Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance

The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance has been presented annually by the Asia Pacific Screen Academy since 2022, replacing the Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress categories.

Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance
The 2025 recipient: Sean Lau
Country	Australia
Presented by	Asia Pacific Screen Academy
First award	2022
Currently held by	Sean Lau for Papa (2025)
Website	asiapacificscreenawards.com

Winners and nominees

Year	Recipient(s)	English title	Original title	Ref.
2022	Lee Jung-eun	Hommage	오마주	[1][2]
	John Lloyd Cruz	When the Waves Are Gone	Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon
	Aktan Arym Kubat	This Is What I Remember	Esimde
	Navid Mohammadzadeh	Beyond the Wall	شب، داخلی، دیوار
	Happy Salma	Before, Now & Then	Nana
2023	Mouna Hawa	Inshallah a Boy	إن شاء الله ولد	[3][4]
	Koji Yakusho	Perfect Days
	Jinpa	Snow Leopard	雪豹
	Mihaya Shirata	Last Shadow at First Light
	Zhou Dongyu	The Breaking Ice	燃冬
2024	Ia Sukhitashvili	April	აპრილი	[5][6]
	Kani Kusruti	All We Imagine as Light
	Yuumi Kawai	Desert of Namibia	ナミビアの砂漠
	Madina Akylbekova	Madina
	Soheila Golestani	The Seed of the Sacred Fig	دانه‌ی انجیر معابد
2025	Sean Lau	Papa	爸爸	[7][8]
	Khairiah Nathmy	Hijra
	Xin Zhilei	The Sun Rises on Us All	日掛中天
	Ariel Bronz	Yes!	!כן
	Georges Khabbaz	Yunan	يونان

See also

• Asian Film Award for Best Actor
• Asian Film Award for Best Actress
• Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance
• Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance
• Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance