Stephen Zacharias founded Stop Whinging in 2019 to give voices to independent filmmakers who have powerful stories to tell. Among other accomplishments, Stop Whinging was one of the producers of Nirvana Inn, an official selection at Asian Project Market 2018 and premiered at the Busan International Film Festival 2019.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
