The Asia Pacific Screen Academy announced the nominations on September 9, with 36 films from 32 countries and regions represented across eight categories.
India has three nominated films. Anoop Lokkur’s Don’t Tell Mother, an India-Australia production, and Shalini Adnani’s Our Share of Sand, an India-U.K.-Greece co-production, are nominated for Best Youth Film.
Yashasvi Juyal and Ankit Thapa’s The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb, an India-U.S.-Saudi Arabia production, is nominated for Best Screenplay.
Nepal’s Elephants in the Fog, directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, leads the South Asian contingent with three nominations: Best Film, Best Director for Shah and Best Performance for Pushpa Thing Lama.
The film is one of two three-time nominees alongside Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s All of a Sudden, which is also nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Performance.
The 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards will be held on October 30 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS
Best Film
All of a Sudden — Hamaguchi Ryusuke
Elephants in the Fog — Abinash Bikram Shah
No Good Men — Shahrbanoo Sadat
Guria — Levan Koguashvili
9 Temples to Heaven — Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Best Youth Film
Big Girls Don’t Cry — Paloma Schneideman
Don’t Tell Mother — Anoop Lokkur
En Route To — Yoo Jaein
Funky Freaky Freaks — Han Chang-lok
Our Share of Sand — Shalini Adnani
Best Animated Film
Light Pillar — Xu Zao
Magic Atlas — Sun Xun
A Mighty Adventure — Toe Yuen
The Violinist — Ervin Han and Raúl García
Zsazsa Zaturnnah — Avid Liongoren
Best Documentary Film
32 Meters — Morteza Atabaki
Colors of White Rock — Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig
Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava — Nhật Quang Nông
One in a Million — Itab Azzam and Jack MacInness
Rehearsals for a Revolution — Pegah Ahangarani
Best Director
Hamaguchi Ryusuke — All of a Sudden
Abinash Bikram Shah — Elephants in the Fog
Sompot Chidgasornpongse — 9 Temples to Heaven
Jennifer Peedom — Tenzing
Aung Phyoe — Fruit Gathering
Best Screenplay
Ghasideh Golmakani — Head to Head
Yashasvi Juyal and Ankit Thapa — The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb
Mohammed Hammad — Safe Exit
Sara Ishaq and Nadia Eliewat — The Station
Rakan Mayasi — Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep
Best Cinematography
Batara Goempar — Four Seasons in Java
Nguyễn Vinh Phúc — Hearing
Gigi Samsonadze and Giorgi Shvelidze — Guria
Warwick Thornton — Wolfram
Emo Weemhoff — The Burning Giants
Best Performance
Virginie Efira and Okamoto Tao — All of a Sudden
Anwar Hashimi — No Good Men
Pushpa Thing Lama — Elephants in the Fog
Ghassan Saad — Pipes
Yeo Yann Yann — We Are All Strangers
