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About Universe Multicultural Film Festival Film has the power to bring history to life, open windows into other cultures and engage in a way that no other medium can duplicate. Universe multicultural film festival provides an equal stage for every culture to show and shine. For film lovers, it is a place for the unique movies that can open their mind and fresh their eyes. For film makers, it is a fantastic place to meet with the others to create cross cultural film project; For distributers, it is a market that have most diversify films to choice for; For locals, it is a wonderful festival that full of fun and cultural education.
2015 Universe Multicultural Film Festival Award Winners
Award
Winner
Grand Jury Prize - Best Feature
The Guide (Ukraine)
Grand Jury Prize - Best Short
Letterbox (UK)
Best Achievement in Directing
Albane Fioretti, Lou-Brice Leonard - Every Day is A Small Life (France)
Best Actor in A Leading Role
Stanislav Boklan - The Guide (Ukraine)
Best Actress in A Leading Role
Marie-Stephane Cattaneo - Head-to-Head (France)
Best Screenplay
Rice Wine (China)
Culture Heritage Film Award
Yi Girl Camellia (China)
Achievement in Cultural Heritage
Nuoming huari
Best Animated Film
Blue Eyes in Harbor Tale (Japan)
Best Student Film - Feature
196 (Russia)
Best Student Film - Short
Me Buddy, Muhammad (Ireland)
Best Documentary - Feature
Arctic Odyssey (France)
Best Documentary - Short
Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition (Switzerland)
Best Educational Film
Number 7 (China)
Best Mixed Media
Something Important (USA)
Best Musical Film
The Lead Singer and Dancer and His Woman (China)
Best Music Video
Tell Me (Slovenia)
Best Children's Film
Hmong Kid (China)
Screenplay Contest - 1st Prize
The Night Witches (UK) - Steven John Prowse
Screenplay Contest - 2nd Prize
Grace (Canada) - Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Allen Russel
Screenplay Contest - 3rd Prize
Didi, Bahini (USA) - Sandra Hunnicutt
Best Qipao Show Artist
Mia Lee
Official Selections – Feature Films
Official Selections – Screenplays
-196 (Russia) Arctic Odyssey (France) Decoding Baqtun (USA) Feeling the Love Flute (China) Hmong Kid (China) King's Seal (Australia) Kyra Kyralina (Romania) My Grandmoth is An Angle (China) Number 7 (China) Open Your Heart (China) The Guide (Ukraine) The Last Headwoman (China) The Lead Singer and Dancer and His Woman (China) The Other Night (China) Wazi FM (Kenya) Where is Elle-Kari and what happened to Noriko-San (Israel) Yi Girl Camellia (China)
Feature Screenplays The Final Decline of the Cuan Dynasty (China) - Yuanshu Luo Diamond is Forever (United States) - Mike Shields Didi, Bahini (United States) - Sandra Hunnicutt Eleven Days (Australia) - Jaginder Singh Feeling the Love Flute (China) - Ping Jiang Grace (Canada) - Lynda Lemberg & Jeffrey Allen Russel Halfway Home (United States) - David J Schroeder The Kingfisher (United States) - Jeff Bowers The Night Witches (United Kingdom) - Steven John Prowse
Short Screenplays 10 Minutes (United States) - Marianne Case Between Darkness and Light (United States) - Jake Teeny First Day (United States) - Anabelle Vo
Official Selections – Short Films:
3 Russian Words (Russia) 5562 (USA) A Piece of Green (Japan) Alegria - A Humanitarian Expedition (Switzerland) Ali's Letter (India) Armé (Sweden) Beautiful (Australia) Between the Lines (Germany) Blue Eyes in Harbor Tale (Japan) Busking in Thessaloniki (Greece) Can't Give Up on You (Australia) Carme's Angels (Spain) Chachi's Funeral (India) D. Asian ( USA) Daily Lives at Daisy Lodge (Japan) Do As the Fish Tells You (Japan) Doron Coron (Japan) Every Day is A Small Life (France)
Everyday Sins (Japan) Garden's Road (Spain) Growth Factor (Japan) Harbor Tale (Japan) Have You Met Miss Jones? (USA) Head-to-Head (France) I Know You (United Kingdom) Letterbox (United Kingdom) Look No More (USA) Masheenee Alcketiara (Kuwait) Me Buddy, Muhammad (Ireland) Milk Teeth (Austria) My Frame (Japan) My Milk Cup Cow (Japan) Not Anymore (USA) Pearl: Harbor December 7 (USA) Plastic Glory (USA) Playground (Japan) Praanam (India)
Re÷belief (USA) Rice Wine (China) Rise (United Arab Emirates) Rock is Not an Attitude (USA) Run Crab Run! (USA) Something Important (USA) Start A Revolution (New Zealand) Tell Me (Slovenia) The 40 Martyr of Famagusta (Singapore) The Beggar (Iran) The Emotional Dimensions of the James River (USA) The Man from Jalisco (USA) The Urban World (USA) The Violinist (USA) To the Sea (Brazil) Visibility (Russia) Way Back to the Sea (Japan) Yokohama Tale (Japan)
Special Screening Films:
Meet In Pyong Yang (North Korea &China)
Silent Siege (USA)
Frontera Camino Al Infierno ( Cross Border) ( Mexico)
