Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film
| Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Asia Pacific Screen Academy |
| First award | 2007 |
| Currently held by | April by Dea Kulumbegashvili (2024) |
| Website | asiapacificscreenawards |
The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film, formerly Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film, is an award category in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[1][2]
The winners and nominees of this category are:
Winners and nominees
2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Kim In-soo, Lee Chang-dong, Hanna Lee
|
Secret Sunshine[3] | Miryang |
 Anne-Dominique Toussaint
|
Caramel | Sukkar banat | |
 Garin Nugroho, Simon Field, Keith Griffiths
|
Opera Jawa | ||
 Sevil Demirci Çakar
|
Takva: A Man's Fear of God | Takva | |
 Mehdi Homayounfar
|
The Night Bus | Autobus-E Shab | |
| 2008 |   .svg.png){kind=small}   Sergey Melkumov, Karl Baumgartner
|
Tulpan[4] | |
 Gauri Khan
|
Om Shanti Om | ||
 Li Xudong
|
The Red Awn | Hongse Kangbaiyin | |
 Johnnie To
|
Sparrow | Man Jeuk | |
  Zeynep Özbatur
|
Three Monkeys | Üç Maymun | |
| 2009 | .svg.png){kind=small} Warwick Thornton, Kath Shelper
|
Samson and Delilah[5] | |
| Han Sanping, Qin Hing, Zhou Li, John Chong, Andy Zhang
|
City of Life and Death | Nanjing! Nanjing! | |
 .svg.png){kind=small}  Elia Suleiman, Hani Farsi
|
The Time That Remains | ||
| Asghar Farhadi, Mahmoud Razavi
|
About Elly | Darbareye Elly | |
| Han Sanping, Du Jiayi
|
Forever Enthralled | Mei Lanfang |
2010's
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Feng Xiaogang
|
Aftershock[6] | Tangshan dadizheng |
| Semih Kaplanoğlu
|
Honey[7] | Bal | |
 Lee Lieh, Doze Niu
|
Monga[7] | Mengjia | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kim Ju-kyung
|
Paju[7] | ||
| Lee Joon-dong
|
Poetry[7] | ||
| 2011 | Asghar Farhadi
|
A Separation[8] | Jodaeiye Nader az Simin |
| Mohammad Rasoulof
|
Goodbye | Bé Omid É Didar | |
| Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
|
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da | |
| Aditya Chopra
|
Wedding Planners | Band Baaja Baaraat | |
| Jiang Wen
|
Let the Bullets Fly | Rang zidan fei | |
| 2012 |  Enis Köstepen, Seyfi Teoman, Emin Alper
|
Beyond the Hill[9] | Tepenin Ardi |
| Javad Norouzbeigi
|
The Bear[10] | Kher | |
| Natalya Gostyushina, Sergei Kravets
|
The Horde[10] | Orda | |
| Park Shin-kyu, Han Jae-duk
|
Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time[10] | Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng | |
| Peter Ho-sun Chan, Jojo Hui Yuet-chun
|
Dragon[10] | Wu Xia | |
| 2013 | Hany Abu-Assad, Waleed F. Zuaiter, David Gerson
|
Omar[11] | |
| Alexandre Mallet-Guy
|
The Past | Le Passé | |
| Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles
|
The Turning | ||
 Lasantha Nawarathna, Mohamed Adamaly
|
With You, Without You | Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka | |
 Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
|
Television | ||
 Matsuzaki Kaoru
|
Like Father, Like Son | Soshite chichi ni naru | |
| 2014 | Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
|
Leviathan[12] | |
| Reza Dormishian
|
I'm Not Angry! | عصبانی نیستم | |
| Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Olga Khlasheva, Serik Abishev
|
The Owners | ||
 Mehmet Aktaş
|
Memories on Stone | Bîranînen li ser kevirî | |
| Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
|
Winter Sleep | Kış Uykusu | |
| 2015 |   Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Keith Griffiths, Simon Field, Charles De Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans W. Geißendörfer
|
Cemetery of Splendour[13] | Rak Ti Khon Kaen |
| Lee Im-kul
|
End Of Winter | Cheol Won Gi-Haeng | |
| Endo Hitoshi, Matsuda Hiroko, Masa Sawada
|
Journey to the Shore | 岸辺の旅 | |
| Hou Hsiao-hsien
|
The Assassin | ||
| Park Jung-bum, Kim Youngjin, Jang Byungwon, Lee Sangyong, Park Hongsik
|
Alive | Sanda | |
| 2016 |  Nermin Aytekin
|
Cold of Kalandar[14] | Kalandar Soğuğu |
| Ilya Stewart, Diana Safarova, Yury Kozyrev
|
