APSA Nominees & Winners

Isak Borg is First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang, so is constantly under surveillance and scrutiny. Borg has been secretly dating Bok-joo, a…

Batara Goempar is an award-winning Indonesian cinematographer with over a decade of experience shaping visuals for both feature films and commercial projects. A graduate of…

Jafar Panahi (1960, Mianeh, Iran) is one of the most acclaimed contemporary filmmakers. He won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2025 for It Was…

The feature documentary offers an intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between Sepideh Farsi and young Palestinian photojournalist…

What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.

Yui Suzuki Yui Suzuki is a new discovery who gained acclaim for her performance in the mid-length film Touch (Pia Film Festival 2023 Runner-Up Prize).…

#APSA25 WINNER Best Performance Sean Lau for Papa Hong Kong Presented by APSA International Jury Member Al Cossar with a message from Sean Lau.

Born in Tokyo, Japanese writer-director Chie Hayakawa studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her short film Niagara (2014) was selected…

An exploration of Singapore’s societal and cultural expectations through the lens of a misfit in an all-girls’ school, as she joins a girl gang and…

Black Red Yellow The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul,…

After living in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, 4-year-old Shafi and his 9-year-old sister Somira embark on a perilous journey to Malaysia with a…

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade Rohan Parashuram Kanawade is a self-made filmmaker who was raised in a Mumbai slum by a chauffeur father and a homemaker mother.…