The Asian World Movie Competition kicks off on November 13, bringing collectively movies from 27 international locations, and its principal competitors part will display screen 16 movies submitted for the Worldwide Movie Academy Awards. The competition will have fun its tenth anniversary on November 21 on the Culver Theater in Culver Metropolis. Greater than 30 screenings will embody Q&A with the filmmakers, forged and crew.
“We’re grateful to filmmakers world wide for supporting this yr’s greater than 60 narrative and documentary movies,” stated AWFF Government Director Georges N. Chamchoum. “AWFF continues to open a window to the Asian area and showcase Asian American expertise via our array of initiatives. I’m amazed by the depth and breadth of labor on this yr’s AWFF schedule.
The competition kicked off with the Korean drama “Regular Household” and ended with the Filipino romantic drama “Good day, Love, One Extra Time.” The centerpiece movie is Wong Kar-Wai’s Within the Temper for Love (Hong Kong), starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung.
Major recreation lineup:
“The Wrestler” (Bangladesh), director. Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry
“Assembly Pol Pot” (Cambodia), director. Pan Ruixi
“Vintage” (Georgia), director. Rusudan Grudze
“Twilight of the Warriors: The Wall” (Hong Kong), director. Xichang
“Misplaced Girls” (India), director. Ms Kiran Rao
“Within the arms of bushes” (Iran), Dir. Babak Lotfi Kajpasha
“Baghdad Messi” (Iraq), director. Shaheem Omar Khalifa
“Bauryna Salu” (Kazakhstan), director. Ashat Kuchincherekov
“Heaven at Mom’s Ft” (Kyrgyzstan), director. Ruslan Akun
“Arzé” (Lebanon), director. Ms Meera Shaib
“Large Brother” (Malaysia), director. Jin Weng
“12.12: This Day” (South Korea), director. Kim Sung-soo
“Previous Fox” (Taiwan), Dir. Hsiao Ya-chuan
“Methods to Make Hundreds of thousands Earlier than Grandma Dies” (Thailand), director. Pat Bunidi Pat
“Life” (Türkiye), director. Zeki Demirkubz
“Peach Blossom, Pho and Piano” (Vietnam), director. Pitian Mountain
AWFF additionally features a 12-film brief movie program, with the profitable movie receiving a Panavision digital camera bundle valued at $15,000.
The shorts are:
“A Higher Day is Coming” (Canada/Iran/Türkiye), director. Amir Zagara
“Born Well-known” (Palestine), director. Louai Awad
“코(Cone)” (South Korea), director. Yu Zhiren
“Deer Tooth” (Palestine), director. Saif Hammash
“First Supper” (Palestine), director. Sekela Zohir Makkard
“So go?” (Lebanon), sir. Rita Eunice
“Is anybody nonetheless alive?” (Palestine), Director. Omar Elemawi
“Lullaby” (UK/Vietnam), director. Qitai
“Mar Mama” (Palestine), directed by Majdi El Omari
“Milk White” (China), director. Liu Youyou
“Pencil” (Kazakhstan), director. Thomas Schulz
“Woman Rain” (USA/Syria), director. Leila Mzayek
Different particular screenings embody a screening of Oscar-eligible options and shorts, together with Chinese language director Fang Li’s characteristic The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru and director Aruzhan Dossymkozha’s black-and-white silent tribute live-action brief “In regards to the Human Mannequin”.
The competition’s Snow Leopard Trophies might be awarded to greatest movie, actor, actress, particular jury award and viewers award. The Finest Cinematography winner will obtain a $45,000 Panavision digital camera bundle.
For extra data, go to asianworldfilmfest.org.
