The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in

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. In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting and preserving the different cultures through the influential medium of cinema, it honours and promotes the movies, actors, directors, and cultures of the Asia Pacific area to a worldwide audience.

Event history

APSA was established in 2007 and works with FIAPF, the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. An international jury selects the winners, and films are evaluated based on their cinematic quality and how well they reflect their cultural backgrounds. More than 70 nations and regions in the Asia Pacific region are represented by APSA, which introduces their films to new international audiences. It is a sister organisation to the European Film Academy and Premios PLATINO del Cine Iberoamericano. Nominees are inducted into the Asia Pacific Screen Academy. Australian screen legend,

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Film categories and awards

The following four film categories are available for submission of movies: *

Feature Film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

* Animated Feature Film * Youth Feature Film * Documentary Feature Film The following accomplishments are recognised with awards: *

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* Best Animated Feature Film * Best Documentary Feature Film * Best Youth Feature Film * Achievement in Directing *

Best Screenplay Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, ...

* Achievement in Cinematography * Best Performance by an Actress * Best Performance by an Actor * Jury Grand Prize In addition, exceptional success is recognised with special awards: *

FIAPF Award The FIAPF Award is awarded by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) for an outstanding achievement in film in the Asia-Pacific region. The winners of this award are * 2007: Dr. George (Miliotis) Miller - Australia ...

for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region. * Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO for the outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film. * Young Cinema Award in partnership with

NETPAC The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the inst ...

and

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, recognises the abundant emerging talent of the Asia Pacific.

Major award winners

Other awards

On November 29, 2018, the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards presented the Best Original Score Asia Pacific Screen Award for the first time.the head of the jury for the first-ever award was Ryuichi Sakamoto. This new category is intended to "honour more excellent films and the musicians who contribute so profoundly to the emotions of the movie," according to APSA Chairman Michael Hawkins..

Winners and nominees

;2018

References

External links

Official website
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