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2023年第五届洛杉矶亚洲电影节金钻奖颁奖盛典成功落幕

洛杉矶12月19日讯,2023年第五届洛杉矶亚洲电影节金钻奖颁奖盛典今天在洛杉矶成功落幕,20名金钻奖获奖名单出炉。颁奖盛典现场500多名电影明星、艺术家、各界名流和赞助商等嘉宾,精英汇聚、群星闪耀,从下午开始的红毯仪式、颁奖盛典,直至晚上的精彩选美比赛及演出环节高潮迭起,现场一片欢声笑语,热闹非凡。

2023年第五届洛杉矶亚洲电影节金钻奖提名影片包括美国、中国、印度、日本、哈萨克、伊朗、加拿大、印尼、伊拉克、泰国、中国台湾和香港等国家和地区共有100部电影作品获得了提名,20部电影作品和2名特别奖项摘取了金钻奖桂冠。

洛杉矶亚洲电影节主席斯托纳(Holmes Stoner)今天在金钻奖颁奖盛典上致辞时,对各国电影界人参与2023年第五届亚洲电影节的开闭幕式、影片展映、论坛会议、推介洽谈和金钻奖颁奖盛典活动表示感谢。

斯托纳还表示,亚洲电影节作为开放性国际电影文化艺术平台,欢迎与各国电影界开展合作,凭借美国国际商会的商业资源背景,以洛杉矶亚洲电影节为主题开展包括产业园区、内容合作、衍生品开发、以及影片制作发行、教育培训、专项投资等多元化的全方位紧密合作。

洛杉矶亚洲电影节执行主席秦嘉豪(Jason Quin)今天表示,做为世界范围内规模最大的洛杉矶亚洲电影节,将继续以立足世界电影之都好莱坞的地域优势及契机,充分发挥美国电影技术及优势,扩大国际及亚洲朋友圈,特别是支持扶持青年电影人的发展,为促进各国电影产业有序衔接,共襄盛举、共享机遇、共创未来,以洛杉矶亚洲电影节的最高荣誉金钻奖促进电影事业发展,表彰为电影艺术全球化做出贡献的优秀电影人。

第五届洛杉矶亚州电影节颁奖盛典,除了颁奖给20名金钻奖得主之外,本届组委会还为对亚洲电影节及青年电影文化事业做出杰出贡献的美第奇家族战略合伙人,美第奇珠宝品牌合伙人和劳德珠宝创始人毛界武女士,颁发了亚洲电影特别贡献奖。

亚洲电影组委会今天还正式宣布,第六届洛杉矶亚洲电影节将于2024年1月8日正式启动,接受申请报名,欢迎各国家及地区的电影人参加申请,也欢迎各国电影文化机构及投资人支持合作,共襄盛举。

此外,第35届世界亚裔小姐选美大赛全球总决赛也在今晚亚洲电影节金钻奖颁奖盛典后接力登场,使整场盛典接力活动充满了亚洲文化的迷人活力和魅力风采。

亚洲电影节(Asian Film Festival) 最初由美国国际商会为推动亚洲电影在全球发展在洛杉矶创立,于2018年5月2日获批为美国加州非营利性机构,首届金钻奖颁奖盛典于2019年12月12日在洛杉矶比特摩尔千禧酒店隆重举行。洛杉矶亚洲电影节金钻奖致力于构建亚洲和全球各国之间的电影文化纽带,是美国目前规模最大的亚洲电影节,堪称亚洲电影节的“奥斯卡”,多年来持续为青年电影人教育项目提供支持和募捐,每年均向非营利教育机构提供直接捐助。亚洲电影节目前由亚洲电影节委员会管理,并运营金钻奖颁奖盛典等一系列主题活动。

Amber Martinez, Made an Official Judge of the 2021 Asian Film Festival

Amber Martinez, Made an Official Judge of the 2021 Asian Film Festival

On Saturday November 7th, 2020, the official judges were announced for next year’s 2021 Asian Film Festival (https://asianfilmfestival.us).

