AWFF 2021 - Yusif (Lebanon) - Official Selection (In Competition)

AWFF is proud to present its Official Selection of 2021 Asian Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language respectively, along with a number of special and tribute screenings. The Festival aims to promote all films through physical and online screenings, panels, events and social media platforms, in order to assist the filmmakers in their campaigns for Award success.

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Screening: Nov. 9, 2021, 9:30pm PT

Where: The Landmark Theater (10850 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064)

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Genre: Psychological Thriller

Duration: 92 Minutes

Director: Mohamad Kazem Fayad (Kazim Fayad)

Language(s): Arabic

Subtitles: English

Producer: Mohamad Kazem Fayad (Kazim Fayad), Houssein Haidar, Radwan Mortada

Screenwriter: Mohamad Kazem Fayad (Kazim Fayad), Houssein Haidar, Ali Mansour

Cinematographer: Mostafa Dhaini

Editor: Mohamad Kazem Fayad (Kazim Fayad), Ali Fayad

Sound: Patrick Farah

Principal Cast: Houssein Haidar, Fayez Kazack, Wisam Sabagh, Mohamad Fouani, Eyad Nouredine

Synopsis:

Every single life has its own stories and events for every human. “Yusif” is a feature narrative film that shows the life of a 25 years old youth, who has an illness called (Dream Reality Confusion). “Yusif Ibrahim” is a university student studies Arabic literature in Beirut, he suddenly starts to live two separated lives before he decides to stop taking the treatment, and then joins a weapon trading Mafia that works in Lebanon and Syria in one of his two lives, and he does that to protect his brother “Firas” after he died in his other life while he (Firas) was trading in weapons.

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About Asian World Film Festival:

The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), founded by Kyrgyz public figure Sadyk Sher-Niyaz, brings the very best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles to draw greater recognition to the region's wealth of filmmakers and strengthen ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, the Festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia, spanning from Turkey to Japan and from Russia to India and South-East Asia. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submissions for Best International Feature Film and Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language respectively. All films that participate in the Festival will have a unique chance to be guided through the challenging awards season and showcased to members of the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and all Guilds for enhanced exposure, media attention and awards consideration. AWFF is a non-profit organization under Aitysh USA.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Landmark, 10850 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States