Washington
(ANI):
Indian
scriptwriter
Feroz
Abbas
Khan
was
honoured
with
the
best
screenplay
award
for
the
film
Gandhi
My
Father
during
the
inaugural
Asia
Pacific
Screen
Awards
ceremony
in
Australia's
Gold
Coast.
The
best
movie
award
went
to
Secret
Sunshine,
a
film
directed
by
South
Korean
filmmaker
Lee
Chang-dong.
The
film"s
star
Jeon
Do-yeon
was
named
best
actress.
Iranian
filmmakers
Rakhshan
Bani-Etemad
and
Mohsen
Abdolvahab
were
also
honoured
for
co-directing
Mainline
(khoonbazi).
The
best
actor
award
went
to
Turkish
actor
Erkan
Can
for
his
commendable
performance
in
Takva:
A
Man's
Fear
of
God.
Indian
actress
Shabana
Azmi
was
among
the
jury
that
elected
the
contenders
for
the
awards
in
various
categories,
Variety
magazine
reported.
The
event
was
backed
by
Queensland
Events
in
collaboration
with
CNN
International,
UNESCO
and
International
film
producers'
federation
FIAPF.