Asian World Film Festival, the Glossary

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1. 27 relations: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Academy Awards, Better Days (2019 film), California, COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Daniel K. Winn, David Henry Hwang, David Seidler, Derek Tsang, Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Hong Kong, Imran Khan (film actor), Janet Yang, Jean-Marc Vallée, Joan Chen, King of the Mountains, Kyrgyzstan, Lisa Lu, List of common film awards categories, Los Angeles, Lucy Liu, Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, Sarmad Khoosat, Sergei Bodrov, The Hollywood Reporter, TheWrap, Zindagi Tamasha.

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Better Days (2019 film)

Better Days (Romanized as Shao nian de ni) is a 2019 Chinese drama film directed by Derek Tsang and written by Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan and Xu Yimeng.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

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Daniel K. Winn

Daniel K. Winn (born June 19, 1966) is a Vietnamese-American artist, curator, and philanthropist.

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David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City.

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David Seidler

David Seidler (4 August 1937 – 16 March 2024) was a British-American playwright and film and television writer.

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Derek Tsang

Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actor.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is a Golden Globe Award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to reward theatrically-released feature film not in the English language.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Imran Khan (film actor)

Imran Khan (born Imran Pal; 13 January 1983) is an American actor of Indian origin who worked in Hindi films.

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Janet Yang

Janet Yang (born July 13, 1956) is an American film producer and the current President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Jean-Marc Vallée

Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963December 25, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter.

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Joan Chen

Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American actress and film director.

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King of the Mountains

The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used.

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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges.

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Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu Yan (born Lu Pingxiang; January 19, 1927) is a Chinese-American actress.

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List of common film awards categories

The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Lucy Liu

Lucy Alexis Liu (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress.

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Sadyk Sher-Niyaz

Sadyk Sher-Niyaz is a director, producer, and public figure from the Kyrgyz Republic, best known for his work on the film Kurmanjan Datka: Queen of the Mountains.

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Sarmad Khoosat

Sarmad Sultan Zaleel Khoosat (born 7 May 1979) is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

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Sergei Bodrov

Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov (p; born 28 June 1948) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.

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TheWrap

TheWrap is an American media company covering the business of entertainment and media.

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Zindagi Tamasha

Zindagi Tamasha, titled Circus of Life in English, is a 2019 Pakistani drama film directed by Sarmad Khoosat.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_World_Film_Festival

Also known as AWFF.