Los Angeles Asian Film Awards

- THIS IS A LIVE EVENT WITH THEATRE SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND AWARDS SHOW HAPPENING IN THE COMING FALL - To enter the main competition(all categories except for the International Film feature and short categories ), your project must have a director, writer, producer, or talent of Asian descent to be eligible for awards. The International Film feature and short categories are for non-Asian filmmakers and works. All the works submitted in foreign languages MUST have English subtitles. ========================================================================= Join Award-Winning Filmmaker and Writer Lureen Wu and honorable judge, director Roger Christiansen ("Friends," "Hannah Montana," "Tango Down") as they bring you a selection of pure Asian Cinema for Screenings and Awards. The situation surrounding COVID-19 has caused a lot of pain in the film and entertainment industries, and no group has been affected more than Asian Filmmakers, Writers, and Creators. The Los Angeles Asian Film Awards is a hub and a platform for Asian filmmakers to have their works seen and their voices heard. Los Angeles Asian Film Awards, originally called Las Vegas Asian Film Awards (LVAFA) was an independent festival that resides beneath the umbrella of AOF MegaFest, which is in its 19th year, is the largest film event of its kind in the world. Held in Las Vegas at the Premiere Theaters and Locations, the show regularly exceeds 20,000 guests and attendees. Moving to Los Angeles, the center of the film industry, networking opportunities are literally like no other in the world, Los Angeles Asian Film Awards is offering a wide variety of industry guests, seminar speakers, and panelists. Festival Director Lureen Wu was born and raised in Shanghai, China. She worked as a TV director in Shanghai for years, including TV documentaries, TV commercials, celebrity talk shows, and music videos. Early in her career in Shanghai, Lureen worked with the Emmy Award-winning television interviewer, Nancy Merrill, in the English talk show "Nancy Merrill: Minds of Millionaires" on the international channel of Shanghai TV Station(SMG) and CCTV NEWS. After moving to the United States, Lureen continued pursuing her career in film. She worked with filmmakers who are part of some best-known movies and TV shows such as Friends, Les Misérables（2012), The Big Bang Theory, Saw, Sex and The City, Iron Man 2, Grey's Anatomy, The Princess Diaries, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones...... Our Festival is open to ALL Asian filmmakers, talents, and writers of all genres and lengths.