APSA Nominees & Winners

1980, Abadan. The capital of the Iranian oil industry is resisting an Iraqi siege. Fourteen-year-old Omid has braved the siege and stayed in the city…

Shenxiu was abandoned by her mother when she was a child. Since then, she’s had bad dreams about a monster called Nightmare. One day, she travels…

When her world is threatened by a loss of sunlight, a young girl must overcome her fears and journey to a fantastical city, save her…

As the skies turn red and the earth trembles, Japan stands on the brink of disaster. But one determined teenager, Suzume, sets out on a…

Shohoku’s point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Ryota had become addicted to…

Azamat Dulatov is an accomplished director of photography from Kazakhstan who has made a significant impact in the film industry. He has a diverse filmography…

Korean-Canadian-American filmmaker Celine Song is a respected playwright and exciting new voice in directing and screenwriting. Loosely based on and inspired by Song’s own life…

Capturing the lengths people will go to gain freedom, Beyond Utopia follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most…

Man in Black is a portrait of 86-year-old Wang Xilin, one of China’s most important modern classical composers and now based in Germany. During the…

Director Amanda Kim tells the story of Nam June Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-like visions of a future…

Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion…

Miners in a small town discover that a centuries-old crucified saint has come back to life and is living among them. Shortly after celebrating his…

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles…

During the famine genocide of the 1930s in the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, gravedigger Isatai picks up bodies and takes them to a mass…

An unexpected incident of a snow leopard breaking into the sheep pen of a local herder and killing nine rams not only causes a stir…

In accordance with the old nomadic tradition of bauryna salu, Yersultan was given at birth to his grandmother so that she could raise him. He…

Following her mother’s death, a British Jewish girl is moved by her father from London to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can…

The story follows Abby, a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When Abby realises that the fish is under threat, she…

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, a mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms…

The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracised by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning…

Jeremy Chua is a Singaporean film producer and screenwriter. In 2010, he started his career as a programming assistant at independent art center, The Substation…

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles…