The 16th annual Universe Multicultural Film Festival

The 16th annual Universe Multicultural Film Festival was successfully concluded on Sunday, April 7th.

This year’s Universe Multicultural Film Festival took place from April 5th to 7th in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The film festival showcased over 100 films from over 15 different countries and regions around the world, all of which were competing within six different categories. Film makers and enthusiasts from all over the world gathered along the California coast to participate in this collaboration and celebration.

 

Throughout the three day festival, attendees were able to enjoy a plethora of screenings, panels and galas. Local filmmakers from Hollywood participated in this event and endorsed the festival as a great way for filmmakers to reach out to other story tellers form all around the world. It has also been said that the festival provides a wonderful platform to share professional knowledge on topics such as casting, producing and writing.

 

The highlight of this film festival is the Rainbow Red Carpet, help on Sunday April 7th. All attendees and local enthusiasts are able to leave their memories on the “Red Rainbow” of multicultural celebration. After walking down the red carpet, attendees were invited to the awards ceremony which was home to a variety of talented performances brought by local and international artists, thus concluding this successful film festival.

 

Here is the list of winners for the 2019 UMFF: (detail is at http://umfilms.org/About.html)

Awards			Winner
Grand Jury Prize Best Feature  Grand Jury Prize Best Short  Lifetime Achievement Award  Live Legend Award  Cultural Heritage Film Award  Best Achievement in Directing Best Actress in a Leading Role  Best Actor in a Leading Role  Best Animated Film  Best Student Film  Best Youth-Made Film  Best Feature Documentary  Best Short Documentary Best Feature  Best Family Feature  Best Short Film Best Family Short Film  Best Drama Short Film  Best Comedy Short Film  Best Comedy TV Episode  Best Romance Film Best Educational Film  Best Musical Film  Best Music Video  Screenplay Contest – Best Feature Screenplay  Screenplay Contest – Best Short Screenplay  Screenplay Contest – Best Foreign Screenplay  Best Original Film Song ( Folk & Pop Music)  Best Original Film Song ( New Age Music)			Nawal the Jewel (India) Mama (USA) Mark Rydell  Bill Blair Qiang’s Journey (China) Guohua Zhao –The Portrait of my Mother ( China) Reem Kadem – Nawal the Jewel (India) Damien Puckler – Chase (USA) The Most Magnificent Thing (USA) Lakeshore Blues (USA) Dog Tag (China) Three Women (USA) Mountain Streaming (China) Survive or Die (Australia) A Promise Over 65 Years (China) Dear Jessica (Russia) Achetannos (Italy) Mosul 980 (Iraq) MILFriend (USA) Waking Up White (USA) Running Between the Crack of Time (USA) Black Water (India) Romance of Noble Man (China) South Central State of Mind (USA) Deadly Attack by Paul Paseli (USA) The Light Dares to Desert Me by Eriah Howard (USA)  Leyou Soul by Yike Yu, Weizhu Yu Lover (China) Filial Piety in the World by Meng Zhang (China) Lone Dreamer by Aldo Cocco (Argentina)

 

 

Next year festival is set up on April 3-5, 2020 in beautiful Palos Verdes again.