Five of the films competing in the Academy’s Foreign-Language category have been named as nominees for the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, an international, Australia-based competition open to films from an enormous area that stretches from Russia to New Zealand, and Egypt to the Cook Islands.
Oscar submissions “Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”) from China, “Bal” (“Honey” from Turkey and “Mengjia” (“Monga”) from Taiwan were nominated for Best Feature Film by the APSA nominations council. The other Oscar entrants were the Hong Kong feature “Sui Yuet Sun Tau” (“Echoes of the Rainbow”), which was nominated for Best Children’s Feature Film, and the Israeli film “The Human Resources Manager,” for which Mark Ivanir picked up a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor.
(Check theWrap's complete guide to Oscar foreign-language submissions.)
The other two films nominated for Best Feature Film are both from Korea: “Paju,” and this year’s Cannes entry “Shi” (“Poetry”).
The Chinese film “Aftershock,” a drama about the aftermath of a 1976 earthquake from director Feng Xiaogang, received a record six nominations in the nine categories. The film is the highest-grossing domestic film of all time in China.
“Poetry” received four nominations, while “Monga” and “Bal” each received three.
One of the only nominees films available to American audiences is the Australian/US co-production “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,” which is competing in the Best Animated Feature Film Category with one Chinese and three Japanese films.
The ceremony will take place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Australia’s Gold Coast on December 2. Winners will be chosen by an International Jury chaired by producer and former Columbia Pictures studio chief David Puttnam.
More information about the awards is here.
The full list of nominees:
BEST FEATURE FILM
“Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”),
People’s Republic of China
“Bal” (“Honey”), Turkey / Germany
“Mengjia” (“Monga”),
Taiwan
“Paju,”
Republic of Korea
“Shi” (“Poetry”),
Republic of Korea
BEST CHILDREN’S FEATURE FILM
“Boy,”
New Zealand
“Bran Nue Dae,”
Australia
“Shui Yuet Sun Tau” (“Echoes of the Rainbow”),
Hong Kong
“Digari” (“The Other”)
, Islamic Republic of Iran
“Udaan,”
India
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Ibara no Ou” (“King of Thorn”),
Japan
“Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,”
Australia/USA
"Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Maho” (“Mai Mai Miracle”),
Japan
“Hottarake no Shima – Haruka to Maho no Kagami” (“Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror”),
Japan
“Piercing I,”
People’s Republic of China
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
“12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary,”
Lebanon
“Budrus,”
Palestinian Territories / Israel / USA
“Enemies of the People,”
Cambodia / United Kingdom
“Karamay,”
People's Republic of China
“Last Train Home,”
People's Republic of China / Canada
BEST SCREENPLAY
Su Xiaowei for “Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”),
People’s Republic of China
Hisako Kurosawa and Koji Wakamatsu for “Caterpillar,”
Japan
Nir Bergman for “Ha’dikduk ha’pnimi” (“Intimate Grammar”),
Israel
Samuel Maoz for “Levanon” (“Lebanon”),
Israel / France / Germany
Lee Chang-dong for “Shi” (“Poetry”),
Republic of Korea
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lu Yue for “Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”),
People’s Republic of China
Bariþ Özbiçer for “Bal” (“Honey”),
Turkey / Germany
Jake Pollock for “Mengjia” (“Monga”),
Taiwan
Santosh Sivan and V Manikandan for “Raavan,”
India
Sudhir Palsane for “Vihir” (“The Well”),
India
BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS
Xu Fan for “Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”),
People’s Republic of China
Tejaswini Pandit for “Mee Sindhutai Sakpal” (“I am Sindhutai Sakpal”),
India
Seo Woo for “Paju,”
Republic of Korea
Yun Jung-hee for “Shi” (“Poetry”),
Republic of Korea
Yu Nan for “Fang Zhi Gu Niang” (“Weaving Girl”), People’s Republic of China
BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR
Chen Daoming for “Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”),
People’s Republic of China
Tony Barry for “Home by Christmas,”
New Zealand
Sergei Puskepalis for “Kak ya provel etim letom” (“How I Ended This Summer”),
Russian Federation
Mark Ivanir for “The Human Resources Manager,”
Israel / Germany / France / Romania
Atul Kulkarni for “Natarang,”
India
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Feng Xiaogang for “Tangshan dadizheng” (“Aftershock”),
People’s Republic of China (Mainland China / Hong Kong)
Semih Kaplanoðlu for “Bal” (“Honey”),
Turkey / Germany
Doze Niu Chen-zer for “Mengjia” (“Monga”),
Taiwan
Lee Chang-dong for “Shi” (“Poetry”),
Republic of Korea
Wang Quan An for “Fang Zhi Gu Niang” (“WeavingGirl”),
People's Republic of China
