Awards 2020
Best Fiction
Mention Best Fiction
Pseudo by Steven Chan
Here and Now by Aurelien Mathieu
Best Documentary
Buddha in Africa by Nicole Schafer
Best Script
Tale Of The Song by Chaoqun Wang
Best Actor
Ronin by John Do
Best Actress
10 Minutes For A Pound by Jadey Duffield
Mention Best Actress
Yah Wave by Emma Power
Here and Now by Aurelien Mathieu
Laurence Porteil
Best Music
Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala
Yah Wave by Emma Power
Selection 2021
- Best Fiction
- Best Documentary
- Best Script
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Music
- People's Choice Award
Awards 2021
UNIVERSAL MARTIAL ART FILMS FESTIVAL
AWARDS 2016
BEST FICTION : Aslan by Florian Metzner
BEST DOC : Okinawa Slovakia The Way of Karate by Anton Szomolányi
POEPLE'S CHOICE AWARD : You Can't Hear Me. You Can't See Me
by Awi Suriyadi - Andrew Lincoln Suleiman
DOCUMENTARIES
Under The Lights in Thailand
Director
Jesse Maddox
Producer
Nate DeLong
Key Cast
Nate DeLo, Mark Nardone, Julian Nguyen, Joe Sotaridona
Doc - 65 minutes - United States - 2014
SYNOPSIS : Every year in Thailand, the WMF (World MuayThai Federation) holds the World MuayThai Championship. National teams from all around the globe battle for a chance at a medal or a coveted championship belt. We follow Team USA, a small underdog team that is representing a country that does not-yet recognize Muay Thai as an official sport and does not offer any funding. Watch as Team USA battles their way through adversity under the lights in Thailand!
Okinawa Slovakia The Way of Karate
Director
Anton Szomolányi
Producer
Anton Szomolányi
Doc - 56 minutes - Slovakia - 2015
SYNOPSIS : This movie is about traditional Okinawan Karate and Kobudo, about their history and present. Martial art is the part of Okinawa in us, which we are trying to understand, and which connects us with this foreign country.
FICTIONS
Sudden Master
Director
Romeo Candido
Producer
Davin Lengyel - Samantha Wan
Co Producer
Shannon Fewster
Writer
Richard Young - Samantha Wan
Fight Director
Alan Tang
DOP
Dave Lam
Key Cast
Samantha Wan
Short - 29 min - United States - 2015
SYNOPSIS : A coming of age story with a Kung Fu throw down. When Alex Cheng reluctantly inherits her estranged father's Martial Arts school, it is up to her to defend the family legacy in an underground competition. Sudden Master is a story about tradition, vengence and love. Taking inspiration from Kill Bill and Jackie Chan, with choreography created by a world champion martial artist, featuring stunt actors from Lost Girl and Scott Pilgrim.
ASLAN
Director
Florian Metzner
Producer
Erkan Acar, Ronny Wagner, Florian Metzner
Writer
Erkan Acar, Ronny Wagner, Florian Metzner
Key Cast
Erkan Acar, Lilian Viegas,,Alexander Schuber, Birol Tarkan Yildiz, Maja Maneiro
Short - 40 min -Germany - 2015
SYNOPSIS : In Istanbul, the young Turkish martial arts fighter Aslan gets an anonymous phone call originating in the German capital city Berlin. He is being informed that his brother, who has been vanished since childhood days, is in deep trouble. Aslan leaves his country immediately in search for his lost brother. Without knowing the German language or having any leads where to look, his search brings him more and more into the criminal underworld of Berlin.
You Can't Hear Me. You Can't See Me.
Director
Awi Suriyadi - Andrew Lincoln Suleiman
Producer
Stephen Odang, Andrew Lincoln Suleiman
Key Cast
Hannah Al Rashid, Verdy Bhawanta, Andrew Lincoln Suleiman
Short - 13 min - Indonésia - 2014
SYNOPSIS : Mickey (a mute perverted burglar) and Mo (a blind ex military veteran) are rival suitors after May (a blind Bohemian musician girl). When an evil cult called Pristine targets and attempts to kidnap May, Mickey and Mo must put aside their differences and work together to fight off the evil cult using their unique martial art styles..
Passage
Director
Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe
Producer
Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe
Writer
Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe
Key Cast
Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe, Andy Long Nguyen, Sophia Spies, Sophia Nguyen, Yamil Ray
Short - 15 min - Germany - 2015
SYNOPSIS : A young man tries to make ends meet by playing music on the streets and becomes overprotective of his sister who hooks up with a thug after their father passed.