ABOUT THE ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS & ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN ACADEMY
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy proudly presents the region’s highest accolade in film, the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Established in 2007, APSA ignites and honours the cinematic excellence and cultural diversity of the world’s fastest growing film region: comprising 78 countries and areas, 4.5 billion people, and responsible for half of the world’s film output.
APSA and its Academy is committed to its ongoing global partnerships with UNESCO, FIAPF, the European Film Academy (EFA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano, NETPAC (the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema), the Asia Pacific Screen Lab (APSL) and Griffith Film School.
All APSA nominees, Nominations Councils and Jury members are inducted into the prestigious APSA Academy presided over by Australian screen legend Jack Thompson AM PhD. The Academy boasts over 1,400 of the region’s leading filmmakers and provides exclusive networking, development and funding opportunities available to Academy members through the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, and Academy mentoring opportunities for the next generation of Asia Pacific filmmakers through the Asia Pacific Screen Lab.
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15th ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS – WINNERS
BEST FILM
Before, Now & Then (Nana)
Indonesia
Directed by Kamila Andini
Produced by Ifa Isfansyah, Gita Fara
JURY GRAND PRIZE
This Is What I Remember (Esimde)
Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Netherlands, France
Directed by Aktan Arym Kubat
Produced by Altynai Koichumanova, Denis Vaslin, Yuji Sadai, Carine Chichkowsky, Fleur Knopperts
BEST YOUTH FILM
Farha
Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sweden
Directed by Darin J Sallam
Produced by Deema Azar, Ayah Jardaneh
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Aurora‘s Sunrise
Armenia, Germany, Lithuania
Directed by Inna Sahakyan
Produced by Vardan Hovhannisyan, Christian Beetz, Justé Michailinaité, Kestutis Drazdauskas, Eric Esrailian, Inna Sahakyan
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
All That Breathes
India, United Kingdom, United States of America
Directed by Shaunak Sen
Produced by Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer
Special Mention
Delikado
Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, United States of America, United Kingdom
Directed by Karl Malakunas
Produced by Marty Syjuco, Michael Collins, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala, Karl Malakunas
BEST DIRECTOR
Davy Chou for Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)
France, Belgium, Germany, Cambodia, Qatar
BEST SCREENPLAY
Makbul Mubarak for Autobiography
Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Qatar, France, Poland, Germany
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Niklas Lindschau for The Stranger (Al Garib)
Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Qatar, Germany
BEST PERFORMANCE
Lee Jeong-eun for Hommage (Omaju)
Republic of Korea
BEST NEW PERFORMANCE
Park Ji-min for Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)
France, Belgium, Germany, Cambodia, Qatar
For first or second time lead performance in a feature length role.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF UNESCO
Muru
New Zealand
Directed by Tearepa Kahi
Produced by Reikura Kahi, Selina Joe, Tāme Iti
YOUNG CINEMA AWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NETPAC AND GFS
Saim Sadiq for Joyland
Pakistan
The Young Cinema Award in partnership with NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema) and Griffith Film School (GFS) recognises the abundant emerging talent of the Asia Pacific.
FIAPF AWARD
Nadine Labaki
Determined by FIAPF–International Federation of Film Producers Associations for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.
2022 MPA APSA ACADEMY FILM FUND RECIPIENTS
Recipients of USD $25,000 grant, wholly funded by MOA Asia Pacific, determined by MPA APSA Academy Jury Panel: Andrew Pike, Mai Meksawan, Maryam Ebrahimi.
Khadija Al Salami (Yemen/France) for I Wish I Were a Girl
Kirby Atkins (New Zealand) for Levity Jones
Anne Köhncke (Norway) for A Disturbed Earth
Weijie Lai (Singapore) for The Sea Is Calm Tonight
2023 ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN LAB
The Asia Pacific Screen Lab is a year-long immersive development program in conjunction with APSA Academy, Griffith University, Griffith Film School and NETPAC, this year expanding to five places, with the framework of Film Schools Without Borders. Support from John Kirby AM and family of the Sun Foundation gratefully acknowledged. Applications were considered by a panel featuring Herman Van Eyken, Park Ki-yong, Anne Démy-Geroe, Taema Mahinui and Vimukthi Jayasundara.
2023 selected filmmakers:
Velrajah Sobanasivan (Sri Lanka)
Eldar Shibanov (Kazakhstan)
Yoshimasa Jimbo (Japan)
Deyali Mukherjee (India)
Amir Amenov (Kazakhstan)
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