Scheme (Kazakhstan) - AWFF Signature Screening

AWFF is proud to present its Official Selection of 2022 Asian Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language respectively, along with a number of special screenings and tribute retrospectives. The Festival aims to promote all films through physical and online screenings, panels, events and social media platforms, in order to assist the filmmakers in their campaigns for Award success.

Screening Starts: November 13, 2022 @ 9:30PM PT

Where: AMC Marketplace 6 (4335 Glencoe Ave, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292)

Notes:

1. Please print out your tickets or bring the electronic copies to the event in order to check you in

Genre: Drama

Duration: 73 minutes

Director: Farkhat Sharipov

Language(s): Kazakh

Subtitles: English

Producer: Dina Zhumabek

Director of Photography: Alexander Plotnikov

Editor: Farkhat Sharipov

Principal Cast: Vitoriya Romanova, Tair Svintsov, Diana Bulatova, Yan Tomingas, Evgeniya Ksenaki

Synopsis:

Masha is going through an adolescence crisis and she distances herself from her family. She falls in love with Ram who invites her to party with other girls and offers some money for it. And if she brings new girls, she will be paid extra for each.

DIRECTOR

Farkhat Sharipov has degrees from both the Kazakh National Academy of Arts and the New York Film Academy. His debut feature film “The Tale of a Pink Bunny” in 2010 was a box-office hit in Kazakhstan. Beginning with “The Secret of a Leader” 2018, he is now using his films to explore deep-rooted social problems in modern Kazakhsociety.

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About Asian World Film Festival:

The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, 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.

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