Announcing the 12 finalists for the HFPA Snow Leopard Scholarship. The winner will be announced at the 2021 AWFF virtual festival during March 10 - 15.

The screening of each short film will be available soon. Stay tuned!

About the HFPA Snow Leopard Scholarship:

Up to twelve selected Asian short films, which must have been produced and/or directed by an Asian filmmaker, will be screened during the AWFF's short film programs.

Among the jury members: Guljan Toktogul from Kyrgyzstan and Adilkhan Adilkhan Yerzhanov from Kazakhstan.

HFPA SNOW LEOPARD SCHOLARSHIP - SHORT FILMS:

BALAPAN (Kyrgyzstan) by Dinayar Abyrov - Curator: Aitysh Kyrgyzstan, CIS

A DAY OFF (Lebanon ) by Leonardo Bassil - Curator: Beirut Film Society, Lebanon

DID YOU SAY NO (USA/Philippines) by Raeshib Aggerwhil - Curator: FilAm Creative, Los Angeles

EXAM (Iran) by Sonia Hadad - Curator: Beirut Film Society, Lebanon

AN HOUR (Georgia) by Giorgi Tavartkiladze -Curator: Aytish Kyrgyzstan, CIS

MONSTER NEVER KNOW (China) by Min Yang - Curator: Moredii, Los Angeles

PEUR BLEUE (Lebanon) by Lynn Tawile - Curator: Cinemaiyat, Lebanon

Home Without a Ground (Malaysia) by Putri Purnama Sugua - Curator: Haris Sulong, Malaysia

A SCARECROW (Nepal) by Min Bahabdur Bahm - Curator: AWFF

TATTOO (Iran) by Farhad Delaram -Curator: Beirut Film Society, Lebanon

UNDER THE STORK’S NEST by (Armenia) Ani Aganesyan - Curator Aitysh Kyrgyzstan, CIS

WITHOUT HIM (Iran) by Hamidreza Gazemi - Curator: Aitysh Kyrgyzstan, CIS