Wang Lina is a writer-director from Shaya, Xinjiang Autonomous Region in north western China. Her debut feature is A First Farewell (2018) which screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the Crystal Bear for Generation Kplus – Best Film. It also won awards at Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo film festivals and was her first APSA nomination for Best Youth Feature Film.
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.