Among the announced judges was Amber Martinez, actress and producer. Amber Martinez has worked on many films and television projects. Some of her well-known film projects are Dead Ant, Madness in the Method, Glass Jaw, Fight of Fury, Guitars and Guns, Bond of Justice: Kizuna, and Senior Entourage.

In the film Senior Entourage, Amber Martinez worked with an amazing all-star cast, including Ed Asner, Marion Ross, Mark Rydell, Charles Robinson, James Handy, David Lockhart, Brian Conners, and the late Helen Reddy.

Amber Martinez

Some television projects, that Ms. Martinez has worked on include 68 Whiskey, Why Women Kill, NCIS,
S.W.A.T., Homeland, and Dirty John: Betty Broderick. Her latest project that she is working on is the film
Christmas Slasher, where she stars in the role of “Victoria” and she is also an Executive Producer on the
film. Presenting this honor on Nov. 7th, 2020, was the festival director himself, Jason Quin.

The event took place at the new luxury hotel The Maybourne Beverly Hills, located at 225 N Canon Dr, Beverly
Hills, CA 90210.

The event was photographed by Guillermo Proano. Also, in attendance at the official announcement were international recording artist Josh Moreland, actress Rebecca Holden,TV host Shelley Sykes, philanthropist Leith Eaton, and former Hollywood Foreign Press AssociationPresident, Aida Takla.

When asked about receiving the honor of being a judge for the 2021 Asian Film Festival, Ms. Martinez replied, “It is truly an honor and I am so incredibly grateful for this opportunity…”

Amber Martinez has a few official websites, http://www.amber-martinez.com and her fan website http://www.ambermartinezofficial.com.

Festival Director Jason-Quin and Amber-Martinez

Amber Martinez official social media connections are as follows:
Twitter: @__AmberMartinez, Instagram: @amber_martinez_official, and Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/theofficialambermartinez.

This original article was published by: London-TV.co.uk

The Confederation Institute of Education is a sponsor of the 2nd Annual Asian Film Festival Los Angeles 2020 and plans research projects to support the practice of Asian young filmmakers and student film directors.

2017 Collegiate Inventors Competition Winners Announced


Winners of the 2017 Collegiate Inventors Competition held November 3, 2017 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, VA.

The future of American innovation was on display November 3rd at the 2017 Collegiate Inventors Competition held at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, VA.

Cutting-edge inventions created by the nation’s brightest young innovators from colleges and universities across the country – solving challenges from water decontamination to wearable power generation – were showcased at the competition’s public expo, providing the students a forum to answer questions and discuss their inventions with USPTO patent examiners, patent attorneys, trademark examiners and senior officials; corporate sponsors; members of the intellectual property community; and the public.

During the competition, the 29 undergraduate and graduate students from 12 teams all had the opportunity to interact one-on-one with inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). These legendary innovators – who have invented many tools, processes, or devices that are now commonplace in our lives (optical fiber, implantable defibrillator, Post-it® Notes, digital camera) — served as judges for the competition, and provided advice and inspiration for the students. USPTO officials also served as judges.

The winner in the undergraduate category was a team from University of Iowa, Abraham Espinoza and Matthew Rooda. Their invention, SwineTech, is an audio processing technology that determines if piglets are in distress, allowing farmers to provide a higher quality of life to their livestock.

The graduate winner was Ning Mao from Boston University for Engineered Probiotics. Her priobiotic solution is an affordable and convenient way to provide early detection of cholera and help further contain the spread of the disease.

The top undergraduate and graduate winning teams each received $10,000. Second- and third-place finishers also were awarded cash and prizes. Read more about all the 2017 CIC finalists and winners and hear what they love about inventing.

Through this competition, the skills that these students gained through the process of invention and by learning about intellectual property will be assets to them as they continue with their research or commercialize their inventions.

The Collegiate Inventors Competition is one of several important programs that the USPTO and NIHF offer to young inventors. Others include Invention Playground for preschool children, Camp Invention and Club Invention for elementary school children, and Invention Project for middle school students. Since 1990, NIHF’s education programs have served more than 1.25 million children, and 125,000 teachers and leadership interns — promoting a better understanding of the vital role intellectual property and innovation play in our lives and our economy and helping build entrepreneurial skills for the next generation of inventors.