The Asia Pacific Screen Academy was established in 2008 to encourage dialogue, collaboration and business opportunities for the regions filmmakers. It also provides a platform to foster opportunities for co-productions and the exchange of knowledge and ideas between the 70 countries and areas that form the APSA network.
Over six years, more than 200 films have been nominated in the APSAs, films which clearly demonstrate a rich slate of diversity - each telling its own story, in its own way, from its country of origin. That is what the Asia Pacific Screen Awards respect and acclaim.
Films are judged on cinematic excellence and the way in which they attest to their cultural origins
