World Film Special 2026






World Film Special 2026 – Full Program


OFFICIAL SELECTION
🏅 WORLD FILM SPECIAL 2026 公式セレクション
司会者
ROME KANDA
MC

ROME KANDA

MC · Master of Ceremonies

Japanese actor and comedian based in Hollywood. Known for his dynamic performances and cross-cultural entertainment, he has appeared in numerous international productions. At WORLD FILM SPECIAL, he will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.

RANWEI
MC

RAN WEI

MC · Co-Host

Ran Wei is a Los Angeles-based international model and event host who has appeared in fashion magazines, advertising campaigns, and cultural events. She will co-host the evening and welcome guests on the red carpet.

GUESTS ゲスト・出演者
GEORGES N. CHAMCHOUM

GEORGES N. CHAMCHOUM

Asian World Film Festival
Executive & Program Director
🇱🇧🇺🇸

Founder and Executive Director of the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles. He promotes Asian cinema internationally by connecting filmmakers with Hollywood audiences and industry professionals.

RENA MASUYAMA

RENA MASUYAMA

増山れな

Director / Producer
Eurasia International Film Festival
🇯🇵

Japanese filmmaker and cultural producer, and President of the Eurasia International Film Festival. She promotes international cultural exchange through film and art.

RITSUKO OYAMA

RITSUKO OYAMA

大山葎子

Film Producer
🇯🇵

NAOYUKI IKEDA

NAOYUKI IKEDA

池田直之

Actor / Japan Film Festival in LA
🇯🇵

MARK ANG

MARK ANG

洪馬克

Film Maker / Formosa Festival
🇹🇼

SAORI KIRIYAMA

SAORI KIRIYAMA

桐山佐緒里

Kimono Dress Artist
🇯🇵

ZACHARY SMITH

ZACHARY SMITH

Producer
🇺🇸

Monear Shaer

MONEAR SHAER

モネア・シャエル

Film Director
🇺🇸🇵🇸

KEN WU

KEN WU

呉昆發

Secretary-General
Taiwan Center Foundation
of Greater Los Angeles
(大洛杉磯台灣會館秘書長)
🇹🇼

🌐 ONLINE STREAMING FILMS

Kimono Show

Kimono Show

Flower Bloom

Flower Bloom

Moon Shining

Moon Shining

Worship

Worship

Gaza Is Our Home

Gaza Is Our Home

LA YAKUZA

LA YAKUZA

29 Palms

29 Palms

Yae

Yae

The Taste

The Taste

Unreachable Star

Unreachable Star

Ticket Information  ·  チケット情報

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World Film Special 2026  |  March 16, 2026  |  LANDMARK Theater Nuart, Los Angeles

✅ FREE  ·  無料入場

🚶 Walk-in  ·  会場直接入場

FREE

無 料

会場に直接お越しの方は入場無料です。
Walk-in is FREE — no ticket needed!
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE March 16, 2026  ·  10:00 AM – 4:30 PM  ·  LANDMARK Theater Nuart, LA
Program 1 10:00 – 11:55 MC: RAN WAY
10:00
🎬
Flower Bloom 📡60 min · Rena Masuyama Film Screening
11:00
🎤
Talk — Ritsuko Oyama & Rena Masuyama Talk
11:10
🎬
Moon Shining 📡Rena Masuyama Film Screening
11:20
👘
Kimono Show 📡10 min · Produce: Saori Kiriyama Special Show
11:30
ℹ️
JME Information Info
11:32
🎬
Spring of Goze 📡Rena Masuyama Film Screening
Program 2 11:55 – 14:15 MC: RAN WEI
Program 2 · AWFF Selection Asian World Film Festival Selection
11:55
🎤
Speech — George (Asian World Film Festival)Asian World Film Festival Executive & Program Director Talk
12:00
🎬
Don't Be Late, Myra15 min · Afia Nathaniel · Asian World Film Festival Selection Film Screening
12:15
🌍
GAZA IS OUR HOMEDir. Monear Shaer · Palestine · Film Screening + Director Talk Special Screening
MC: ROME KANDA JFFLA (Japan Film Festival in LA) Selection
13:15
📹
Video Greeting — Ikeda Naoyuki (JFFLA) Video
13:18
🎬
29 Palms 📡19 min · Brandon Shypkowski & Erik Odom · 🏆 Best Humanity Award JFFLA 2025 Film Screening
13:39
🎬
Yae: Blind Samurai Woman19 min · Akiko Izumitani Film Screening
14:00
🍵
Tea Ceremony on StageRitsuko Oyama Break
Program 3 14:15 – 16:30 MC: ROME KANDA & RAN WAY
14:15
🎬
WORSHIP — message from warship 📡60 min · Fumiko Kusabe / Rena Masuyama Film Screening
15:35
🎤
Speech — Eri Namiki & Takato Murai Talk
15:40
🎤
Speech — Ken WuSecretary-General, Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles 🇹🇼 Talk
15:43
📹
Video Message — Mark Ang 洪馬克福爾摩沙國際電影節(FFIFA)🇹🇼 Video
15:45
🎬
The Taste That Never Truly Leaves17 min · Da-shun Hung · Mark Ang Video Greeting Film Screening
16:10
🏆
Award Ceremony / 表彰式 Award Ceremony
16:30
🏁
End / 終了 End

