The judges of the Asia-Pacific Film Awards were announced
The composition of the main judges of the 14th Asian and Pacific Film Awards was announced with the presence of three female and two male filmmakers.
Theater News Base: Vietnamese filmmaker Tran An Hong presides over the jury for the 14th edition of the Asia-Pacific Film Awards, and Anne-Marie Jassir, a well-known Palestinian director, Nashn Modley, director of the Sydney Film Festival, and Sony Tarapurwala, a director. , An Indian cinematographer and screenwriter, and Janet Wu, director of the China Cinema Foundation, are the other members of the jury.
This year, the film “Hero” directed by Asghar Farhadi and the Japanese film “My Driver” made by Ryusoko Hamaguchi, each with a nomination in four categories, became the nominees for the 14th Asia-Pacific Film Awards.
“There Is No Devil” directed by Mohammad Rasulov from Iran, “Knowing Nothing by Night” by “Payal Kapadia” from India and “Pencil” by “Natalia Nazarova” from Russia are also nominated for the best film category of these film awards. .
Nasim Ahmadpour and Shahram Mokri are also nominated for Best Screenplay at the Asia-Pacific Awards for “Careless Crime”, and Granaz Mousavi’s “Scream of Pomegranates” in the Best Youth Feature Film category with works from South Korea and Turkey. Japan and a joint product of Iraq, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are competing.
Iranian and Japanese cinemas each registered the highest number of nominations in this year’s Asia-Pacific Awards with 7 nominations.
The closing ceremony of the 14th Asia-Pacific Film Awards will take place on November 11 in Australia.