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Advisor Board

Whip Hubley
Raju Chhabria
Christopher Coppola
Tracy Reiner

Management Team:
Lynn Tang
Sherwood Jones
Eiko Jin
Lee Mariano
Lucy Zheng
Yu Tang
Nikki Julius
Wes Wang
Siyuan Liu
Luis G Lema
Kristine Pham

Screenplay Show Case

Reopening 2023

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:
Dr. E Anthony Collins
Camille Bacos
Michael Matteo Rossi
Amor Sanchez
Brian Connors
Ewart Chin
Ego Mikitas

Art Jury:
Harrison Kiernan
Tammie Starr
Alma Dong
Jon Allen
Claudia Coloma
Francisca Mendoza Garcia

Supporting Artists:
Douglas Smith
Bill Blair
Alexandra Vino
LEON JONES
MAGI AVILA
Michael Charles Jr,
Sarah Garcia,
Siyuan Liu,
Patricia Alarcón
Diana Madalina Puscasu
Ruxanda Calistru
Las Estrellas Ballet Folklorico of Long Beach

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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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Awards   Winner
Grand Jury Prize Best Feature   A Beautiful Breakup (United Kingdom)
Grand Jury Prize Best Short   A Stranger at the Funeral (Peru) 
Best Achievement in Directing   Anna Chi from "The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu" (USA)
Best Actress in a Leading Role   LeelaTikadar from “My Home”(united Kingdom)
Best Drama Short Film   On the beach (Iran)
Best Education Film   paSta’ay (Taiwan)
Best Education Short   Parental Alienation: The Aftermath (USA) 
Cultural Heritage Film Award    SICON - Memoirs of a Master Craftsman (India)
Best Documentary - Feature    The Loneliness Of Those Who Do Not Exist (Spain)
Best Documentary - Short    The Man of the Trees (Italy)
Best Student Film    Something Has Died In The Forest (Australia )
Best Animated Short   Miracle (China)
Best Cinematography    SHASHTHI ((India)
Best Music Video   Names and Chains (Haiti)
Make A Difference Award   Altitude Not Attitude (USA
Screenplay Contest - Best  Screenplay    Clyde and Bear (USA)--Aram S. Katz
Screenplay Contest - Best Series  Screenplay    At the Mercy of Faith (USA)--- Samuel Taylor
Screenplay Contest - Best Short Screenplay   To the Moon (USA) ----Michael Dukakis
 
 

Official Selections – Feature Films

 A Beautiful Breakup (United Kingdom)
America v2.1: The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of the American Negro (United States)
Emergence: Out of the Shadows (Canada)
My Rembetika Blues (Australia)
paSta’ay (Taiwan)
The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu (United States)
The Loneliness Of Those Who Do Not Exist (Spain

Official Selections – Short Films:  

A Stranger at the Funeral (Peru)
A Tropical Boy (Korea)
Dare Or Not? (France)
Happy (Russia)
ICON - Memoirs of a Master Craftsman (India)
Miracle (China)
My Home (United Kingdom)
On the beach (Iran)
Parental Alienation: The Aftermath (United States)
Professional Experience (Brazil)
Respect and Honor (United States)
SHASHTHI (India)
Tashi‘s Sheep (China)
The Border (Spain)
The Man of the Trees (Italy)
Unresolved - WIP for both Sound and Coloring (United States)

Official Selections – Screenplays

American Reversal (United States)
Amy and Angel (United States)
At the Mercy of Faith (United States)
At the Mercy of Faith - Alternative Horror (United States)
At the Mercy of Faith - Terror Version (United States)
Calligraphy School (China)
Clyde and Bear (United States)
Embroidery Lady (China)
Postcard Journeys (United States)
Saman Moon (China)
The Cloud-like Incense (China)
The Drum (China)
The Fragrance of Rice Flowers (China)
To the Moon (United States)

Official Selections--Youth-Made & Student Films

2030 (United States)
Challenge (United States)
Impermanence (United States)
Recipient (United States)
Something has Died in the Forest (Australia)
The Pain Killer (Korea)

Official Selections – Music Video/TV Episode

A Back to You (United States)
Born To Be A Queen (United States)
Copper Lines by Banjii & Mayuri (United States)
Freedom Greater Than Love (United States)
FreeWorld - "D-Up (Here's To Diversity)" (United States)
Gravity (United Arab Emirates)
Impetuous attraction (Brazil)
Maybe in a Thousand Years (United States)
Names and Chains (Haiti)
Sculpture (Iran)
Lamp (Russia)

Special Screening Films

 

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