{"id":54750,"date":"2022-11-22T12:42:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54750"},"modified":"2022-11-22T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:56:55","slug":"2022-asian-world-film-festival-announces-competition-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=54750","title":{"rendered":"2022 Asian World Film Festival Competition Winners list unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 The eighth annual\u00a0Asian World Film Festival (AWFF)<\/a>\u00a0unveiled its competition winners at a star-studded event on Friday (11\/18) at Beverly Hill\u2019s Saban Theater.\u00a0The\u00a0Last Film Show<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film; Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for\u00a0World War III\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong>(Iran), and\u00a0Hui Fang Hong\u00a0was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for\u00a0Ajoomma<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Singapore).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Georges N. Chamchoum<\/strong>, AWFF executive director (Middle), Asel Sherniyazova<\/strong> (Right 1). Asian World Film Festival Co-Founder and Managing Director<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to\u00a0World War III,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>directed by\u00a0<\/em>Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora\u2019s Sunrise<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Armenia), directed by\u00a0Inna Sahakyan.\u00a0Kerr\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos,\u00a0<\/em>received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a\u00a0$60,000\u00a0Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press (HFPA), which hosted the AWFF\u2019s short film competition, bestowed the HFPA Scholarship Best Short Award of\u00a0$5000\u00a0upon director\u00a0Dania Bdeir\u00a0for \u201cWarsha<\/strong>\u201d (Lebanon\/France). HFPA runner-up, Adilet Karzhoev, director of\u00a0\u201cBurul\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(Kyrgyzstan), was honored with the StarsCollective Emerging Filmmaker Award of\u00a0$2000.\u00a0<\/strong>Additionally, the Panavision Award for Short Film Cinematography, plus a\u00a0$15,000\u00a0camera grant, was bestowed upon\u00a0Amirhossein Khoshbin, director of photography on \u201cDeer\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(Iran).<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis year\u2019s AWFF screened an amazing bounty of cinematic riches,\u201d said Georges N. Chamchoum, AWFF executive director. \u201cWe exhibited films from more than 50 nations, and each emblematic of the value of Asian voices to the industry and to audiences. The awards reflect the spirit of AWFF and the essence of what the festival stands for!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dam Vinh Hung<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The competition and previously announced honorary awards were delivered during a music-filled ceremony hosted by actress, philanthropist, and founder of the One Heart Movement,\u00a0Krista Kleiner\u00a0and actor, writer, and producer\u00a0Jeff Locker. Among the evenings internationally recognized performers were singer, songwriter Dam Vinh Hung and\u00a0Ha Phuong, singer, actress, and founder of Ha Phuong Foundation\u2013both born in\u00a0South Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n

AWFF Competition Winners<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n