Sardana Savvina is a Producer, promoter of Sakha cinema and researcher. She is the founder and a leader of the Sakha Cinema Club – Yakutia’s Independent Filmmakers’ Community. Currently works as a producer at National Company Sakhafilm and has produced three films, all of which have been nominated for APSA’s Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO. In 2016 she produced The Bonfire, in 2018 produced The Lord Eagle, and in 2019 she produced The Sun Above Me Never Sets.
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.
