The Nominees

CREDITS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards is an international cultural program managed by Brisbane City Council through its economic development board Brisbane Marketing.

BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL

Graham Quirk, Lord Mayor of Brisbane Cr Julian Simmonds, Chairman of the Finance, Economic Development and Administration Committee The Councillors of Brisbane City Council

PATRONS

Kim Dong-ho, Patron, Asia Pacific Screen Awards Dr Jack Thompson AM, President, Asia Pacific Screen Academy APSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael Hawkins, Executive Chairman Des Power AM, Director and Founding Chairman Geoff Rodgers, Director Harvey Lister, Director APSA INTERNATIONAL JURY

Shyam Benegal, President, India The Hon Dr Malani Fonseka, Sri Lanka Kim Tae-yong, Republic of Korea Tamer Levent, Turkey Christoph Schaub, Switzerland Albert Lee, Hong Kong APSA INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS COUNCIL

Professor Kim Hong-Joon, Chairman, Republic of Korea Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, Hawaii Kathryn Weir, Australia Meenakshi Shedde, India Peggy Chiao, Taiwan Philip Cheah, Singapore Maxine Williamson, Australia THE AWARDS CEREMONY Welcome to Country

Shannon Ruska Ceremony Hosts

Chen Lei, People’s Republic of China Sofie Formica, Australia Guest Performers

Tenzin Choegyal William Barton Shirin Majd Baatasukh Batsukh Toko-Ton Surabi

RED CARPET MC

Katherine Feeney, Nine Network THE AWARD ARTIST

Joanna Bone, RCA

BRISBANE MARKETING

Ian Klug, Chairman and Board of Directors John Aitken, Chief Executive Officer Shane Rodgers, Director, Marketing and Communications Lewis Ramsay, Director, Commercial Maxine Williamson, Director, Awards Competition - APSA Lung Ong, Manager, Awards Competition - APSA Jaclyn McLendon, Production Manager - APSA Alyssa Green, Manager, Marketing and Communications - APSA Nikki Reid, Manager, Ceremony Production - APSA Sheree Kumar, Executive, Awards Program and Competition - APSA Stephen Bryett, Creative Manager Brisbane Marketing management and staff

EVENT PRODUCTION Loud Events

Marianne Edmonds Helena Medhurst TPD Media

Peter Threlfall Kylie Taylor PRESENTING PARTNER

John Redmond, Chief Executive Officer, Echo Entertainment Geoff Hogg, Managing Director, Treasury Casino & Hotel Brisbane CG PUBLICITY

Cathy Gallagher Alicia Brescianini

APSA INDEPENDENT VOTERS

Hussain Currimbhoy Director of Programming, Sheffield Doc/Fest James Nolen, Australian Centre for the Moving Image Kristy Matheson, Australian Centre for the Moving Image Maryanne Redpath, Generation Director, Berlin Film Festival Otto Alder, Animated Film Specialist, Film Festival Curator Ruari Elkington, Theatrical and Acquisitions Manager, Antidote Films Nina Riddel, Icarus Films Louise Harvey, Griffith Film School APSA PRE-SELECTION PANELS Best Children’s Feature Film

Des Partridge, Film Critic Derek Weeks, Australian Teachers of Media Best Documentary Feature Film

Philip Cheah, Vice-President, NETPAC Faramarz K-Rahber, Documentarian and Academic Best Animated Feature Film

Melanie Coombs, Producer, Optimism Film Dr Peter Moyes, Griffith Film School Feature Film Panel

Anne Demy Géroe, APSA Nominations Council founding member and co-director, Iranian Film Festival Australia Adrienne Mc Kibbins, film critic and historian

