Brisbane City Council has scrapped its funding for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, ending a 13-year run hosting the international film competition.

The awards were launched by the state government in 2007 as a major attraction and from 2013 was run by the council's economic agency Brisbane Marketing at a cost of $1.9 million of ratepayer funds in the 2019-20 budget.

At the 13th awards in November 2019, lord mayor Adrian Schrinner committed Brisbane to hosting the awards long-term but that has come to an abrupt halt because of the impact of coronavirus on the council's budget.

Showcasing films from about 70 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the awards were designed to be a tourism attraction bringing hundreds of filmmakers, actors and industry members to Brisbane.

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