Bionic Buzz® got to cover the red carpet of the opening night gala of the 2021 Asian World Film Festival . The AWFF kicked off with Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao’s highly anticipated Marvel Studios’ Eternal. It also featured the first honoree for the Bruce Lee Award which was announced by Shannon Lee, daughter of the legendary actor at the opening night gala.
The Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) brings the best of a broad selection of Asian World cinema to Los Angeles in order to draw greater recognition to the region’s wealth of filmmakers, strengthening ties between the Asian and Hollywood film industries. Uniting through cross-cultural collaboration, our festival champions films from over 50 countries across Asia spanning from Turkey to Japan and Russia to India. The Festival is unique in that it predominantly screens Oscar and Golden Globe submitted films from Asia for the Best Foreign Language Film. https://asianworldfilmfest.org/
Check out out red carpet interviews below by our host Virag Vida.
Our interview with Shannon Lee actress from HBO Max’s Warrior & daughter of Bruce Lee.
Our interview with actress Kieu Chinh from The Joy Luck Club, China Beach & NCIS: Los Angeles.
Our interview with artist, curator and philanthropist Sir Daniel Winn who designed the award for the film festival.
Our interview with actor Yoson An from Mulan, Mortal Engines and The Plane.
Our interview with actor Jesse Kove from On Wings of Eagles and Cobra Kai.
Our interview with actor Kevin Kreider from Kat Loves LA, Phantom Faye & Bruce!!!!
Our interview with actor Kolten Jensen from Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I.
Our interview with stuntwoman / actress Jade Xu who played a Black Widow in Marvel Studio’s Black Widow and returned as that Black Widow in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in the fight club scene. Along with her husband David Torok who is a stuntman / actor from Kung Fury 2 and The Matrix Resurrections.
Our interview with actor Peter Kwong from Big Trouble in Little China & Curb Your Enthusiasm with actress Jan Gan Boyd from Assassination and Steele Justice.
Our interview with actress Loni Anderson from WKRP in Cincinnati, Easy Street & My Sister Is So Gay.
Our interview with Georges Chamchoum who is an Emmy and Multiple Award-winning Film Director & Producer and Film Festival Organizer.