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Home APSA Nominees & Winners 2025 Best Documentary Film Always

Always

Nomination Details

Ceremony Year 2025
Film
Always
Nomination category
Country
Director
Deming Chen
Producer
Hansen Lin

Nomination Detail

A cinematic allegory of a boy becoming a teenager in rural China. Searching through an emotional landscape of growth, he reflects on the poetry of his solitary childhood.

#APSA25 SPECIAL MENTION — Best Documentary

Always

Directed by Deming Chen

Produced by Hansen Lin

Iran, France, Luxembourg United States of America, France, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan

Presented by Youth, Animation, Documentary International Jury Chair Nishtha Jain and accepted by producer Hansen Lin

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