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SAVE THE DATE: 9-13 NOVEMBER 2022
The 15th edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) ceremony, the region’s highest accolade in film, will take place Friday 11 November at Home of The Arts (HOTA) on the Gold Coast, alongside the 4th edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Forum and public screening programme 9 – 13 November.
AWARD NEWS: Best Performance Award & Best New Performer Award The 2022 APSA event will debut new non-gendered performance awards. To reflect the Asia Pacific Screen Academy’s inherent values of equality and inclusivity, the awards will establish a non-gendered Best Performance Award, replacing the former actor and actress performance categories. 2022 will also see the introduction of the Best New Performer Award, honouring the lead performance of a newcomer in a first or second feature film. |
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The following awards will be presented at the 15th APSA Ceremony:
BEST FILM
BEST YOUTH FILM
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
JURY GRAND PRIZE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PERFORMANCE (formerly Best Performance by an Actor and Actress)
BEST NEW PERFORMER (New award)
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF UNESCO
FIAPF AWARD
YOUNG CINEMA AWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NETPAC AND GFS |
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REGION NEWS: Expanded geographic eligibility
To recognise the full richness of cultural diversity of the Asia Pacific region, the APSA Academy has extended the definition of the region from 70 to 78 countries and areas.
With their own cultures, peoples, geographical areas and distinctively Pacific Islander screen stories, APSA is pleased to welcome: Micronesia’s Northern Mariana Islands (United States), Guam (United States); Melanesia’s New Caledonia (France); Polynesia‘s American Samoa (United States), French Polynesia (France), Hawai'i (United States), Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom), Rapa Nui (Easter Island - Chile) and Wallis and Futuna (France). |
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| “Fostering meaningful connection across the region and beyond has never been more important. Doing this by sharing our cultures and experiences through screen stories is at the heart of APSA and in 2022 we strive to be ever more inclusive with the introduction of new non-gendered awards and with new countries and areas invited to become a part of this globally significant screen event.” - Chair of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy Tracey Vieira |
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JURY NEWS: Nominations Council
Determining the nominees for the 2022 event is the APSA International Nominations Council, an esteemed group of industry professionals chaired by Hong-Joon Kim (Republic of Korea), joined by Gulnara Abikeyeva (Kazakhstan), Anne Démy-Geroe (Australia), Delphine Garde-Mroueh (France), Anderson Le (United States), Bina Paul (India) and Kiki Fung (Hong Kong).
The Youth, Animation, Documentary International Nominations Council, determining the nominees in those three feature categories is chaired by Meenakshi Shedde (India) who is joined by Carl Joseph Papa (Philippines) and Faramarz K-Rahber (Australia). |
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DEADLINE REMINDER: MPA APSA Academy Film Fund
Closes 21 October A joint initiative of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) since 2010, the Fund supports both organisations’ goal to increase cultural diversity on screen in the world’s fastest growing region of film production. The Fund is open exclusively to APSA members. The winners of the four US$25,000 grants for 2022 will be announced at the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony in November. For more information and to request submission details, please send your project and APSA Academy member details to info@asiapacificscreenacademy.com. Submissions close 21 October 2022. |
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