Surviving Bokator
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 12, 2023 @ 12:30PM PT
Where: The Culver Theater
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Genre: Documentary
Duration: 130 min
Director: Mark Bochsler
Language(s): English & Khmer
Subtitles: English
Country: Canda/Cambodia
Producers: Sandra Leuba
Director of Photography: Mark Bochsler
Editor: Kevin Schjerning, Faisal Lutchmedial, Tamara Scherbak, Joseph Johnson-Cami
Principal Cast: Kim Sean, Tharoth “Little Frog” Sam, Darith Ung
Synopsis:
Surviving Bokator joins the incredible journey of genocide survivor San Kim Sean who leads a team of youth on a high-stakes, grassroots mission to revive Cambodia’s ancient martial art of Bokator, and bring the fledgling sport to the world. Like many of Cambodia’s great traditions, Bokator was nearly eradicated by the Khmer Rouge regime during the civil war of the 1970’s, and was feared extinct. Filmed over a decade, this powerful story of triumph over adversity, conflict, loss, determination and survival, is a unique window into a post-war people’s efforts to reclaim cultural identity and find their place in the modern world.
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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.