Exceptional Films Bag Nominations @ third Asian Festival
of 1st Films Awards (AFFF 2007)
32 films and documentaries nominated from record 500
submissions from 53 countries, including first time entries
from
Australia and New Zealand
All-Singaporean Production Feet Unbound nominated for
Best
Documentary
For the film buff in all of us, the Asian Festival of 1st Films
(AFFF) is not to be missed! This year, out of 500 entries from
across 50 countries, 21 films and documentaries have been nominated
across 9 award categories. An additional 6 films have been selected
in the out-of-competition section. The nominated films will be
screened, from 27th Nov till 3rd Dec, at Golden Village Vivo City
cinemas, The Arts House and House at Dempsey Hill. The festival
culminates in a grand award ceremony graced by international
celebrities on 4th Dec 2007.
The only festival of its kind in the world, the AFFF celebrates the
excellence of first-time producers, directors, writers,
cinematographers, actors and documentary makers from the Asia
Pacific diaspora. Held in conjunction with the Asia Media Festival
and Asian Media Market, AFFF boasts of hosting eminent
personalities from the global film industry who will be part of the
selection committee and jury to select the winning films and
documentaries. Past winning films have went on to be screened and
won awards at the likes of Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and other noted
Film Festivals around the world.
The festival nominees along with their synopses can be found at
http://www.asianfirstfilms.com/nominatedfilms.html.
The nominated films and their categories are:
Best Film: Beautiful, Dharm, The Touch of Fate,
Weed
Best Producer: Dharm, The Lucky Miles, Vanaja,
Weed
Best Director: Kabul Express, Vanaja, A Touch of
Fate, Weed
Best ScreenPlay/Script: 5 Moments of Infidelity,
Keeping Watch, Owl & the Sparrow, Weed
Best Cinematographer: Family on the Sky Lake,
Keeping Watch, The Last Lumberjacks
Best Actor (Male): Batzul Khayankhyarvaa (Khadak),
Wu Zhong Tian (The Touch of Fate), Mai Zi (Weed)
Best Actor (Female): Julia Foenander (Beautiful),
Haden Kuo (Keeping Watch), Pham Thi Han (Owl & the Sparrow),
Mamatha Bhukya (Vanaja)
Best Documentary: Khee Jin (Feet Unbound), Diane
Michael (Lockout), Idit Avrahami (The Boy Who Died of Fear), Yu
Guangyi (The Last Lumberjacks), Irena Leica S Cruz (USS Cooper -
Return to Ormoc Bay)
Best Director of Documentary: Hu Linping (Family
on the Sky Lake), Sheetal S Agarwal (Gearing Up - The Fire Within),
Maya Newell (Richard), Mridul Chowdhary & Sujan Mahmud (The
Migrant), Nadine Naous & Lena Rouxel (To each his
Palestine)
The opening film, Khadak screens on the 27th of Nov at Golden
Village Vivo City and the schedule for the festival can be found at
http://www.asianfirstfilms.com/filmschedule.html.
Ticketing information can be found at http://www.asianfirstfilms.com/ticketing.html.
More information on the Asian Festival of 1st Films can be found at
www.asianfirstfilms.com.
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