FIAPF

Executive Committee Luis Alberto Scalella, President T.P. Aggarwal, First VicePresident Alex Eyengho, Vice-President for Africa Chris Marcich, Vice-President for America Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpoor, Vice-President for Asia Sanping Han, Vice President for Asia Börje Hansson, Vice-President for Europe Aurelio de Laurentiis, Honorary President Michael von Wolkenstein, Treasurer Fabia Buenaventura, Auditor Laxmanan Suresh, Auditor Other Members Bernardo Bergeret Matthew Deaner Klaus Hansen Reynolds Mastin Supran Sen FIAPF, Paris

Benoît Ginisty, Director General EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS / EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY

Wim Wenders, President, European Film Academy Marion Döring, Director European Film Academy, Producer European Film Awards Jürgen Biesinger, Executive Producer, European Film Awards UNESCO

Irina Bokova, Director-General Jānis Kārkliņš, Assistant Director General for Communication and Information Francesco Bandarin, Assistant Director-General for Culture Guy Berger, Director, Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development Eric Falt, Assistant DirectorGeneral, Sector for External Relations and Public Information Neil Philippe Ford, Director, Bureau of Public Information Susan Williams, Chief of the Press and Media Unity AUSTRALIAN PERMANENT DELEGATION TO UNESCO

George Mina, Ambassador to UNESCO Janine Pitt, Minister Counsellor Anne Siwicki, Policy Officer AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR UNESCO

Annmaree O’Keeffe AM, Chair Martin Hadlow, Deputy Chair Chrissy Grant, Member Craig Roy, Member Professor Abdullah Saeed AM, Member Professor Margaret Sheil, Member

MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Christopher J. Dodd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION

Michael C. Ellis, President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific Stephen P. Jenner, Director of Communications, Asia Pacific Edward Neubronner, Senior Vice President and Regional Operations Officer, Asia Pacific Neil Gane, Managing Director, Australasia, Australian Screen Association William Feng, General Manager and Chief Representative, MPA China Tony Eaton, Managing Director, New Zealand Screen Association Jaehoon Shim, Managing Director, MPA Korea June Tan, Communications Executive, Asia Pacific 4 BOYS FILMS

Butch Jimenez, Founder

THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY

APSA thanks the many Embassies, Consultates and representatives from the diplomatic community of Australia, Asia Pacific and beyond who have provided support to APSA.

FILM FESTIVALS, DISTRIBUTORS AND SALES AGENTS

APSA thanks the many film festivals, distributors and sales agents from across the Asia Pacific region and Europe. INTERPRETERS

APSA thanks the many interpreters and translators engaged across the Asia Pacific region. VOLUNTEERS

APSA is grateful for the hard work and dedication of our volunteers, Student Ambassadors and Brisbane Greeters. SPECIAL THANKS

Chris Saines, Director, QAGOMA Kathryn Weir, Head of International Art and the Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA Rosie Hays, Associate Curator, Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA Amanda Slack-Smith, Assistant Curator, Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA Steve Gooding, Cinema Technical Coordinator, Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA Greg Bowden, Director of Strategy, Communications and Economic Development, Brisbane City Council Herman van Eyken, Head of Griffith Film School Donna Hamilton, Executive Support Officer, Griffith Film School Brett Wiltshire, Studio Supervisor, Griffith Film School Judy Yeh, Cinema Technician, Griffith Film School Hugh Whitehouse, Creative Director, The Media Architects Kevin Chang, Secretary General of Asia Pacific Producers Network Kiki Fung, Brisbane International Film Festival International Event Coordinators Network (IECN), Department of Immigration and Border Protection Geoff Gardner, APSA Academy member Kieran Tully, Artistic Director, Korean Film Festival in Australia Peta Astbury, Australia Network Nasrin Vaziri Simon Holt, Brisbane Times

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (DFAT)

Derek Brown, Queensland State Director Matthew Harrison, Deputy State Director, Queensland Kate Taylor, Cultural Diplomacy Section Brisbane City Council Napoleon Perdis PTDM Hair Brisbane International Film Festival ANTV Iranian Film Festival Australia Mirror Vision Youku VAC Radio Brisbane Times Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Epicure Screen Showcase