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2021 UMFF
Advisor Board

Whip Hubley
Raju Chhabria
Christopher Coppola
Tracy Reiner

Management Team:
Lynn Tang
Sherwood Jones
Eiko Jin
Lisa Brimm
Lee Mariano
Lucy Zheng
Yu Tang
Nikki Julius
Wes Wang
Karime Salinas
Siyuan Liu
Hunter Sternback
Kate Guardado

Screenplay Show Case

Mike Shield
Petra Deeter

Co-host:
St Culture Advocacy

Media Partners:
Tlemundo 52
Universal Broadcast Network
Tlemundo 62
Elnoticoto.com
Universal Film Magazine
WCETV.com
Xinhua News
We Chinese
China Press
Penisula People
Daily Breeze
ASTA Network (US)
HCTV
We got you media
LA Talk Radio
KTNT Radio & TV

Festival Partners:
Broadway International Film Festival Los Angeles

San Diego International Kid's Film Festival

PAH-FEST

Epic ACG Fest

Film Jury:
Rick Tuber
Sharri Hefner
Anthony Francis
Camille Bacos
Gregory Blair
Julian Flynn
Andy Wolf
Bob Landau
Ravien Bracero

Art Jury:
Tammie Starr
Harrison Kiernan
Jon Allen
Eiko Jin
Aima Dong
Ewart Chin

Supporting Artists:
Mel Novak
Mark Justice
Ego Mikitas
Magi Avila
Carolina de Athey
Damien Puckler
Claudia Coloma
Shuo Feng
Leon Jones
Zhengcheng Li
Ruilian Ge
Aldo Cocco
Virginie Claude
Zhuonan Zhang.
Benjamin Debard
Kelly School of Traditional Irish Dance
Mr/Ms Perfect Pagent team
Zhena Folk Chorus

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Producer: Lynn Tang
Prodution Company: Maeya Culture Exchange Group 
About Universe Multicultural Film Festival
The 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 unique movies that can open their minds and fresh their eyes. For filmmakers, it is a fantastic place to meet with the others to create cross-cultural film projects; For distributers, it is a market that has the most diversify films to choose from; For locals, it is a wonderful festival that full of fun and cultural education.

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 2021  Universe Multicultural Film Festival 

 
 
Award   Winner
Grand Jury Prize Best Feature   Toprak (Turkey)
Grand Jury Prize Best Shortt   De Brume Et De Sang (France)
Best Achievement in Directing   Brendan Merrill (@Made In China, USA )
Best Actor in a Leading Role    Vance Lovett @ The Argument (USA)
Best Drama Feature Film     The Witch Princess (Germany)
 Best Drama Short Film    Dignity (USA)
 Best Education Feature Film    The Pursuit of Life (China)
 Best Education Short Film    Pedacito de la Tierra (USA)
 Cultural Heritage Film Award     Gagauzes - In the Sign of Cross and Wolf ( Turkey)
Best Action Film    The Handler (USA)
Best  Art  Feature Film     News from Fukushima (Japan)
Best  Art  Short Film    Mejoice Abyssinia(USA)
Best Documentary Feature     Vision Quest (Canada)
Best Documentary Short     Pedacito de la Tierra (USA)
Best Youth Film     Coming Back (USA)
Best Student Film     Meat Soup (China)
Best Animated Short     AstroLOLogy - Libra - The_Pied-Piping (Malaysia)
Best Music Video     SAU SAU (Chile)
Best Original Song     The Pursuit of Life (China)
Screenplay Contest-Best Feature Screenplay     Ancestors From the Stars (USA, Joe McNeal
Screenplay Contest - Best Horror  Screenplay     Murder Myself(USA - Wei Zheng)
Screenplay Contest - Best War  Screenplayy    Averting the Last Crunch(USA- Dr. A. Niaz)
Screenplay Contest - Best Series Screenplay    Superior Being : She-Who-Knows (UK - Jaroslaw Gogolin)
Screenplay Contest - Best  Uplifting  Screenplay    Alejandro (USA) - Paul Paseli
Screenplay Contest - Best Short Screenplay    Nando (Panama,  Luis A. Figueroa )
 
 

Official Selections – Feature Films

 A Lone Watcher (China)
Gagauzes - In the Sign of Cross and Wolf (Turkey)
Made In China (USA)
News from Fukushima (Japan)
Precipice Herdsman》 (China)
Snow Blaze (China)
The Pursuit of Life (China)
The Handler (USA)
The Way Home (Taiwan)
The Witch Princess (Germany)
Toprak (Turkey)
Vision Quest (Canada)
Who are We? (Australia)

Official Selections – Short Films:  

AstroLOLogy - Libra - The_Pied-Piping (Malaysia)
Cou (Taiwan)
De Brume Et De Sang (France)
Dignity (USA)
Kanda Bode (Don't Get Whipped) (Ethiopia)
Ke Baba Hahalaba (USA)
Panaah (India)
Pedacito de la Tierra (USA)
Rejoice Abyssinia (USA)
Soyka (USA)
The American Dream (USA)
The Argument (USA)
The Light Dares to Desert Me (USA)
Together in Tomorrowland (USA)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (China)
WADAYAZE (Belgium)
Lao Yang's Summer (China)

Official Selections – Screenplays

Alejandro (USA)
Ancestors From the Stars (USA)
Averting the Last Crunch (USA)
Dofu Banquet (China)
Gu Xiaomi Also Has Spring (China)
Murder Myself (USA)
Nando (Panama)
Superior Being: She-Who-Knows (UK)
The Distance (Australia)
The Running Clouds (China)
Qingtuan (China)

Official Selections--Youth-Made & Student Films

Bane of the Beasts (USA)
Carnival (USA) Coming Back (USA)
Meat Soup (China)
One Touch (Greece)
Soul of the Lands (Iceland) 

Official Selections – Music Videos & Film Songs

A Moorish Girl with Her Rattle Stick (Brazil)
Butterfly Talk (China)
Brave (UK) Climbing Up The Walls (USA)
George Floyd: Say Their Names (USA)
Hide & Stay (Australia)
Lonely BANGKOK Day & Nightg (Japan)
Mysterious Pathway (USA)
Mejoice Abyssinia(USA)
Nian(China)
Roots (Sequoia) (UK)
Saintfield: "Into the World" (Canada)
SAU SAU (Chile)
Straight into the Ocean (USA)
Summer of Girls (USA)
That's Life (The Politician Speaks)(USA)
The People (USA)
The Silence (USA)
Ubercock (USA

Special Screening Films

 

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