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Advisor Board

Whip Hubley
Raju Chhabria
Christopher Coppola
Tracy Reiner

Management Team:
Lynn Tang
May Goldi

Lucas Colbert
Leo Terabayashi
Sophia Perez
Riley Blonstrand
Jamie Dong
Jessica Haro
Lee Mariano
Wes Wang
Francisca Mendoza Garcia
Pingxiu Ouyang
Omar Revilla
Eligia Gonzalez
LIbo Li
Nina Childs
Kai Parry

Screenplay Show Case

 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:
Clinton H. Wallace
Camille Bacos
Violeta Nuñez Gorritt
Ruben Roberto Gomez
Yu Tang
Pamela D. Torrance
Gerald Pallay
Mike Shields II
Ewart Chin
Saif Alshareef

Art Jury:
Celeste Friedman
George Sarah
Amelia Johnson
Natalya Korol
Tammie Starr
Megan Simon
Pete Allman

Supporting Artists:
LEON JONES
Bill Houskeeper
Ruxanda Calistru
Cris Felipe
Patrick Foley
Deidra Kathleen
Rosvita Rauch
Mircea Oprea
Tim Christian
Rex Kempton
Cammie Middleton
Peter Jang
Ana Lawson
Melissa Papel
MAGI AVILA
Geremy Dingle
Michael Matteo Rossi
Bart Voitila
Elena C.Castaneda
Scott duPont
Mia Rivera
Sandra K. Horner
Brandon Kelly
Weiji Miao
Claudia Coloma
Dawei Yin
Trevor Morgan Doyle
Crystal J. Huang
Benny Tjandra
Dr. Kala Shreen
MICHAEL BAUMGARTEN
Larry Layfield
Stephen David Brooks
Pamela D. Torrance
Ron Placone
Brian Connors,
World sunshine Women United Association
Fred Astaire Dance Studios\Redondo Beach
Ballet Folklórico Almitas Mexicanas, Lomita,
Guo Se Tian Xiang Troup
Maeya Cultural Ambassadors

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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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 2025  Universe Multicultural Film Festival 

 
Award     Winner
Grand Jury Prize Best Feature     Sugar Beach(United States)
Grand Jury Prize Best Short     Boplicity (United States) 
Life Time Achievement award     Tommy Anderson
Best Achievement in Directing     Yixian Bu - The Secret of Immortal (China)
Best Actor in a Leading Role     Loan Becmont - HOME(France)
 Best Actress in the leading Role     Gloria Laino – This Land Is (United States)
Best Animation Film     Dragon Heart (Japan)
Best Feature Film     Water Lilies(South Korea)
Best Drama Feature Film     Rootless Dust (China)
Best Feature Documentary     The Most Australian Band Ever!(Australia)
Best Short Documentary      9066: Fear, Football and the Theft of Freedom ((United States)
Best Student Film     The Katan Valley (United States)
Best Youth Film     Love As Long As You Can (United States)
Best Youth Film Director     Michelle Ahl -A World Wonder! The Ruins of Sanxingdui (United States)
Best Cinematography     Romance of Melia Azedarach (China)
Best Comedy     Daydreamer (United States)
Best Screenplay     A Sorrowful Song In Jiangcheng (China)
Best Music Video     Sisters United (United States)
Best TV Episode     Don't Look Now (United States)
Cultural Heritage Award     Monisto (Russia)
Make A Difference Award     The Stone is Flying (China)
Best New Director in Feature     Zhiping Wang - Rootless Dust (China)
Best New Director in Short     Diego Casasnovas-Torres -The Eulogy(United States)
Film Songs& Music Contest - Best Original Song     Kam Grand Choirs (China) 
Best Audio book      Hello Lingdingyang (China)
Screenplay Contest - Best Screenplay     Jazz on a Wave  (United States)
Screenplay Contest - Screenplay Showcase     The broken road (United States) 
Maeta Cultural Ambassador     Michelle Ahl 
Maeya National Ambassador     Biyan Chen & Mary Liu
Maeya Heritage Ambassador     Na Ling & Jingkun Wang 
     

Official Selections – Feature Films

  A Sorrowful Song In Jiangcheng (China)
Casa y Comunidad: Latino/a/x Housing in Oregon (United States)
Dragon Heart - Adventures Beyond This World(Japan)
Flower blooming in Rock (China)
Romance of Melia Azedarach (China)
Rootless Dust (China)
Sugar Beach (United States)
The Forgotten War (China)
The Most Australian Band Ever!(Australia)
The secret of Immortal(China)
Water Lilies(South Korea)
Wild Horse Tribal (China)

Official Selections – Short Films:  

Boplicity (United States)
DAYDREAMER (United States)
Deep Sleeping Code (China)
HOME (France)
Moth(Canada)
Meet Young Author Siona Talekar: “I Know What You Do When I Go to School” (United States)
The Eulogy (United States)
The Katan Valley (United States)
The Stone is Flying (China)
This Land Is (United States)
Timeless Classics: Lady Macbeth Monologue (United States)

 

Documentary
9066: Fear, Football, and the Theft of Freedom (United States)
Benevolence (China)
Monisto (Russia)
Passages: a Video Memoir (United States)
Relationship From the Highest Place(South Korea)
Second Chance (United States)

Official Selections – Screenplays 

At Dawn's Early Light (United States)
Final Fire (United States)
Jazz on a Wave (United States)
No Olvidado (United States)
Tales of Sanxingdui (China)
The broken road (United States)
Where the Sweetgrass Grows (United States)
 

Official Selections--Youth-Made Films

A World Wonder! The Ruins of Sanxingdui (United States)
Love As Long As You Can (United States)
Terracotta Fortune (United States)

 

Official Selections – TV Episode 

Don't Look Now (United States)

Official Selections – Music Video

Music Videos:
Each Day Feels the Same(Germany)
Howlin and Dying (United States)
I Don't Love my Mother (France)
Impossible (Uganda)
Kam Grand Choirs (China)
Sisters United (United States)

 

Songs & Audio Books : 

Songs:

Distant place (China)
Buddha's Word (China)
The Magical Garden (USA)
Who Are These Bugs? (USA)

Audio books

Hello Lingdingyang (China)
Pickle: The story of Tangs (China)
Sun and Rain in Chicago (China)

 

Special Screening Films

 

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