Asia Pacific Screen Awards MPA Project Wins Sydney Film Prize
The official competition Jury was headed by legendary Chinese helmer Chen Kaige, who is also a member of APSA’s Academy which is made up of some 400 of Asia-Pacific’s leading filmmakers.
The Sydney Film Prize adds to A Separation’s growing collection of accolades which began in February at the Berlin International Film Festival where it won five awards including the Golden Bear for Best Film and the Silver Bears for Best Actor and Actress awarded to the ensemble cast.
The MPA APSA Academy Film Fund was launched in 2010 through a partnership with the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and is made up of four $25,000 development grants. It is available exclusively to members of the Academy of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
The 2011 submission round for the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund opened last month and will close in October with four successful projects to be announced at the fifth annual APSA Ceremony.
APSA Chairman Des Power said: “We are very happy to see the ongoing success of A Separation and I am very proud that, through our partnership with the MPA, APSA has played a key part in helping this film come to fruition. Development is a critical phase and this fund undoubtedly helps the process by bringing funds to it. A Separation is ‘proof positive’.”
ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS
APSA is an international cultural initiative of the Queensland Government, Australia and a unique collaboration with UNESCO and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations. APSA acclaims films from more than 70 countries and areas; one third of the earth; and half the world’s film output.
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION
The MPA APSA Academy Film Fund is supported by the Motion Picture Association, representing the interests of major motion picture companies in the global marketplace. The MPA promotes and protects its member companies’ intellectual property rights and conducts education outreach programs to highlight to movie fans around the world about the importance of content protection. Its member companies include: Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLLP; The Walt Disney Studios; and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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