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

Polish Film Festival 2019

20th Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles - OCTOBER 18-24, 2019
WGA, Laemmle's NoHo7 and Monica Film Center

The Polish American Film Society is proud to announce the 20th Annual Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles (October 18 – 24, 2019) celebrating the greatest achievements of Polish filmmakers.

The festival will open with Valley of the Gods by Lech Majewski on Friday, October 18, 2019 with a star-studded gala during which both Polish and American filmmakers will walk the red carpet at the WGA Theatre in Beverly Hills. An extravagant start to a seven-day-long celebration of Polish Cinema through October 24, 2019 with subsequent  screenings at the Laemmle's NoHo7 and Monica Film Center.

Let's celebrate the most recent achievements of Polish cinema of features, shorts, documentaries, and animations that will be presented during the festival. 

The following are the feature films selected for this year's edition:

53 WARS (53 wojny)
A COACH’S DAUGHTER (Corka trenera)
A HOLE IN THE HEAD (Dziura w glowie)
BACK HOME (Powrot)
DOLCE FINE GIORNATA (Slodki koniec dnia)
ELIZABETH (Elzbieta)
ETHER (Eter)
ETHIOPIQUES: REVOLT OF THE SOUL
FIGHTER
FORBIDDN SONGS (Zakazane piosenki)
HOW TO DEAL WITH A HANGOVER (Jak pokonac kaca – wersja rezyserska)
INITIALS S.G.
LORD FINN
MEMORY IS OUR HOMELAND
MY FRIEND THE POLISH GIRL (Moja polska dziewczyna)
PLAYING HARD (Zabawa zabawa)
ROCK’N’ROLL EDDIE (Wladcy Przygod. Stad do Oblivio)
SOLID GOLD
SUMMER TO REMEMBER
THE LAST WITNESS (Katyn - Ostatni swiadek)
THE MESSENGER (Kurier)
THE SIGNS (Znaki)
THEIR LUCKY STARS (Cale szczescie)
VALLEY OF THE GODS (Dolina Bogów)
WARSAW: A CITY DIVIDED (Warszawa: Miasto podzielone)
WEREWOLF (Wilkolak)
WINDOWS, WINDOWS (Okna, okna)
WOMEN POWER (Silaczki)

The following are all the awards that will be presented during the opening night gala show:

Artist of Polish Heritage Achievement Award: PAUL WESLEY 
Pola Negri Award: KEIR DULLEA, and JOSEPH RUNNINGFOX 
The Piotr Lazarkiewicz Award for young talent -  BARTOSZ BIELENIA, MICHAL DYMEK

Adam Bratcher Music Debut Award:  LUKASZ OLSZOWKA
The Borders Award for a Short Film: BOGDAN AND ROSE (Bogdan i Roza) by Milena Dutkowska
Cinema Without Borders Special Jury Award for a Short Film: SASZKA by Kataryna Lesisz   

The Hollywood Eagle Animation Award: MVP by Artur Marcol 
The Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award: THE SIGNS (Znaki) by Wojciech Klimala   
The Hollywood Eagle Feature Film Award: ETHER (Eter) by Krzysztof Zanussi  

For more information and festival schedule please visit: PFFLA2019