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Cinema and Film Awards

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Cinema and Film Awards Questions

Multiple choice

Which film won the Best Screenplay award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023?

  1. Better Days

  2. A Sun

  3. The Man Standing Next

  4. The Eight Hundred
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Better Days, written by Derek Tsang and Li Yuan, won the Best Screenplay award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Best Editing award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023?

  1. Better Days

  2. A Sun

  3. The Man Standing Next

  4. The Eight Hundred
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Better Days, edited by Li Yongyi, won the Best Editing award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023.

Multiple choice

Who won the Best Music award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023?

  1. Kim Tae-seong

  2. Park In-young

  3. Lim Giong

  4. Zhang Beiguang
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kim Tae-seong, the composer of A Sun, won the Best Music award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Best Art Direction award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023?

  1. Better Days

  2. A Sun

  3. The Man Standing Next

  4. The Eight Hundred
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Better Days, with art direction by Liu Qiang, won the Best Art Direction award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023?

  1. Better Days

  2. A Sun

  3. The Man Standing Next

  4. The Eight Hundred
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Better Days, with makeup and hairstyling by Zhang Shuping, won the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023.

Multiple choice

Which film won the Best Visual Effects award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023?

  1. Better Days

  2. A Sun

  3. The Man Standing Next

  4. The Eight Hundred
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Eight Hundred, with visual effects by Yu Hai, won the Best Visual Effects award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival Awards Ceremony 2023.

Multiple choice

In the film Akira, the protagonist Kaneda is a member of a(n):

  1. Biker Gang

  2. Government Agency

  3. Terrorist Organization

  4. Corporate Security Force
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kaneda is the leader of a biker gang called the Capsules.

Multiple choice

Which film is often credited with being the first major Hollywood film to feature a black actor in a leading role?

  1. The Birth of a Nation

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. Carmen Jones

  4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Carmen Jones was a 1954 musical film based on the 1943 opera of the same name by Georges Bizet. It was the first major Hollywood film to feature a black actor, Dorothy Dandridge, in a leading role.

Multiple choice

Which film is often considered to be the first major Hollywood film to address the issue of racial prejudice?

  1. The Birth of a Nation

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird

  4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. It is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee. The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a white lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.

Multiple choice

Which film is often credited with being the first major Hollywood film to feature a positive portrayal of a black family?

  1. The Birth of a Nation

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. The Color Purple

  4. Do the Right Thing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Color Purple is a 1985 American drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey.

Multiple choice

Which film is often considered to be the first major Hollywood film to address the issue of police brutality against black people?

  1. The Birth of a Nation

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. Do the Right Thing

  4. Boyz n the Hood
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Lee. The film stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Multiple choice

Which film is often considered to be the first major Hollywood film to feature a black superhero?

  1. Blade

  2. Black Panther

  3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  4. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Blade is a 1998 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is the first film in the Blade film series. The film stars Wesley Snipes as Blade, a vampire hunter who is half-vampire himself.

Multiple choice

Which film is often considered to be the first major Hollywood film to feature a black woman as a romantic lead?

  1. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  2. The Color Purple

  3. Waiting to Exhale

  4. Love & Basketball
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer. It stars Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, and Cecil Kellaway.

Multiple choice

Which film is often considered to be the first major Hollywood film to feature a black woman as a director?

  1. Daughters of the Dust

  2. The Watermelon Woman

  3. Eve's Bayou

  4. Love & Basketball
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 American independent drama film written and directed by Julie Dash. It is the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to receive a theatrical release in the United States.

Multiple choice

Which film is often considered to be the first major Hollywood film to feature a black woman as a producer?

  1. The Color Purple

  2. Waiting to Exhale

  3. Love & Basketball

  4. Hidden Figures
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Color Purple is a 1985 American drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey also served as a producer on the film.