2022 Award Winners
Our Snow Leopard Award was specially designed and executed by sculptor, Sir Daniel Winn.
2022 Competition Winners
Snow Leopard Award for Best Film - The Last Film Show directed by Pan Nalin (India)
Snow Leopard Award for Best Actor - Mohsen Tanabandeh for World War III (Iran).
Snow Leopard Award for Best Actress - Hui Fang Hong for Ajoomma (Singapore).
Snow Leopard Special Jury Award - World War III (Iran) directed by Houman Seyedi
Snow Leopard Audience Award – Aurora's Sunrise (Armenia) directed by Inna Sahakyan.
Dr. Dao and Dr. Linh Filmmaker Cash Award of $10K-
HFPA Short Film Scholarship Award $5K - Warsha (Lebanon / France) directed by Dania Bdeir.
Panavision $60K Grant for Best Feature Cinematography - Kerr (Turkey) Andreas Sinanos Director of Photography
Panavision $15K Grant for Best HFPA Short Cinematography - Deer (Iran) directed by Hadi Babaeifar.
Stars Collective Emerging Filmmaker Award of $2k - Burul (Kyrgyzstan) directed by Adilet Karzhoev.
2022 Honorees
The Bruce Lee Award, presented in partnership with the Bruce Lee Foundation - Daniel Wu, actor, martial artist, director, and producer.
Snow Leopard Award for Outstanding Cinematic Achievement - Park Chan-wook, writer, director, and producer.
Snow Leopard Lifetime Achievement Award – Albert S. Ruddy, producer.
Snow Leopard Rising Star Award – Desmond Chiam, actor, writer, and producer.
Ladies Tiffany Circle/Red Cross Courage to Dream Award - Dr. Michael Dao and Dr. Linh Bui, physicians and philanthropists.
Winn Slavin Humanitarian Award - Truong Ngoc Anh, philanthropist.
One Heart Award - Love Life Learning Foundation, co-founders Alan Vo Ford and Jenny Ai Trinh Thai.
Angel Benefactor Award – Jennifer McCormick and Lani Netter, Ladies Tiffany Circle American Red Cross
Angel Benefactor Award - Raghu Kilambi, CEO/CFO, Power Tap Hydrogen Fueling Corporation
2022 Partnering Program
Young Filmmakers Showcase
Best New Director - Breaking Dawn by Wenqing Chen
Best Cinematography - Drift Alone by Yijun Wang
Best Script - Scrapbooks by Marie Rouhban
Best Short Film - Blind Stitch by Alexander Bergman