Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s latest feature, It Was Just an Accident , is among the leading nominees for this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) with two nods, including the gong for Best Film.

It Was Just an Accident is in the leading pack with Lav Diaz’s latest Magellan , which also landed two noms, and Garin Nugroho’s Samsara, which clocked the most noms with three. Scroll down for the full list of nominations.

The 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards take place on 27th November at The Langham, Gold Coast. The 7th Asia Pacific Screen Forum from 24th to 27th November.

This year’s forum will open with Post Code Doesn’t Matter, a national regional initiative led by Women in Film & Television Australia that dismantles geographical barriers for screen creatives and champions

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