Asia Pacific Screen Academy

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards is an international cultural initiative of the Queensland Government through Events Queensland. APSA is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.

APSA employs a small team of staff located in its Brisbane office who are responsible for the year-round operations including awards administration, television production and publicity and marketing. APSA also engages contractors across a number of areas including translators, creative services and production services in the delivery of the Awards and television programs.

CHAIRMAN & DIRECTORS

DES POWER AM - APSA CHAIRMAN

Award-winning filmmaker, former journalist and foreign correspondent, and chair of a number of prominent boards in the film and events industries in Australia, Des Power AM is Chairman of Asia Pacific Screen Awards Ltd and leads APSA’s production of the Scene By Scene series.

Des Power was instrumental in the development and establishment of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and the global partnerships with UNESCO and FIAPF – International Federation of Film Producers Associations. During APSA’s detailed four-year feasibility stage (2003-2006), he conducted more than 100 face-to-face meetings with international film industry, broadcasters, governments and cultural organisations, and has lead the APSA team since its inception in 2007. Read Des Power’s full biography.