Guria wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili’s Guria was named Best Film at the 19th Asia Pacific Screen Awards held at The Star Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The film, a comedy drama set in a Georgian village following the collapse of the Soviet Union, was a co-production involving Georgia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Norway, and Saudi Arabia.

Other major winners included Thai director Sompot Chidgasornpongse, who won Best Director for 9 Temples to Heaven, and New Zealand’s Paloma Schneideman, who received the Best Youth Film award for Big Girls Don’t Cry. Additional honors were awarded to Nepalese actor Pushpa Thing Lama for Best Performance and South Korean performer Sim Su-bin for Best New Performer. The ceremony featured 36 nominated films representing 32 countries and regions.