Graduating from the Beijing Film Academy, Peng Tao wrote and directed his first feature film, Little Moth, in 2007. It screened in over 50 international film festivals and received 15 international awards. His second feature, Floating in Memory, was developed in 2009 with the assistance from the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program and later supported by the Hubert Bals Fund. Floating in Memory screened in VPRO Tiger Awards Competition at the 38th Rotterdam International Film Festival. His latest film, The Cremator (2012) received its world premiere in Toronto International Film Festival. It also screened in Busan International Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse 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.