The Student | Uchenik | |
| Reza Mirkarimi
|
Daughter | Dokhtar | |
| Majid Majidi, Mohammadreza Saberi
|
Muhammad: The Messenger of God | Muhammad Rasoulallah | |
| Zeki Demirkubuz
|
Ember | Kor | |
| 2017 | Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey
|
Sweet Country[15] | |
| Sean Chen
|
Angels Wear White | Jia Nian Hua | |
 Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet, Michel Merkt
|
Foxtrot | פוֹקְסטְרוֹט | |
  Marianne Slot
|
A Gentle Creature | Unne eamem Doueh | |
| Mohammad Rasoulof
|
A Man of Integrity | Lerd | |
| 2018 | Kore-eda Hirokazu, Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, Taguchi Hijiri
|
Shoplifters[16] | Manbiki Kazoku |
 Achinette Villamor, Edong Canlas, Khavn De La Cruz
|
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness[16] | ||
| Lee Chang-dong, Lee Joon-dong
|
Burning[16] | ||
| Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Mai Meksawan, Philippe Avril, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Chatchai Chaiyon
|
Manta Ray[16] | Kraben Rahu | |
| Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Serik Abishev, Olga Khlasheva
|
The Gentle Indifference of the World[16] | Laskovoe Bezrazlichie Mira | |
| 2019 | Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho
|
Parasite | 기생충 |
| Huang Xufeng, Jacky Pang Yee Wah
|
Balloon | 气球 | |
| Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov
|
Beanpole | Дылда | |
| Akshay Singh, Ridham Janve
|
The Gold-Laden Sheep and The Sacred Mountain | ||
| Xuan Liu
|
So Long, My Son | 地久天长 | |
| 2025 18th[17] |
( )Directed by Jafar Panahi Produced by Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin |
It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف ساده |
(.svg.png){kind=small}  )Directed by Lav Diaz Produced by Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Alves, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Paul Soriano, Mark Victor |
Magellan | Magalhães | |
| () Directed by Garin Nugroho Produced by Gita Fara |
Samsara | ||
| () Directed by Cai Shangjun Produced by Ma Shuang, Huang Titi, Justine O. |
The Sun Rises on Us All | 日掛中天 | |
| () Directed by Sho Miyake Produced by Masayoshi Johnai |
Two Seasons, Two Strangers | 旅と日々 | |
References
- ^ "Film Categories and Awards". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Patrick Frater (15 November 2007). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards fetes 'Sunshine'". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "Tulpan wins highest accolade at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "Samson & Delilah wins best film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "China's Aftershock wins APSA for best feature". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sandy George. "Chinese blockbuster Aftershock leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Sandy George. "Asia Pacific Screen Awards give best film honour to A Separation". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Paul Chai (26 November 2012). "'Beyond the Hill' tops Asia-Pacific Awards". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sandy George. "Beyond the Hill leads the pack at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Pip Bulbeck (12 December 2013). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Palestine's 'Omar' Wins Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Pip Bulbeck (11 December 2014). "'Leviathan' Wins Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Patrick Frater (26 November 2015). "'Cemetery of Splendour' Wins Asia Pacific Screen Awards Trophy". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Fiona Williams. "'Cold Of Kalandar' triumphs at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Pip Bulbeck (23 November 2017). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Patrick Frater (17 October 2018). "'Shoplifters' Leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (15 October 2025). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: 'Samsara' & Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident' Among Leading Nominees". Deadline. Retrieved 15 October 2025.