Bookending the Asia Pacific Screen Awards on November 11 is the 4th Asia Pacific Screen Forum and Screening Programme, November 9-13.

The line-up of industry-led sessions features ‘Spotlight on the Middle East’ and topics focusing on filmmaking for social change, rights and recoupment in structuring investments, co-productions, film-friendly locations, and a panel discussion to unpack the role of festivals, awards and media in a film’s journey to audiences. 

The Forum includes APSA’s annual Reel Connections event which brings together early-career filmmakers to share ideas, stories, processes and experiences in a special networking event. Additionally, audiences have the opportunity to watch APSA-nominated films and hear directly from the filmmakers at seven public cinema screenings held at HOTA -Home of the Arts.