Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema
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The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is an international, non-profit foundation founded in 1990 by Cinemaya, a journal devoted to Asian cinema, and UNESCO.
It is headquartered in Singapore and has representatives in 14 Asian countries as well as 5 countries outside Asia. It is a pan-Asian film cultural organization involving critics, filmmakers, festival organizers and curators, distributors and exhibitors, as well as film educators. It is considered a leading authority on Asian cinema.[1]
The NETPAC Award is given at select international film festivals to promote Asian cinema by spotlighting exceptional films and discovering new talents. The NETPAC Award is presented at the Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Pusan International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, Golden Horse Film Festival, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Festival of Amiens and the Hawaii International Film Festival.[2][3]
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[edit] NETPAC Award winners
[edit] 1993
[edit] 1994
[edit] 1995
- Singapore International Film Festival
- Winner A Borrowed Life (Wu Nien-jen, Taiwan)
- Special mention Mee Pok Man (Eric Khoo, Singapore)
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner The Servile (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India)
[edit] 1996
- Singapore International Film Festival
- Winner Good Men, Good Women (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
- Special Mention It's a Long Way to the Sea (Jahnu Barua, India)
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Heartbreak Island (Hsu Hsiao-ming, Taiwan)
- Winner Nostalgia for Home Country (Nhat Minh Dang, Vietnam)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner Three Friends (Yim Soonrye, South Korea)
[edit] 1997
- Singapore International Film Festival
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner 2 Duo (Nobuhiro Suwa, Japan)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner Bad Movie (Jang Sun-Woo, South Korea)
[edit] 1998
- Singapore International Film Festival
- Winner In the Navel of the Sea (Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Philippines)
- Special Mention Hold You Tight (Stanley Kwan, Hong Kong)
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Dance of the Wind (Rajan Khosa, India)
- Special Mention Green Fish (Lee Chang-dong, South Korea)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner The Pickpocket (Jia Zhangke, China)
- Pusan International Film Festival
[edit] 1999
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner 2H (Ying Li, China)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner The Bird Who Stops in the Air (Jeon Soo-il, South Korea)
[edit] 2000
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Nang Nak (Nonzee Nimibutr, Thailand)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner The Lady of the House (Rituparno Ghosh, India)
- Winner Nabbie's Love (Yuji Nakae, Japan)
- Venice Film Festival
- Winner Platform (Jia Zhangke, China)
- Special Mention The Isle (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner Chunhyang (Im Kwon-taek, South Korea)
[edit] 2001
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Daughters of the Sun (Maryam Shahriar, Iran)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (Bahman Farmanara, Iran)
- Special mention Wharf of Widows (Trong Ninh Luu, Vietnam)
- Venice Film Festival
- Winner Secret Ballot (Babak Payami, Iran)
- Winner Quitting (Zhang Yang, China)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun, South Korea)
[edit] 2002
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Wave (Hiroshi Okuhara, Japan)
- Special Mention Secret Ballot (Babak Payami, Iran)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner Chen Mo and Meiting (Liu Hao, China)
- Special Mention Fish and Elephant (Li Yu, China)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner Road Movie (Kim In-shik, South Korea)
[edit] 2003
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner Blessing Bell (Hiroyuki Tanaka, Japan)
- Special Mention Bird-Man Tale (Garin Nugroho, Indonesia)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner Untold Scandal (Lee Je-yong, South Korea)
[edit] 2004
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner The Missing (Lee Kang-sheng, Taiwan)
- Special mention Uniform (Diao Yi'nan China)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner South of the Clouds (Zhu Wen, China)
- Special Mention Final Solution (Rakesh Sharma, India)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner 3-Iron (Kim Ki-duk, South Korea)
- Special Mention So Cute (Kim Su-hyeon, South Korea)
[edit] 2005
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Sanctuary (Yuhang Ho, Malaysia)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner This Charming Girl (Lee Yoon-ki, South Korea)
- Venice Film Festival
- Winner 13 Tzameti (Géla Babluani, Georgia)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner The Unforgiven (Yung Jong-bin, South Korea)
[edit] 2006
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner The Lost Hum (Hiromasa Hirosue, Japan)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner Dear Pyongyang (Yang Yong-hi, Japan)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner The Last Dining Table (Roh Gyeong-tae, South Korea)
[edit] 2007
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Winner Fourteen (Hiromasa Hirosue, Japan)
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner Faces of a Fig Tree (Kaori Momoi, Japan)
- Winner Tuli (Auraeus Solito, Philippines)
- Pusan International Film Festival
- Winner With the Girl of Black Soil (Jeon Soo-il, South Korea)
- Winner Hello Stranger (Kim Dong-Hyun, South Korea)
[edit] 2008
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Winner United Red Army (Koji Wakamatsu, Japan)
- Special Mention Paruthiveeran (Ameer Sultan, India)
[edit] See also
- Central Asian and Southern Caucasus Film Festivals Confederation
- Fajr International Film Festival
- List of Singapore International Film Festival awards
- Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema