Laurine Pelassy is a French producer who until 2019 had only worked on short films. In 2019, she produced It Must Be Heaven from renowned Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, which was awarded a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival. She received her first APSA nomination as a producer of the film, which was nominated for the Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO.
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.
