Karim Mirkhadiyev is the first APSA nominee from Uzbekistan. He has been acting since 1982, making his debut in Nepokornaya, also known as The Unconquered, produced by Uzbekfilm Studio in the former Soviet Union. He is perhaps best known in the region for his performances in Scorched by Kandahar (1989), Klyatva Dzhantaya (1984) and Zolotaya golova mstitelya (1988). In 2011, Mirkhadiyev had a supporting role in Vysotsky: Thank God I’m Alive about famed Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. The film won several national awards. On Fortitude, the cast and crew worked in exhausting 50-degree heat, but earned Mirkhadiyev the Best Actor Award at the 14th Eurasia International Film Festival.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
