AWFF 2019

Asian World Film Festival 2019

Showcasing the Best Films from the Asian World
November 6-14, 2019
ArcLight Cinemas in Culver City

Featuring 45 films from ASIA including 18 Oscar submissions!

All films that participate in the festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season, showcasing all foreign films to the Academy members, the Hollywood Foreign Press, and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration.

THE GALAS:

Opening Night Film: JUST MERCY (US)
Centerpiece Film: MEIDUO (China)
Closing Night Film: WEATHERING WITH YOU (Japan)


ACADEMY SUBMISSIONS:

Memories of My Body (Indonesia)
M for Malaysia (Malaysia)
Laal Kabootar (Pakistan)
1982 (Lebanon)
Finding Farideh (Iran)
This Must Be Heaven (Palestine)
Furie (Vietnam)
Shindisi (Georgia)
Aurora (Kyrgzystan)
Hot Bread (Uzbekistan)
Ne Zha (China)
In the Life of Music (Cambodia)
Commitment (Turkey)
The Golden Throne (Kazakhstan)
Parasite (South Korea)
Lengthy Night (Armenia)
Gully Boy (India)

SIGNATURE SCREENINGS:

The Illegal (US)
Divine Fury (South Korea)
The Grapes of Joy (Japan)
The First Republic (Russia)
The Old Capital (Japan)
Chasing the Dream (US)
Passenger from San Francisco (Russia)
Bravest (China)
Hannari (US/Japan)
Tiger Hunter (US/India)
Wild League (Russia)
To Whom It May Concern (US)
Upin & Ipin (Malaysia)
Queen of the Mountains (Kyrgzystan)
Song of the Tree (Kyrgzystan)

 


GOLDEN GLOBE SUBMISSIONS:

The Bull (Russia) 
The Guardian of the Light (Kazakhstan)
The Sun Over Me Never Sets (Russia)
Secret of a Leader (Kazakhstan)


OTHER SCREENINGS IN COMPETITION:

Morine (Lebanon)
Timelife (Syria)
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (Afghanistan)



WU TIAN MING TRIBUTE:

River Without Buoys (1983)
Life (1984)
Old Well (1987)

For more information and the festival schedule please visit: AWFF2019