Alicia Mayer Beverley, the vice patron of Asia Pacific Screen Awards, has resigned.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh congratulated Golden Globe award winner Asghar Farhadi whose film A Separation took out the Best Foreign Language Film prize for 2012
ACMI is to showcase a selection of feature films from the winners and nominees of the 2011 ASPAs
The money will be directed towards the development of six new Asia-Pacific films
The APSA ceremony was attended by more than 550 Australian and international guests
Daniel Connors, the film's young star, was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in the APSAs
Asia Pacific's finest filmmakers are gathering on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
More than 70 filmmakers from 25 countries have submitted entries