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.