▼ FULL DETAILED SCHEDULE ▼

Full Program Schedule

10:00 AM – 4:30 PM  ·  FULL SCREENING SCHEDULE

Program 1 10:00 – 11:55
10:00 – 11:00 am
60 min

Flower Bloom
Drama
🇯🇵 Japan
Flower Bloom
花ひらく
DirectorRena Masuyama
StarringIssei Ishida · Itsuki Otosaki · Daisuke Ito

Yuka, a single mother dreaming of reaching the world, is assaulted by her boss under the guise of a glamorous project. Wounded but unbroken, she rebuilds her life and sets her sights on a kimono show in Cannes — only to find her attacker has followed her to France.

📡 ONLINE STREAMING

11:00 – 11:10 am
🎤
Talk — Oyama Ritsuko & Rena Masuyama
11:10 – 11:20 am
10 min

Moon Shining
Short Film
🇯🇵 Japan
Moon Shining
月てらす
DirectorRena Masuyama
StarringMasanori Noyori · Daisuke Ito · Miyako Senda · Risa Hinami · Ritsuko Oyama

Risa, who always falls for losers, gets dragged by her boyfriend Takumi into trying the dangerous drug MOON at a club in Osaka, Japan. MOON is rapidly spreading among Japanese youth because it heightens the euphoria when taken with music. International Police officer Kenzaki and police officer Aoi are on a mission to save Japan.

📡 ONLINE STREAMING

11:20 – 11:30 am
👘
Kimono Show 📡 ONLINE STREAMING — Produce by Saori Kiriyama — 10 min · Ritsuko Ohyama

Kimono Show

11:30 – 11:32 am
📡
JME Information
11:32 – 11:55 am
25 min

Spring of Goze
Short · Documentary Drama
🇯🇵 Japan
Spring of Goze
瞽女の春
DirectorRena Masuyama
StarringRieko Hirosawa · Naoko Kayamori · Aiko Shirai

Six-year-old Mako picks rapeseed flowers for her grandmother, whose scent unlocks a memory: a blind traveling performer called a Goze who visited every spring after the war, bringing shamisen music and song.

📡 ONLINE STREAMING🏆 JFFLA Best Japanese Culture Award📡 JME Distribution Selected Work

Program 2 11:55 – 14:15
11:55 am – 12:00 pm
🎤
Speech — George (Asian World Film Festival) — Georges N. Chamchoum · Asian World Film Festival Executive & Program Director 🇱🇧🇺🇸
12:00 – 12:15 pm
15 min

Don't Be Late, Myra
Drama · Pakistan
🇵🇰 Pakistan
Don’t Be Late, Myra
DirectorAfia Nathaniel
StarringInnayah Umer · Nida Ahsan · Mushtaq Ahmed

A missed school bus leaves ten-year-old Myra stranded in Lahore, where her journey home becomes a tense fight for survival.

🏆 Asian World Film Festival Selection🏆 Woodstock Film Festival 2024

12:15 – 13:15 pm
60 min

Gaza Is Our Home
Documentary
🇵🇸 Palestine
Gaza Is Our Home
DirectorMonear Shaer

Monear Shaer, a Palestinian director based in the U.S. whose parents are from Gaza, visited his parents' homeland of Gaza numerous times from a young age. A documentary film that reflects on a homeland being destroyed.。Director talk included (via online connection).

🎙 Special Screening + Director Talk

11:55 am – 12:00 pm
🎤
Speech — George (AWFF) — Georges N. Chamchoum — Asian World Film Festival Executive & Program Director
13:15 – 13:18 pm
📹
Video Greeting — Ikeda Naoyuki (JFFLA)
13:18 – 13:39 pm
19 min + on stage intro

29 Palms
Short Film
🇺🇸 USA
29 Palms
DirectorBrandon Shypkowski · Erik Odom
StarringBrandon Shypkowski · Chikako Fukuyama · Narisa Suzuki

Set against the vast silence of the desert, this film quietly explores solitude, memory, and the resilience of the human spirit.

📡 ONLINE STREAMING🏆 Best Humanity Award — JFFLA 2025

13:39 – 14:00 pm
19 min

Yae: Blind Samurai Woman
Short · Action
🇯🇵 Japan
Yae: Blind Samurai Woman
DirectorAkiko Izumitani
StarringYuwi Kim · Masa Kanome · Nobuaki Shimamoto

A blind female samurai warrior takes center stage in this stunning action short — selected at Austin Film Festival, HollyShorts, Dances with Films, and more.

