The Asia Pacific Display screen Academy has unveiled the jury lineup for the 18th Asia Pacific Display screen Awards, with Indian actor Shahana Goswami heading the worldwide jury for the ceremony going down Nov. 27 at The Langham, Gold Coast.
Goswami, whose credit embrace “Rock On!!,” “Firaaq,” “A Appropriate Boy,” “Bombay Begums,” “Zwigato” and “Santosh,” brings a world perspective to the position, having labored throughout greater than 35 initiatives in 4 languages. The multi-award-winning actor will lead a panel of filmmakers and trade leaders in recognizing excellence in Asia Pacific cinema.
Becoming a member of Goswami on the worldwide jury are Al Cossar, creative director of the Melbourne Worldwide Movie Competition; Ani Hoo, a Singapore-based post-production supervisor and producer; Tearepa Kahi, the Māori filmmaker behind “Muru” (2022 APSA Cultural Variety Award winner), “Poi E: The Story of Our Tune” and “Mt. Zion”; and Dan Villegas, the Filipino director and producer identified for “English Solely, Please,” “Exes Baggage” and Netflix’s “Changing Chef Chico.”
The ceremony can be held on the normal land of the Kombumerri households of the Yugambeh Language Area. Worldwide visitors strolling the crimson carpet embrace Goswami, actor and ceremony host Shuang Hu, and Indian director-producer-writer and 2025 APSA nominee Rima Das.
Australian attendees embrace celebrated actor and Asia Pacific Display screen Academy president Jack Thompson, director Nick Waterman (“The right way to Make Gravy”), musician and screenwriter Meg Washington (“The right way to Make Gravy,” “The Deb”), Academy Award-nominated producer and Bazmark managing director Schuyler Weiss, and broadcaster Mike Goldman.
The youth, animation, documentary jury can be led by Yulia Evina Bhara, founding father of Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media and acknowledged by Selection as one of many Worldwide Impactful Ladies of 2023. Bhara’s producing credit embrace “Autobiography,” “Tiger Stripes,” “Dreaming & Dying,” “Renoir” and “The Fox King.” She can be joined by Japanese writer-director Fujimoto Akio (“Passage of Life,” “Alongside the Sea,” “Misplaced Land”) and Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain (“Farming the Revolution,” “Gulabi Gang”).
The MPA APSA Academy Movie Fund jury can be chaired for the second yr by Hong Kong’s Kiki Fung, programme guide for the Hong Kong Worldwide Movie Competition. Fung can be joined by Ngo Thi Bich Hanh, vice chairman of the Vietnam Movie Growth Affiliation, and Weiss.
APSA chair Tracey Vieira emphasised the juries’ regional significance, stating they “showcase the extraordinary depth of expertise throughout the Asia Pacific — from daring new voices to grasp filmmakers.”
Display screen Queensland CEO Jacqui Feeney mentioned the awards “rejoice a complete world of filmmaking whereas additionally amplifying Queensland’s inventive voice on a very international stage.”
The Asia Pacific Display screen Awards acknowledge cinematic excellence throughout 78 nations and areas representing 4.5 billion folks and producing half of the world’s movies.
