Iranian filmmaker to head juries for 2014 APSA

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced the complete line-up of the two International Juries, comprising of 10 eminent members of the international filmmaking community, that will determine the winners in the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), to be announced in Brisbane, Australia on December 11.

The six-member APSA International Jury would comprise acclaimed Palestinian actress, director and writer Hiam Abbass, Chinese director and cinematographer Lu Yue, Indian actor, producer and director Rajit Kapur and representing APSA’s alliance with the European Film Academy (EFA), Polish actor Maciej Stuhr. The jury will be headed by the International Jury President, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, and Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, on the 2014 jury. 

The APSA International Jury determines the winners in the feature narrative competition, and awards Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Best Screenplay, Achievement in Cinematography, Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress.

Iran is participating in APSA with five nominees: I’m Not Angry directed by Reza Dormishian, running for the Best Feature Film, and Best Performance by an Actor (Navid Mohammadzadeh); Rakhshan Banietemad’s Tales for the award in the Achievement in Directing; Merila Zareie for Best Performance; and Nima Javidi’s feature film Melbourne Best Screenplay.

A three-time APSA winner including Best Feature Film and the first Iranian filmmaker ever to win an Academy Award and ever to win the Berlinale Golden Bear, internationally renowned writer/director Asghar Farhadi is one of the only filmmakers to receive APSA nominations for three different films across the seven-year history of the event and his films have received an impressive 10 nominations in total. Farhadi recently received the Medal of Officier des arts et des lettres from the Ministry of Culture of France for his artistic influence on French Art and Literature. He will head the 2014 APSA International Jury for determining winners in the feature film categories on December 11. 

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