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Korea Receives Six Nominations in the 4th Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 18 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
Films from the Republic of Korea have received six nominations in the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the
region's highest accolade in film, including two nominations for Best Feature Film.
Shi (Poetry), written and directed by Lee Chang-dong, has been nominated in four major Award categories:
Best Feature Film (Producer: Lee Joon-dong; Co-Producer: Lee Dong-ha)
Achievement in Directing (Lee Chang-dong)
Best Screenplay (Lee Chang-dong)
Best Performance by an Actress (Yun Junghee).
Lee Chang-dong accepted the Award for Best Feature Film in the inaugural 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards for
Miryang (Secret Sunshine), which also received the Best Performance by an Actress Award for Jeon Do-yeon.
Chang-dong's brother Lee Joon-dong is the producer of Shi (Poetry) and he also produced, along with Chang-
dong, 2009 APSA Winner Ye Haeng Ja (A Brand New Life). Shi (Poetry) was in Official Competition at the 2010
Cannes International Film Festival where Lee Chang-dong won the Best Screenplay award for the film.
Revered actress Yun Junghee returned to film after an absence of more than 15 years to play the leading role in
the film.
Paju, produced by Kim Ju-kyung and Lee Eun, has also been nominated in the Best Feature Film category and
leading actress Seo Woo has received a Best Performance by an Actress nomination for Paju. Paju is directed by
Park Chan-Ok.
Nominees were determined by the APSA Nominations Council, Chaired by Professor Hong-Joon Kim.
Thirty-one documentary, animated, children's and feature films from 15 countries and areas have been
nominated for the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards with Best Feature nominees coming from Republic of Korea,
Taiwan, Turkey and the People's Republic of China.
The 2010 Nominees are automatically inducted into the Academy of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards making
them eligible to apply for the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, a new US$100,000 script development fund
supported by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and available exclusively to Academy members. The film fund
submission period closes on October 29.
The International Jury headed by Academy Award-winning producer Lord David Puttnam will assemble on
Australia's Gold Coast in late November ahead of the APSA Ceremony on December 2. The Awards Ceremony will
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SOURCE: Asia Pacific Screen Awards
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