‘Guria’ Wins Best Film At Asia Pacific Screen Awards; ‘9 Temples To Heaven’ Takes Best Director
Guria, directed by Georgia’s Levan Koguashvili, won Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Australia’s Gold Coast. The awards also recognised filmmakers from across the region and beyond, highlighting a wide range of international co-productions and stories.
Sompot Chidgasornpongse won Best Director for 9 Temples To Heaven, while Shahrbanoo Sadat received the Jury Grand Prize for No Good Men. Other winners included Big Girls Don’t Cry for Best Youth Film, The Violinist for Best Animated Film and One In A Million for Best Documentary. Five projects also received $10,000 grants from the 2026 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund.
In short
- Guria won Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
- Sompot Chidgasornpongse won Best Director for 9 Temples To Heaven.
- Five film projects received $10,000 development grants.
Explained simply
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards recognise films and filmmakers from across Asia Pacific and neighbouring regions. They bring attention to work made in different countries and languages, including international co-productions.
The awards cover several kinds of filmmaking, from feature films to documentaries and animation. Their Academy Film Fund also gives grants to selected projects, helping support films that are still being developed.
The awards offer a way to see which films and filmmakers are gaining recognition across a broad region. For audiences, they can also be a starting point for discovering stories and cinema from beyond the best-known film industries.