater, Patrick (11 November 2021). "'Drive My Car' Named Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Variety. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ^ Tom Grater (11 November 2021). "'Drive My Car' Wins Best Feature At Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Deadline. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
3. ^ Valerie Complex (12 October 2021). "Asia Pacific Screen Academy Announces Nominees For 14th Annual Awards Ceremony". Deadline. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
4. ^ "Nominations For 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2021". Scene Str. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
5. ^ Tabbara, Mona (11 November 2021). "'Drive My Car' claims top prize at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

## External links

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* Official website

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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|

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Winners and nominees
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* Afghanistan
* Australia
* Cambodia
* Georgia
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia

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