Asian World Film Festival 2017

Showcasing the Best Films from the Asian World
October 25 - November 2, 2017
ArcLight Cinemas in Culver City

Featuring 41 films from ASIA including 21 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: AYLA, THE DAUGHTER OF WAR (Turkey)
Centerpiece Film: THE FORTRESS (남한산성 South Korea)
Closing Night Film: GEORGE TAKEI'S ALLEGIANCE (US)

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:

Birdshot (Philippines)
Breath (نفس Iran)
By the Time It Gets Dark (Thailand)
Centaur (Kyrgyzstan)
The Children of Genghis (Mongolia)
The Dark Wind (Iraq)
Dearest Sister (Laos)
Father and Son (Vietnam)
Her Love Boils Bathwater (湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛 Japan)
Listen (اسمعي Lebanon)
Little Gandhi (Syria)
Mad World (一念無明 Hong Kong)
Nirvana (China)
Pomegranate Orchard (Azerbaijan)
Pop Aye (Singapore)
Road to Mother (Kazakhstan)
Saawan (Pakistan)
Sayakbay (Kyrgyzstan)
Scary Mother (Georgia)
A Taxi Driver (택시운전사 South Korea)
Turah (Indonesia)
White Sun (Nepal)
Yellow (زرد Iran)
Yeva (Armenia)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

The Battleship Island (군함도 South Korea)
Burning Birds (Sri Lanka)
Finding Julia (US)
Finding Soraya (Afghanistan)
How Victor the Garlic Took Alexey the Stud to the Nursing Home (Russia)
In Syria (Insyriated, Belgium/Lebanon)
Joy Luck Club (US)
Lord of Shanghai (上海王 China)
Million Loves in Me (寵我 Hong Kong)
Munabia (Kyrgyzstan)
My Husband's Wife (Kazakhstan)
Paths of the Soul (冈仁波齐 China)
Salt (소금 North Korea)
Twenty Two (二十二 China)

For more information and the festival schedule please visit: AWFF2017