Tzi Ma, Diana Lee Inosanto and Adarsh Gourav
The AWFF will likely be digital, going down on-line from March 10 to 15.
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, March 5, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — THE 6TH ANNUAL ASIAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL, MARCH 10-15, 2021,
ANNOUNCES SNOW LEOPARD AWARD HONOREES AND HFPA SCHOLARSHIP SHORT FILM LINEUP
Award-Winning Actor Tzi Ma to obtain Snow Leopard Outstanding Cinematic Achievement Award
Indian Film Actor Adarsh Gourav to obtain Snow Leopard Rising Star Award
For extra program data and to buy tickets: https://asianworldfilmfest.org/2020-festival-line-up
Los Angeles, March 5, 2021 – The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) has introduced that its prestigious Snow Leopard Outstanding Cinematic Achievement Award will go to Hong Kong-American actor Tzi Ma this 12 months. Like many occasions, the AWFF will likely be digital, going down on-line from March 10 to 15.
The award-profitable Ma has a distinguished 4-decade profession in movie, tv and theater. His many credit embrace Dante’s Peak, Rush Hour, Arrival, The Farewell, Mulan, Tigertail, 24 and The Man within the High Castle)
The Snow Leopard Rising Star Award will likely be offered to Indian actor Adarsh Gourav for his roles in My Name is Khan, Rukh, Mom and most just lately the Netflix unique movie The White Tiger, with Priyanka Chopra, which has garnered him worldwide and demanding acclaim.
Executive Director Georges N. Chamchoum mentioned, “One of the most exciting moments of our Celebration at the Asian World Film Festival is the anticipation of the choice of our three Honorees. To us, they represent what our Festival is all about, which is personality, achievement and carrying the Torch forward. Tzi Ma has proven, during his four decades in the business and with over 130 films to his credit, that he is a worthy candidate for our Outstanding Cinematic Achievement Award. As for Adarsh Gourav, our Rising Star recipient, from when he was first seen on the Silver Screen in the 2010 movie My Name is Khan, to his latest movie, The White Tiger, you cannot help but notice the fire, charisma and power that emanates from him. He is a name to remember!”
As beforehand introduced, legendary Vietnamese-American actress Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club, Journey from the Fall) will obtain the Snow Leopard Lifetime Achievement Award for her movie, humanitarian and philanthropic work. Film Executive and Producer, Christina Lee Storm will obtain the Red Cross Tiffany Circle Courage to Dream Award.
For the second 12 months, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and the Asian World Film Festival will current a particular HFPA Scholarship to a brand new Asian quick filmmaker. Twelve specifically chosen Asian quick movies will likely be screened throughout the AWFF’s quick movie program and the winner chosen by an impartial Jury.
The twelve shortlisted movies are:
Balapan directed by Dinayar Abirov (Kyrgyzstan)
A Day Off directed by Leonardo Bassil (Lebanon)
Did You Say No? directed by Raeshib Aggerwhil (USA/Philippines)
Exam directed by Sonia Hadad (Iran)
An Hour directed by Giorgi Tavartkiladze (Georgia)
Monsters Never Know directed by Ming Yang (China)
Peur Bleue directed by Lynn Tawile (Lebanon)
Rumaah Nda Bertanah directed by Putri Purnama Sugua (Malaysia)
A Scarecrow produced by Min Bahabdur Bahm (Nepal)
Tattoo directed by Farhad Delaram (Iran)
Under the Stork’s Nest directed by Ani Oganesyan (Armenia)
Without Him directed by Hamidreza Gazemi (Iran)
The Festival’s Managing Director, Asel Sherniyazova mentioned, “We are extremely impressed with the high quality of films shortlisted for the HFPA Scholarship this year. The Scholarship is a huge recognition for us. Six years ago, when our Festival was first founded, it would have been ambitious to even suggest that the HFPA would be awarding a prize at AWFF, alongside prestigious film festivals such as Venice and Toronto. This is a very great honor and, of course, a huge responsibility, and our united and totally committed team will continue to do its utmost to justify such high recognition.”
The Festival’s Closing Night Gala Awards Ceremony on March 15th will likely be hosted by actress, author, director, stuntwoman and martial artist, Diana Lee Inosanto who’s at present starring in Disney’s Mandalorian, together with visitor presenter, actor Chen Tang (Mulan, Warrior).
Music Interludes throughout the Ceremony will likely be carried out by main performers from throughout Asia. These embrace globally revered virtuoso for jaw harp Olena UUTAi from Yakutia (Russian Fed), Lebanese Composer and Performer Tarek Rahbani together with his newest Composition Requiem 2020, Performer Olivia Lin from Indonesia, Performer and Actress Yuki Shibamoto from Japan, Composer Farzad Goodarzi from Iran and Performer Jungmin from South Korea.
The organizers of the HFPA occasion are:
AITYSH Kyrgyzstan; BEIRUT FILM SOCIETY, Lebanon; CINEMAIYAT, Lebanon; FilAm Creative, Los Angeles; HARIS SULONG, Malaysia; MOREDII, China/USA; AWFF, Aitysh, USA.
Further particulars in regards to the Festival Program, movies in Official Competition, occasions and ticket buy will be discovered on our social media platforms and on our web site: asianworldfilmfest.org
Sponsors and companions of the Festival embrace Aitysh USA, Winn Slavin Fine Art, SPRK Music, Korean Cultural Center (KCC, LA), Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), AKIpress, Asia Society Southern California, City of Culver City, Snow Leopard Trust, Asiania, Fifth Atrium, Argentum Studios, Novartizan, Moredii, Asians in LA, 중앙일보 (Joongang Ilbo), Emporium Thai LA, Gaby’s Mediterranean LA and Brothers BBQ, LA.
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ABOUT THE ASIAN WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (AWFF)
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), based by Kyrgyz public determine Sadyk Sher Niyaz, brings the perfect of a broad collection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to attract better recognition to the area’s wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood movie industries. Uniting via cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions movies from over 50 nations throughout Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is exclusive in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language respectively. All movies that take part within the Festival could have a singular likelihood to be guided via the difficult awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced publicity, media consideration and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-revenue group underneath Aitysh USA.
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