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The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia. It honours and promotes the films, actors, directors, and cultures of the Asia Pacific region to a global audience to realise the objectives of UNESCO to promote and preserve the respective cultures through the influential medium of film.
The winners and nominees of the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film are
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Mina Walking is a 2015 Canadian-Afghani drama film written and directed by Yosef Baraki. It was screened in the Generation 14+ section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it competed for the Crystal Bear.
Narges Abyar is an Iranian film director, author and screenwriter, best known for directing Track 143, Breath, and When the Moon Was Full. The film Track 143 is adapted from Abyar's novel titled The Third Eye narrating the story of a woman and her son during the time of war. Her films sensitively picture the sufferings of women and children caused by the society, war or radicalism.
The 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on Thursday, 24 November 2016 at the Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
The 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on 23 November 2017 at the Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
Rona, Azim's Mother is a 2018 Afghan drama film directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Flee is a 2021 Danish adult animated documentary film directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen. It follows the story of a man under the alias Amin Nawabi, who shares his hidden past of fleeing his home country of Afghanistan to Denmark for the first time. Riz Ahmed and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau serve as executive producers and narrators for the English-language dub version.
The 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards were held on 11 November 2021 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
References
- ↑ "Mina Walking - Best Youth Film". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ "Wolf and Sheep - Best Youth Film". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ "Rona, Azim's Mother (Rona, Madar-e Azim) - Cultural Diversity Award". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ "The Orphanage (Parwareshgah) - Best Youth Film". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 25 August 2021.