Akshay Indikar, Ridham Janve win accolades at Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Indian filmmakers Akshay Indikar and Ridham Janve won laurels at a scaled-down Asia Pacific Screen Awards on Thursday in Queensland, Australia.

Indikar received the Young Cinema Award while Janve was named as the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund's second recipient for his next film, Ashwamedh (The Sacrifice).

The Marathi film Sthalpuran (Chronicle of Space) premiered at Berlinale earlier this year and tells the story of a young boy experiencing changes and loss as he moves to the Konkan. "Akshay Indikar has a real and rare cinematic vision. Using breath-taking imagery and intricate soundscapes, his film took the jury on a multi-layered journey of discovery evolving through the perspective of sublime innocence," the Young Cinema jury said as they honoured the filmmaker.

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Coincidentally, Janve won the Young Cinema Award last year at the 13th edition of the ceremony. Janve is one of four MPA APSA Academy Film Fund recipients. Bianca Balbuena from the Philippines was named the first recipient, while Annemarie Jacir from Palestine and Guillaume de Seille from France were the third and fourth recipients for their respective projects. The filmmakers received $25,000 each for their upcoming films.