The Monk and The Gun
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.
First Screening: November 9, 2023 @ 3:30PM PT
Second Screening: November 11, 2023 @ 6:30PM PT
Where: The Culver Theater
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Duration: 107 min
Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji
Language(s): (opens in a new tab)Dzongkha
Subtitles: English
Producers: Jean-Christophe Simon, Hsu Feng, Stephanie Lai, Pawo Choyning Dorji
Director of Photography: Jigme Tenzing
Editor: Hsiao-Yun Ku
Principal Cast: Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam
Synopsis:
The Kingdom of Bhutan is to become a democracy and holds a mock election as a training exercise. In the town of Ura, an old lama orders a monk to get a gun to face the imminent change in the kingdom. Meanwhile, an American collector is in search of a valuable gun that falls in the lama’s hands.
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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.