Guria Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards — SkimNews
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- Guria won Best Film at the 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Oct. 30 at The Star Gold Coast in Queensland; Levan Koguashvili shared the honor with producers Olena Yershova and Boris Frumin, and the seven-country production spans Georgia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Norway and Saudi Arabia.
- Sompot Chidgasornpongse won Best Director for “9 Temples to Heaven,” a co-production spanning Thailand, Singapore, France, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Qatar; Myanmar’s Aung Phyoe received a special directing mention for “Fruit Gathering.”
- Shahrbanoo Sadat took the Jury Grand Prize for “No Good Men” from a field of 36 nominated films representing 32 countries and regions.
- Pushpa Thing Lama won Best Performance for “Elephants in the Fog,” while South Korea’s Sim Su-bin was named Best New Performer for “The World Before.”
- Rakan Mayasi and co-writers Wahid Ajmi and Pôl Seif won the screenplay award for “Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep”; Vietnamese cinematographer Nguyễn Vinh Phúc won for “Hearing.”
- Motion Picture Association announced five projects for the 2026 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, with each receiving a $10,000 grant funded entirely by the MPA; three are directed by women.
- APSA Academy now counts upward of 1,816 members across 84 countries and areas, with every nominee and members of the nominations councils and juries joining the body.
Why it matters: The 2026 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund allocates $10,000 each to five selected projects, three directed by women, while supporting filmmakers from the earliest stages of development. The APSA Academy’s membership of upward of 1,816 across 84 countries and areas puts a sizable regional network behind the awards beyond the headline winners.
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