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Oscar Winner Michelle Yeoh Congratulates Young Artists at Fifth Annual Meihodo Film Festival, "Warrior" from Kyrgyzstan Wins $10,000 Grand Prize Award

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NEW YORK, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival selected "Warrior," by Kyrgyzstan filmmaker Amanbek Azhymat as the Grand Prize Award winner, taking home $10,000, as well as a custom NFT trophy. During a hybrid ceremony that was held in Fukuoka, Japan on April 28 and later streamed on YouTube on April 30, Azhymat and all other participating finalists were feted by Michelle Yeoh, Academy Award-winning star of "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

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  • NEW YORK, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival selected "Warrior," by Kyrgyzstan filmmaker Amanbek Azhymat as the Grand Prize Award winner, taking home $10,000, as well as a custom NFT trophy.
  • "I want to congratulate all the winners of the Fifth Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival," said Yeoh.
  • In addition to the Meihodo Grand Prize, the film was also awarded the Gold Award in the Narrative Films category, for which Azhymat will be receiving an additional $5,000 award.
  • The complete list of winners of the Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival is below.

Oscar Winner Michelle Yeoh will be Guest of Honor and Advisor at Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival

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NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, star of the globally acclaimed Oscar-winning Best Picture "Everything Everywhere All At Once," will serve as Guest of Honor and Advisor at The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, the premier platform for young visual artists and one of the largest short film festivals in the world. Announced today, the news is the latest highlight in a landmark year for Yeoh, an actress and martial arts icon whose legendary career spans four decades.

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  • NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, star of the globally acclaimed Oscar-winning Best Picture "Everything Everywhere All At Once," will serve as Guest of Honor and Advisor at The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival , the premier platform for young visual artists and one of the largest short film festivals in the world.
  • On Friday, April 28, Yeoh will appear during the festival's 2023 awards ceremony to share inspiring insights with the next generation of filmmakers.
  • The ceremony will be held at the Meihodo Cultural Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and will premiere on YouTube on Sunday, April 30.
  • "We're so excited to welcome the incredible Michelle Yeoh, fresh off of her historic Academy Award win," said Qing Su, Chairman of the Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival.

The Second City Launches Victor Wong Fellowship for AAPI Voices in Comedy

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CHICAGO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary Chicago comedy institution The Second City is proud to announce the creation of The Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor up-and-coming comedians. Named after The Second City's first Asian American performer and funded by Peng Zhao, CEO of Citadel Securities, and his wife, Cherry Chen, the fellowship will focus on developing the next generation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) talent.

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  • CHICAGO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary Chicago comedy institution The Second City is proud to announce the creation of The Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor up-and-coming comedians.
  • Following the training, the fellows will present a mix of their original comedy, improvisational games, and classic scenes from The Second City archives in a showcase event on a Second City stage in Chicago.
  • The Victor Wong Fellowship is the first program by a major comedy theater to exclusively endow AAPI talent.
  • Mr. Wong joined The Second City at the encouragement of his close friend and famed theater academic, Viola Spolin.