16th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Film awards ceremony

The 16th Asia Pacific Screen Awards was held on 3 November 2023 at the Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, to recognize the best in cinema of the Asia Pacific Region of 2023.^[1] Wim Wenders' Perfect Days received the Best Film award.^[2]

The nominations were announced on 3 October 2023.^[3] Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist led the nominations with four, followed by Snow Leopard with three.

Jury

The juries were composed of:^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

International jury

Clara Law – Hong Kong film director
Yeo Yann Yann – Malaysian actress
Anna Katchko – German film producer
Hidedo Urata – Japanese cinematographer
Faisal Baltyuor – CEO of Muvi Studios

International nominations council

Beena Paul – Indian film editor
Anderson Le – artistic director of the Hawaii International Film Festival
Delphine Garde-Mroueh – film curator and researcher
Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakh film critic and researcher
John Badalu – film curator and director
Kiki Fung, programmer of Hong Kong International Film Festival
Yoshi Yatabe – film curator

Youth, Animation, Documentary international jury

Midi Z – Taiwanese filmmaker, writer, and producer
Rima Das – Indian writer, director, and producer
Hikaru Toda – Japanese documentary maker

Youth, Animation, Documentary nominations council

Faramarz K-Rahber, Iranian-Australian filmmaker
Carl Joseph Papa, Filipino animation filmmaker
Zoe Sua Cho, Korean-New Zealander filmmaker

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 3 October 2023.^[3] The winners are listed first and in bold.

Best Film Perfect Days – Wim Wenders (Japan) Citizen Saint – Tinatin Kajrishvili (Georgia, France, Bulgaria) Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan) Qas – Aisultan Seitov (Kazakhstan) Snow Leopard – Pema Tseden (China)	Best Director Celine Song – Past Lives Darkhan Tulegenov – Brothers Liang Ming – Carefree Days Rima Das – Tora's Husband Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Evil Does Not Exist
Best Performance *Mouna Hawa – Inshallah a Boy* as Nawal** Kōji Yakusho – Perfect Days as Hirayama Jinpa – Snow Leopard as Jinpa Mihaya Shirata – Last Shadow at First Light as Ami Zhou Dongyu – The Breaking Ice as Nana	Best Youth Film Bauryna Salu – Askhat Kuchinchirekov (Kazakhstan) Blueback – Robert Connolly A House in Jerusalem – Muayad Alayan (Palestine, United Kingdom, Qatar, Netherlands, Germany) Monster – Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan) Tiger Stripes – Amanda Nell Eu (Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar)
Best Animated Film The Siren – Sepideh Farsi (France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium) Deep Sea – Tian Xiaopeng (China) The First Slam Dunk – Takehiko Inoue (Japan) Scarygirl – Ricard Cussó (Australia) Suzume – Makoto Shinkai (Japan)	Best Documentary Film Against the Tide – Sarvnik Kaur (India, France) Beyond Utopia – Madeleine Gavin (United States) Man in Black – Wang Bing (France, United States, United Kingdom) Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV – Amanda Kim (United States, South Korea) To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
Best Screenplay Riceboy Sleeps – Anthony Shim Carefree Days – Liang Ming Last Shadow at First Light – Nicole Midori Woodford Snow Leopard – Pema Tseden Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Best Cinematography Qas – Azamat Dulatov Citizen Saint – Krum Rodriguez (Special Mention) A Song Sung Blue – Hao Jiayue Whispers of Fire & Water – Kenneth Cyrus Evil Does Not Exist – Yoshio Kitagawa
Best New Performance Aibar Saly and Alisher Ismailov – Brothers	Jury Grand Prize Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
Young Cinema Award Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Phạm Thiên Ân	FIAPF Award Jeremy Chua
Cultural Diversity Award (under the patronage of UNESCO) Rapture – Dominic Megam Sangma (India, China, Qatar, Switzerland, Netherlands)

References

^ Ntim, Zac (3 November 2023). "Asia Pacific Screen Award Winners: 'Perfect Day' By Wim Wenders Wins Best Film, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 'Evil Does Not Exist' Takes Jury". Deadline. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ Frater, Patrick (3 November 2023). "Perfect Days' Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Japan, Korea, Kazakh Titles Dominate". Variety. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Ntim, Zac (3 October 2023). "Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 'Evil Does Not Exist' Leads Nominations & First Round Winners Announced". Deadline. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ Frater, Patrick (21 September 2023). "Clara Law to Head Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury – Global Bulletin". Variety. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ "SAVE THE DATE AND FULL JURIES REVEALED". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ "2023 INTERNATIONAL NOMINATIONS COUNCIL". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
^ "2023 YOUTH, ANIMATION, DOCUMENTARY NOMINATIONS COUNCIL". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 5 November 2023.