11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards


The 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on 23 November 2017 at the Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
On 14 September 2017, three jury members were announced in Beijing by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Cr Graham Quirk. They are Chinese actress He Saifei, Filipino writer/director Adolfo Alix Jr and Kazakh writer, director and cinematographer Adilkhan Yerzhanov. Top Australian film editor, Jill Bilcock ASE ACE was later announced as the head of the international jury, joined by Yoshi Yatabe, the programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, completing the jury line-up. The international jury determined the winners of all the major APSA awards including Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actress and Actor. They also determined the winner of the Cultural Diversity Award, under the patronage of UNESCO.
Haifaa Al Mansour, was announced to be the chair of the Youth Animation and Documentary Jury, followed by Melanie Coombs and Steve Abbott.

Winners and nominees

Nominees of Youth, Animation, and Documentary were announced with the jury on 4 October 2017. The full list of nominees were announced on 13 October 2017.
Best Feature FilmBest Animated Feature Film

  • Sweet Country
  • * Angels Wear White
  • * Foxtrot
  • * A Gentle Creature
  • * A Man of Integrity
  • Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
  • * Have a Nice Day
  • * Saving Sally
  • * A Silent Voice
  • * your name.
  • Best Youth Feature FilmBest Documentary Feature Film
  • The Seen and Unseen
  • * Big Big World
  • * Jasper Jones
  • * The Skier
  • * The Summer is Gone
  • Last Men in Aleppo
  • * Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
  • * The Opposition
  • * Taste of Cement
  • * A Yangtze Landscape
  • Achievement in DirectingBest Screenplay
  • Andrey ZvyagintsevLoveless
  • * Ana Urushadze – Scary Mother '
  • * Kore-eda HirokazuThe Third Murder
  • * Mouly SuryaMarlina the Murderer in Four Acts
  • * Sanal Kumar SasidharanSexy Durga
  • Amit V Masurkar, Mayank Tewari – Newton
  • * Boris Khlebnikov, Natalia Meshchaninova – Arrhythmia
  • * Dastan Zhapar Uulu, Bakyat Mukul – A Father's Will
  • * David Tranter, Steven Mcgregor – Sweet Country
  • Achievement in CinematographyBest Performance by an Actress
  • Pyotr Dukhovskoy, Timofey Lobov – The Bottomless Bag
  • * Lyu Songye – Ghost in the Mountains
  • * Mindia Esadze – Scary Mother
  • * Shehnad JalalLady of the Lake
  • * Warwick Thornton, Dylan River – Sweet Country
  • Nata Murvanidze – Scary Mother
  • * Cut Mini – Emma'
  • * Ecem Uzun – Clair Obscur
  • * Na Moon-heeI Can Speak
  • * Zhou XunOur Time Will Come
  • Best Performance by an ActorCultural Diversity Award Under the Patronage of UNESCO
  • ' Rajkummar RaoNewton
  • * Navid MohammadzadehNo Date, No Signature
  • * Paolo BallesterosDie Beautiful
  • * Koji YakushoThe Third Murder
  • * Mohammad Bakri, Saleh BakriWajib
  • Dede
  • * Centaur
  • * Die Beautiful
  • * Honeygiver Among the Dogs
  • * Lady of the Lake
  • Multiple wins and nominations

    The following films received multiple nominations
    NominationsFilm
    3Scary Mother
    3Sweet Country
    3The Third Murder
    2Die Beautiful
    2Lady of the Lake
    2Newton