From March 31 to April 2, after three full days of film screening, industries panels, galas, living shows, the Universe Multicultural Film Festival (UMFF) complete its 2017 edition in  a star dusting extra long red carpet.  Hundreds of Hollywood stars and the film delegations from 13 countries create a beautiful image as rainbow in the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

This edition, the UMFF showed 100+ films and screenplays, 3 galas, 4 industries panels, living show of screenplay showcases and cultural fashion contest.  There are more than 10 film projects reach cooperation agreement, and many more distributions deals are in discussion. It is a successful event.

At the award ceremony, hosted by Tracy Reiner, UMFF honored 3 Hollywood celebrity,  Aki Aleong (Lifetime Achievement Award ); Mel Novak (Living Legend Award); Laurene Landon ( Trailblazer Award). The grand Jury Prize winner, Best Feature is “Blossoming Into a Family” (Japan); Culture Heritage Film Award is “ Kurdistan-Kurdistan) ( Turkey).  The completed award winner list is here