How I Got There
AWFF is proud to present its Official Selection of 2023 Asian Academy Award® and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language respectively, along with a series of Asian Film Day programs,. exclusive presentations and tribute retrospectives. The Festival aims to promote all films through physical screenings, panels, special events and social media platforms, in order to assist the filmmakers in their campaigns for Award success.
Screening: November 15, 2023 @ 8PM PT
Where: The Culver Theater
Notes:
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Genre: Dramady, Action, Thriller
Duration: 140 min
Director: Zeyad (Z) Alhusaini
Language(s): Arabic, English
Subtitles: English
Producers: Aziz Al-Yaqout, Hamza Jamjoom, Meshari AlMutawa, Zeyad (Z) Alhusaini
Director of Photography: Dominique Colin
Editor: Jordan Maltby
Principal Cast: Ron Perlman, Yaqoub Abdulla, Hamad AlOmani, Rawan Mahdi, Jaaved Jaaferi, Bobby Naderi
Synopsis:
Two best friends from childhood stumble on a shipment of guns, they seize a once in a lifetime opportunity to get rich quick. Way over their heads, their wild ride takes a dangerous turn onto an underground world of gun-running mercenaries and local gangs, challenging their friendship and threatening their lives. The film is an explosive journey into the social fabric of the Arabian Gulf and an unexpected window into the dark inner workings of its crime networks.
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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.