World War III – Oscar® Submitted Film from Iran – AWFF Official Selection
World War III – Oscar® Submitted Film from Iran – AWFF Official Selection
When and where
Location
The Landmark Westwood 1045 Broxton Avenue #2803 Los Angeles, CA 90024
About this event
- 3 hours
- Mobile eTicket
AWFF is proud to present its Official Selection of 2022 Asian Oscar® and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language respectively, along with a number of special screenings and tribute retrospectives. The Festival aims to promote all films through physical and online screenings, panels, events and social media platforms, in order to assist the filmmakers in their campaigns for Award success.
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World War III (Iran)
(12/9) – followed by Q&A with Azad Jafarian (Screenwriter)
Iran’s Official Submission for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards®
Screening (w/ Q&A): December 9, 2022 @ 7:30PM PT
Where: The Landmark Westwood (1045 Broxton Ave #2803, Los Angeles, CA 90024)
AWFF Snow Leopard Award for Best Actor – Mohsen Tanabandeh for World War III (Iran)
AWFF Snow Leopard Special Jury Award – World War III (Iran) directed by Houman Seyedi
***Notes:
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2. Please arrive early! Seating is first come first serve. RSVP does not guarantee a seat.
Genre: Drama
Duration: 107 minutes
Director: Houman Seyedi
Language(s): Farsi
Subtitles: English
Producer: Houman Seyedi
Screenwriter: Azad Jafarian
Director of Photography: Payman Shadmanfar
Editor: Houman Seyedi
Principal Cast: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebreili, Navid Nosrati
Synopsis:
Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. When Ladan learns about this, she comes to his workplace begging for help. Shakib’s scheme to hide her goes tragically wrong and threatens to ruin his newfound status and what seemed to be the opportunity of a lifetime.
DIRECTOR
Born on 29th of November 1980 in Rasht, Houman Seyedi is a prolific director, scriptwriter, editor and actor in Iranian cinema and theater. He’s a well-known movie actor in Iranian film and TV industries and has already acted in 44 feature and TV films and series, including Asghar Farhadi’s Wednesday Firework. He’s running one of the most prestigious film schools in Iran and teaching film acting and has introduced many young actors to Iranian cinema. He made couple of short films before directing his debut feature film, Africa, in 2011 and has received numerous national and international awards for his films as well. His latest film, WORLD WAR III was premiered and awarded Best Film and Best Actor of the 79th Venice International Film Festival’s Orizzonti in September 2022.
FILMOGRAPHY
Blue-Tooth (short, 2007), 35 Meter Over the Water (short, 2008), All My Personal Belongings, Moved (short, 2009), Asghar Peykan, His Wife and A Little More unconventional Life (short, 2010), Africa (feature, 2011), 13 (feature, 2013), Confessions of My Dangerous Mind (feature, 2015), The Sound and the Fury (feature, 2016), Sheeple (feature, 2018), The Frog (15-episode Series, 2020-21), World War III (2022)
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About Asian World Film Festival:
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, brings the very best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to draw greater recognition to the region’s wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language respectively. All films that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under Aitysh USA.
