The Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (BAPFF) opened on Wednesday and will show 82 weird and wonderful films from the Asia Pacific region.
The 12-day festival line-up included a documentary about Japan's bizarre celebrity-making business, two brothers on a mission to meet Cristiano Ronaldo and Kristen Stewart as a ghost-whisperer in Paris.
There will also be The Salesman - the latest from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, a documentary about the world's best restaurant Ants on a Shrimp and the Australian premiere of low-budget Aussie serial-killer thriller Hounds of Love, slated to be the next Wolf Creek.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said BAPFF offered something for everyone.
"The festival's third year will be its best yet, featuring 31 Australian premieres and 33 Queensland premieres," he said.
"These films represent the exceptional talent from a region that encompasses 70 countries ... and includes award-winning films, independents, restored classics and genre favourites."
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) and BAPFF chairman Michael Hawkins said audiences will be wowed by the sheer diversity of films.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for Brisbane to see the breadth of cinema on offer in our region and enjoy almost 31 of the 39 films nominated for this year's 10th APSAs," he said.
"Many of the incredible filmmakers who are here for the awards will host Q&As; at their BAPFF screenings, giving cinema lovers a chance to meet brilliant directors, actors and cinematographers."
The APSAs ceremony were also held on Thursday at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, with almost 1000 guests from more than 10 different countries in attendance.
Special guests included Grammy Award-winning South Korean sensation Sumi Jo along with Australian actor and director David Wenham.
More than 300 films from 43 different countries were nominated in 2016.
"In our case, we have purposely created awards that are exclusive to the filmmakers of Asia Pacific, the world's fast growing film region and box office," Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said.
"The APSA Competition has reflected the breadth and diversity of the region, with 2192 films 'In Competition' from a staggering 58 of the 70 Asia Pacific countries and areas (during the last decade)."
10th ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS: WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM
Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu)
Turkey, Hungary
Produced by Nermin Aytekin
Co-produced by Ivan Angelusz, János Rózsa
BEST YOUTH FEATURE FILM
The World of Us (Woorideul)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Chang-dong, Kim Soon-mo
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Seoul Station (Seoul-yeok)
Republic of Korea
Produced by Lee Dong-ha, Suh Young-joo, Yeon Sang-ho
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Starless Dreams (Royahaye Dame Sobh)
Islamic Republic of Iran
Produced by Mehrdad Oskouei
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Feng Xiaogang for I Am Not Madame Bovary (Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian)
People's Republic of China
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ryusuke Hamaguchi , Tadashi Nohara , Tomoyuki Takahashi for Happy Hour
Japan
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cevahir Şahin, Kürşat Üresin for Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu)
Turkey, Hungary
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Hasmine Killip in Ordinary People (Pamilya Ordinaryo)
Philippines
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh
India
SPECIAL MENTION FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Psycho Raman (Raman Raghav 2.0)
India
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARD, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF UNESCO
Hussein Hassan for The Dark Wind (Reşeba)
Iraq, Qatar, Germany
APSA FIAPF AWARD for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia Pacific region
Iranian producer Manoochehr Mohammadi
JURY GRAND PRIZE
Youn Yuh-jung in The Bacchus Lady (Jug-yeo-ju-neun yeo-ja)
Republic of Korea
JURY GRAND PRIZE
Mark Lee Ping-bing for Crosscurrent (Chang Jiang Tu)
SPECIAL MENTION: JURY GRAND PRIZE
Sunny Pawar in Lion
Australia
YOUNG CINEMA AWARD presented by NETPAC and Griffith Film School
Mustafa Kara for Cold of Kalandar (Kalandar Soğuğu) Turkey, Hungary
SPECIAL MENTION: YOUNG CINEMA AWARD presented by NETPAC and Griffith Film School
Bi Gan for Kaili Blues (Lu Bian Ye Can) People's Republic of China
MPA APSA ACADEMY FILM FUND 2016 RECIPIENTS
Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudi Arabia) for Miss Camel
Joo Young Park (Republic of Korea) for Morning Star (Yeonbaek)
Rolf de Heer (Australia) for Mr Ward's Incredible Journey
Emir Baigazin (Kazakhstan) for The River