AWFF 2023 Short Film Program
AWFF is proud and honored to present its first open submission Short Film Program for 2023, where filmmakers from around the world can submit their short films for consideration through FilmFreeway, the industry's leading film festival and indie film marketplace. The Program is dedicated to supporting and promoting filmmaking in Asia and the work of Asian/Asian-American/Multiracial-Asian filmmakers globally. Our mission is to showcase the diverse and talented voices of Asian filmmakers and provide a platform for their creative expression.
First Screening: November 13, 2023 @ 5PM PT
Second Screening: November 15, 2023 @ 12PM PT
Notes:
1. Please print out your tickets or bring the electronic copies to the event in order to check you in.
The Short Film List:
Bride Stone by Guzel Duishenkulova (Kyrgyzstan)
DOLDRUMS by Le Chau (Vietnam)
End of Summer by Weiqi Cai (China/US)
Hush by Gaelle Hamawi (Lebanon)
Leveled by Sara Rangooni (Canada/Pakistan)
The Old Young Crow by Liam LoPinto (Japan)
Our Males and Females by Ahmad Alyaseer (Jordan)
Queen of the Mountain by Shamyrbek Mamat (Kyrgyzstan)
Romeo by Tynystan Temirzhan (Kyrgyzstan)
Speaker by Alan Hamwan (Iraq/UK)
The Unreachable Star by Sharon S. Park (Japan/Korea/US)
Witness by Aida Tebianian (Iran)
Refund Policy
Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Vivenu's fee are nonrefundable.
Date
Asian World Film Festival
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz and overseen by Executive & Program Director Georges N. Chamchoum, 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.