12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Date	29 November 2018
Site	Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane; Australia
Highlights
Most nominations	Shoplifters (3)
	← 11th; Asia Pacific Screen Awards; 13th →;

The 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on 29 November 2018 in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

Nadine Labaki won for Achievement in Directing for Capharnaüm.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui won Best Actor for Manto.

Zhao Tao won Best Actress for Ash Is Purest White.

Nominees and winners were:^[2]^[3]

Best Feature Film	Jury Grand Prize
*Shoplifters* Balangiga: Howling Wilderness Burning Manta Ray The Gentle Indifference of the World	*Burning*
Achievement in Directing	Best Screenplay
Nadine Labaki – Capharnaüm Ivan Ayr – Soni Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters Bruce Beresford – Ladies in Black Emir Baigazin – The River	Dan Kleinman and Sameh Zoabi – Tel Aviv on Fire Lee Chang-dong and Oh Jung-mi – Burning Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters Adilkhan Yerzhanov and Roelof Jan Minneboo – The Gentle Indifference of the World Payman Maadi – Bomb, a Love Story
Best Actor	Best Actress
Nawazuddin Siddiqui – Manto Karim Mirkhadiyev – Fortitude Zain Al Rafeea – Capharnaüm Bahman Farmanara – Tale of the Sea Akylbek Abdykalykov – Night Accident	Zhao Tao – Ash Is Purest White Rooney Mara – Mary Magdalene Damla Sönmez – Sibel Samal Yeslyamova – Ayka Laura Koroleva – Sveta
Achievement in Cinematography	Best Youth Feature Film
Hideho Urata – A Land Imagined Saumyananda Sahi – Balekempa Zhang Miaoyan and Xu Zhiyong – Silent Mist Chaiyapruek Chalermpornpanit – Malila: The Farewell Flower Nawarophaat Rungphiboonsophit – Manta Ray	*The Pigeon* Ava Nervous Translation Passage of Life Village Rockstars
UNESCO Award	Best Animated Feature Film
*Memories of My Body* Ala Changso Balangiga: Howling Wilderness The Lord Eagle The Taste of Rice Flower	*Rezo* Hoffmaniada Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Mirai On Happiness Road
Best Documentary Feature Film	Best Original Score
*Gurrumul* Amal Of Fathers and Sons Of Love & Law Up Down & Sideways	Hildur Gudnadottir and Johann Johannsson – Mary Magdalene

References[]

^ ^a ^b Frater, Patrick. "'Shoplifters' Leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "2018 APSA Nominees announced". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ Frater, Patrick (29 November 2018). "'Shoplifters' Takes Top Prize at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[2018_Nominees-1] Frater, Patrick. "'Shoplifters' Leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[2] "2018 APSA Nominees announced". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[3] Frater, Patrick (29 November 2018). "'Shoplifters' Takes Top Prize at Asia Pacific Screen Awards". Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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v t Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Main awards	Best Picture Best Animated Feature Film Best Documentary Feature Film Best Youth Feature Film Achievement in Direction Best Screenplay Achievement in Cinematography Best Performance by an Actress Best Performance by an Actor
Special awards	FIAPF Award UNESCO Award Jury Grand Prize Young Cinema Award
Ceremonies	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
Winners and nominees by country	Afghanistan Australia Cambodia Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia