Newton has secured two wins at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane.
- Rajkummar Rao won the best actor award and Mayank Tewari and Amit V. Masurkar claimed the best screenplay honour.
- Nata Murvandizem, the star of Scary Mother (Sashishi Deda), won the best actress award.
- Manipuri movie Lady of the Lake won a special mention.
- Newton is India’s official entry for the foreign language film category at the Oscar Award 2018.
- It is produced by Drishyam Films and directed by Masurkar.
- The movie revolves around a young government clerk who is sent on election duty to a Maoist-controlled town and how the ideological struggle puts him in an awkward situation.
- Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country has won the best feature honor at the event.
Other Awardees
- Scary Mother and Dede: Cultural Diversity Award
- The Seen and The Unseen: Best Youth feature Film Award
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming: Best Animated Feature Honor
- Andrey Zvyagintsev: Best Director for Loveless
- Pyotr Duhovskoy and Timofey Lobov: Best Cinematography for The Bottomless Bag
- Syria’s Last Men in Aleppo: The best documentary
