Five films have been nominated for the best animated feature film honor in the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Winners of the award, which bills itself as the region’s highest accolade in film, will be announced Nov. 26 at a ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast.
The animated nominees are:
‘ Perviy Otryad (First Squad: The Moment Of Truth), Russian Federation-Japan-Canada. Produced by Eiko Tanaka, Misha Sprits and Aljosha Klimov
‘ Mary and Max, Australia. Produced by Melanie Coombs
‘ Sukai Kurora (The Sky Crawlers), Japan. Produced by Tomohiko Ishii
‘ Sam’ W’zu (Summer Wars), Japan. Produced by Nozomu Takahashi, Takuya Ito and Takashi Watanabe. Co-Produced by Yuichiro Saito.
‘ Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa (The Tale Of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow), Russian Federation. Produced by Alexander Boyarsky and Sergey Selyanov
The awards have nominated films in nine categories, with 37 films representing 16 countries up for the award.
‘I congratulate the 2009 nominees who represent the extraordinary breadth of talent that exists in our region in a year when the quality of Asia-Pacific films is exceptional,’ said APSA Chairman Des Power.’ Nominees were determined from a record number of 212 entries from 43 countries. The response indicates that the filmmakers of Asia-Pacific value our mission to acclaim their work and take it to a global audience.’
APSA is a collaboration between CNN International, UNESCO and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations. Films are judged on cinematic excellence and the way in which they attest to their cultural origins.
The full list of nominees can be found at www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/the_awards/nominees_2009/
