The movie Train to Busan produced by Dong-ha Lee was the top-ranked film in the box office in Korea in 2016 and achieved excellent results of overseas sales from 156 countries. He received the prize as the only one selected Asian producer at ‘Variety’s 10 to Producers to watch’ at the Variety Awards ceremony held at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. He later produced the animated prequel to Train to Busan titled Seoul Station, which won the 2017 Best Animated Feature Film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He continues to prepare films of various genres and materials in the future.
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.
