Director Clara Law ("The Goddess of 1967") has been set as president of the jury which will discern this year's Asia Pacific Screen Awards. She will be joined by Malaysia's Yeo Yann Yann ("Ilo Ilo," "Wet Season," American Born Chinese"), German producer Anna Katchko ("Stepne," "Happiness"), and Faisal Baltyuor, producer and CEO of Muvi Studios in Saudi Ar
21 September 2023
Director Clara Law ("The Goddess of 1967") has been set as president of the jury which will discern this year's Asia Pacific Screen Awards. She will be joined by Malaysia's Yeo Yann Yann ("Ilo Ilo," "Wet Season," American Born Chinese"), German producer Anna Katchko ("Stepne," "Happiness"), and Faisal Baltyuor, producer and CEO of Muvi Studios in Saudi Ar
A separate jury for documentaries and animation will be headed by Taiwan-based Myanmar director Midi Z, India’s Rima Das and Japanese documentary maker Toda Hikaru.
The APSAs will be presented at a ceremony in Gold Coast, Queensland on Nov. 4 and be preceded by three days of seminars and screenings. The awards and forum are presented by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, the City of Gold Coast, Screen Queensland, the Motion Picture Association and Griffith Film School, Griffith University. Nominations will be announced on Oct. 4.
Law, who has previously been based in Hong Kong and Macau, but now calls Australia home, is best known for "Floating Life and “Letters to Ali". Her most recently competed work is "Drifting Petals."
After a successful 2022 edition the Multiplex Association of India and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry are bringing National Cinema Day back across Indian cinemas. The 2022 event saw the highest ever single day admissions of 6.5 million. It will take place this year on Oct. 13 and tickets will be priced at INR99 ($1.19). Some 4000 screens across the PVR Inox, Cinepolis, Miraj, Citypride, Asian, Mukta A2, Movie Time, Wave, M2K and Delite chains will participate.
"Veere Di Wedding" actor Sonam Kapoor returns as the brand ambassador for the Word to Screen book option market at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival (Oct. 27-Nov. 5). Books that have been optioned at previous editions of the market include "Bhujia Barons" by Pavitra Kumar, "Indira" by Sagarika Ghose, the "Inspector Saralkar" series by Salil Desai, "Strangers to Ourselves" by Shashi Deshpande, "The Ivory Throne" by Manu S. Pillai, "The Spectacular Miss" by Sonia Bahl, "How I Became a Farmer's Wife" by Yashodhara Lal and "Cold Truth" by Nikhil Pradhan.
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