Experience a glimpse of the beauty, diversity and quality of film produced in the Asia Pacific in the lead up to November’s 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) and the 2nd Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (BAPFF), with four special screening events. The program includes the Queensland premiere of Australian film, Force of Destiny – a journey of love on a transplant waiting list. David Wenham stars as Robert, a renowned sculptor diagnosed with cancer of the liver. While reeling from this news he meets Maya (Shahana Goswami), an Indian marine biologist who comes from a different world, a different reality. Robert’s passion for Maya intensifies as he confronts the agony and ecstasy of finding the love that has evaded him his entire life, just as his body is about to be taken from him. New hope comes when he’s placed on the transplant waiting list. Force of Destiny is a most extraordinary love story from veteran filmmaker Paul Cox, made poignant because of the influence of his own experiences; falling in love, living with cancer, and life-saving liver transplant. David Wenham and Shahana Goswami are joined by an international cast including Jacqueline McKenzie, Hannah Fredericksen, Seema Biswas, Mohan Agashe and Terry Norris. A Q&A with Paul Cox, hosted by APSA BAPFF Film Director Maxine Williamson, will follow the screening.