🏆 Best Film – DTLA Film Festival🏆 Reel Sisters Spirit Award

14:15 – 14:30 pm
🍵
Tea Ceremony on Stage — The Japanese Way of Tea · Ritsurei-temae with I for You・Sora (宙) · Performed by Ritsuko Oyama · A portable tea room combining Japanese traditional culture and architecture originated by Yoshiko Matsudaira.
14:00 – 14:07 pm
JAPAN

LA YAKUZA
Human Comedy · Japan
LA YAKUZA
DirectorRome Kanda

Japanese yakuza arrive in Los Angeles! A heartwarming human comedy.

📡 ONLINE STREAMING

Program 3 14:15 – 16:30
14:15 – 15:35 pm
80 min

WORSHIP – message from warship
Drama · War
🇯🇵 Japan
WORSHIP – message from warship
ScreenplayFumiko Kusabe
DirectorRena Masuyama
StarringMasaki Nishina · Issei Ishida · Shoma Fukui · Takato Murai

Based on historical events centred on the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro. A young descendant discovers a bottle letter left before a naval commander’s final mission — a message of gratitude and a prayer for peace.

📡 ONLINE STREAMING

15:35 – 15:40 pm
🎤
Speech — Eri Namiki & Takato Murai
15:40 – 15:43 pm
🎤
Speech — Ken Wu 呉昆發 · Secretary-General, Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles(大洛杉磯台灣會館秘書長)🇹🇼
15:43 – 15:45 pm
📹
Video Message — Mark Ang 洪馬克 · 福爾摩沙國際電影節(FFIFA)🇹🇼
15:45 – 16:07 pm
17 min

The Taste That Never Truly Leaves
Documentary Short · Taiwan
🇹🇼 Taiwan
The Taste That Never Truly Leaves
從沒走遠的味道
DirectorDa-shun Hung(洪大舜)

An intimate portrait of Jun-nan, who inherited his family’s tofu pudding business in Shuili Township — tracing emotional bonds of childhood, the pull of home, and a community’s connection to a humble food.

🏆 Formosa International Film Festival📹 Mark Ang Video Greeting

16:07 pm
📸
Photo Session
16:10 – 16:30 pm
🏆
Award Ceremony / 表彰式

Contact & Information
📰 Press Inquiries
Eurasia International Film Festival / Rena Masuyama
7095 Hollywood Blvd #2135, Hollywood, CA 90028
[email protected]
🤝 Sponsorship Inquiries
Partnership & Sponsorship Opportunities
We welcome brands and organizations who share our vision of cultural exchange through cinema.
[email protected]
🎬 World Film Week · Japan
Coming December 2026
We host World Film Week in Japan every December — a celebration of international cinema, cultural exchange, and emerging talent. If you are interested in participating, screening your film, or collaborating, please reach out.
[email protected]
司会者
ROME KANDA
MC

ROME KANDA

MC / 司会

RANWEI
MC

RANWEI

MC / 司会

Ticket Information  ·  チケット情報

GET YOUR TICKETS

World Film Special 2026  |  March 16, 2026  |  LANDMARK Theater Nuart, Los Angeles

✅ FREE  ·  無料入場

🚶 Walk-in  ·  会場直接入場

FREE

無 料

会場に直接お越しの方は入場無料です。
Walk-in is FREE — no ticket needed!
事前申し込み推奨 / Pre-registration recommended

📋 無料申し込みフォーム(Google Form)

← クリックして申し込む / Click to register

🌐 ONLINE STREAMING

March 16–22, 2026  ·  1 Week Access  ·  $25 / person

KIMONO SHOW

Produce: Saori Kiriyama

FLOWER BLOOM

花ひらく — Full Version

Dir. Rena Masuyama

WORSHIP

あかねさす海 — Full Version

Dir. Fumiko Kusabe / Rena Masuyama

29 PALMS

Dir. Brandon Shypkowski

YAE: BLIND SAMURAI WOMAN

Dir. Akiko Izumitani

THE UNREACHABLE STAR

Online Only

LA YAKUZA

Dir. Rome Kanda

MOON SHINING

Partial

THE TASTE THAT NEVER TRULY LEAVES

Dir. Da-shun Hung

🛒 BUY ONLINE TICKET — $25

PayPal / Credit Card accepted · 1-week streaming access

AS FEATURED IN

📰 MEDIA COVERAGE

Contact & Information
📰 Press Inquiries
Eurasia International Film Festival / Rena Masuyama
7095 Hollywood Blvd #2135, Hollywood, CA 90028
[email protected]
🤝 Sponsorship Inquiries
Partnership & Sponsorship Opportunities
We welcome brands and organizations who share our vision of cultural exchange through cinema.
[email protected]