The International Jury of the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, headed by Academy-Award nominated Australian director, Bruce Beresford begins its deliberations today on the Gold Coast.
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards has announced members of its 2008 International Jury who will join this year's Jury President, Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford, in determining the winners of the second annual Awards on November 11.
In the run-up to the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, CNN will feature the power and reach of Asia-Pacific cinema in four half-hour documentaries starting October 4th, that will include Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer.
Australian actor Sam Worthington has been cast in the upcoming Vietnam War film, The Battle of Long Tan, which Bruce Beresford is attached to direct after finishing work on Mao's Last Dancer.