'Sunshine' golden at Asia Pacific awards
GOLD COAST, Queensland -- Korean writer-director Lee Chang Dong's Secret Sunshine and a trio of Iranian films dominated Tuesday's inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Sunshine was a dual winner -- earning the award for best feature film as well as a best actress nod for its star, Jeon Do-Yeon, also a winner at the Festival de Cannes.
Three Iranian films took top prizes: Mainline helmers Raksha Bani-Etemead and Mohsen Abdolvahab won for achievement in directing; Hooman Behmanesh earned the cinematography nod for his work on Those Three; and Nightbus, a black-and-white war drama set against the Iran-Iraq conflict of the 1980s, won a special Jury Grand Prize.
"The Jury Grand Prize to Night Bus acknowledges the extraordinary achievements of Iran in filmmaking and the particular finesse that the writer and director, Kiumars Pourhamad, and his fine ensemble cast have brought to their craft," said jury president Shbana Azmi, an Indian actress.
The awards were "an initiative whose time has come, politically and culturally."...
Sunshine was a dual winner -- earning the award for best feature film as well as a best actress nod for its star, Jeon Do-Yeon, also a winner at the Festival de Cannes.
Three Iranian films took top prizes: Mainline helmers Raksha Bani-Etemead and Mohsen Abdolvahab won for achievement in directing; Hooman Behmanesh earned the cinematography nod for his work on Those Three; and Nightbus, a black-and-white war drama set against the Iran-Iraq conflict of the 1980s, won a special Jury Grand Prize.
"The Jury Grand Prize to Night Bus acknowledges the extraordinary achievements of Iran in filmmaking and the particular finesse that the writer and director, Kiumars Pourhamad, and his fine ensemble cast have brought to their craft," said jury president Shbana Azmi, an Indian actress.
The awards were "an initiative whose time has come, politically and culturally."...
- 11/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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