Guria, directed by Georgia’s Levan Koguashvili, won Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards on the Gold Coast, Australia, with the film’s producers Olena Yershova, Koguashvili and Boris Frumin recognized for the international co-production.
Thai director Sompot Chidgasornpongse received Best Director for 9 Temples To Heaven, with a Special Mention going to Myanmar director Aung Phyoe for Fruit Gathering.
The Jury Grand Prize was presented to Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat for No Good Men, acknowledging her “compelling approach to storytelling and her contribution to contemporary Afghan cinema”.
New Zealand filmmaker Paloma Schneideman and producers Vicky Pope
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