The 16th

Asia Pacific Screen Awards The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) is an international cultural initiative overseen by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and headquartered in Australia, sometimes called "Asia-Pacific Oscars". In order to realise UNESCO's goals of promoting a ...

was held on 3 November 2023 at the

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, to recognize the best in cinema of the Asia Pacific Region of 2023.

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film ...

' ''

Perfect Days ''Perfect Days'' is a 2023 Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Koji Yakus ...

'' received the

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award. The nominations were announced on 3 October 2023.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started gaining attention in his home country with the graduate film ...

's '' Evil Does Not Exist'' led the nominations with four, followed by ''

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'' with three.

Jury

The juries were composed of: ;International jury *

Clara Law Clara Law Cheuk-yiu (; born 29 May 1957) is a Hong Kong Second Wave film director who moved to Australia with her partner and fellow filmmaker Eddie Fong. She is known for such films as ''Floating Life'' and '' Autumn Moon''. Early life and ed ...

– Hong Kong film director *

Yeo Yann Yann Yeo Yann Yann (born 20 February 1977) is a Malaysian actress. She has worked in theatre, television, and film. Her credits include '' Singapore Dreaming'', ''Thunderstorm'', ''881'', ''Ilo Ilo'' and ''Wet Season''. She is a pioneer-graduate ...

– Malaysian actress * Anna Katchko – German film producer * Hidedo Urata – Japanese cinematographer * Faisal Baltyuor – CEO of Muvi Studios ;International nominations council *

Beena Paul Bina Paul (born January 28, 1961), also known by her married name Bina Paul Venugopal, is an Indian film editor who works mainly in Malayalam-language films. A graduate of the University of Delhi, she completed a course on film editing from the ...

– Indian film editor * Anderson Le – artistic director of the

Hawaii International Film Festival Hawaii ( ; ) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, th ...

* Delphine Garde-Mroueh – film curator and researcher * Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakh film critic and researcher * John Badalu – film curator and director * Kiki Fung, programmer of

Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is one of Asia's oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies and filmmakers from different countries, and takes place in Hong Kong. HKIFF screens ...

* Yoshi Yatabe – film curator ;Youth, Animation, Documentary international jury * Midi Z – Taiwanese filmmaker, writer, and producer *

Rima Das Rima Das (born 1977) is an Indian filmmaker best known for her 2017 film '' Village Rockstars'', which won several national and international awards and became India's official entry for the 90th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film ...

– Indian writer, director, and producer * Hikaru Toda – Japanese documentary maker ;Youth, Animation, Documentary nominations council * Faramarz K-Rahber, Iranian-Australian filmmaker * Carl Joseph Papa, Filipino animation filmmaker * Zoe Sua Cho, Korean-New Zealander filmmaker

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 3 October 2023. The winners are listed first and in bold.

References

External links

* {{Asia Pacific Screen Awards Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2023 in Australian cinema

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