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Winners of the region’s highest accolade in film are determined by an International Jury of renowned filmmakers. Headed by a president of international distinction, the Jury meet on Australia’s Gold Coast in the week prior to the Asia Pacific Screen Awards Ceremony to view the nominated films and determine winners in each Award category.

The 2010 Jury President was Academy-Award winner and producer of Chariots of Fire, The Mission and The Killing Fields Lord David Puttnam (United Kingdom). He followed previous Jury Presidents Huang Jianxin (2009, People’s Republic of China), Bruce Beresford (2008, Australia) and inaugural President, renowned Indian actress and humanitarian Shabana Azmi.

“What APSA stands for is something that all of us feel very strongly committed to…APSA is an idea whose time has come both culturally and politically.” – Shabana Azmi, 2007 APSA Jury President, actress, activist, humanitarian, former member of Indian Parliament

The calibre of APSA’s Jury attests to the seriousness of the judging process.

In this archive we document each year’s International Jury with a biography of every esteemed filmmaker who has served on it.