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The New York Asian Film Festival is very near and dear to my heart. When I started at Flixist in 2011, I was a news writer. I wasn’t supposed to be writing reviews or doing any of that high-minded stuff. But then my girlfriend picked up a copy of Chopsticks magazine and said, “Oh hey, don’t you like Korean movies? There’s a film festival with a whole bunch of them happening in… three days.”
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It was my first real film festival, and though I had flirted with Asian cinema, it was my first deep dive. I’ve just kept going deeper and deeper ever since.
And so I’m excited to share with you the films and lineup of the 14th Annual New York Asian Film Festival. There’s a whole bunch of stuff, including the new films from the director of How To Use Guys With Secret Tips and the writer of You Are the Apple of My Eye (both films I need to rewatch soon, because they’re brilliant). Films from Japan, Korea, China, a showcase of Taiwan, and several countries more are on the docket, and there are a whole bunch of guests who will be at many of the screenings as well. It’s always been a great time, and I can’t imagine this would be any different.
As I said on Friday, though, NYAFF is no longer affiliated with the Japan Cuts Film Festival (sad face). That means that its final weekend, taking place at the SVA Theater, directly conflicts with Japan Cuts’ opening. With much of that last weekend’s programming yet to be revealed, it’s hard to know where to be. But all that aside, it looks like it’s going to be a killer festival, and June 26th can’t come soon enough.
For more information, head below or over to the Subway Cinema website. And if you’re planning on being there at any point, let me know. We should high five or something.
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER and SUBWAY CINEMA
Announce the Lineup for
THE 14th NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
June 26 – July 11, 2015
New York, NY (June 5, 2015) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announce the lineup today for the 2015 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will take place from June 26 to July 8 at the Film Society and July 9 to 11 at SVA Theatre (333 W. 23rd Street). The Closing Night selection will be announced at a later date. North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema will showcase 52 feature films, including 1 World Premiere, 3 International Premieres, 13 North American Premieres, 5 U.S. Premieres, and 14 films making their New York City debuts. The festival will be attended by 18 international filmmakers and celebrity guests traveling from Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S.
NYAFF’s Opening Night presentation will be the North American Premiere of Philip Yung’s Port of Call. The film centers on the brutal murder of a 16-year-old Hunan girl who moves to Hong Kong with her family and falls into prostitution. Winding through time and grounded by Christopher Doyle’s gauzy cinematography, the film follows both the story of the young girl’s descent into sex work and the grizzled detective (Aaron Kwok) who obsessively works to solve the murder. Kwok is astonishing here in a career-best performance, with all the tics and haggard body language of a man beaten down by the violence that threatens to drown him at every turn.
The Centerpiece Presentation will be the North American premiere of Sabu’s Chasuke’s Journey, which was in Competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. According to Variety, the film finds “Sabu in his most fun-loving element, stirring Okinawa’s magical folk art into a Capraesque yarn that flirts with ideas of fate and self-determination, but really just revels in a rich tapestry of human experience. [The film is also] full of whimsical twists and high-octane action.”
The 2015 New York Asian Film Festival Award Honorees
Previously announced NYAFF award recipients include Hong Kong’s legendary director Ringo Lam (Lifetime Achievement Award), Hong Kong superstar actor-singer Aaron Kwok (Star Asia Award), and Japanese actor Shota Sometani (Screen International Rising Star Award).
We’re deeply grateful for the support of our festival partners: the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office New York, the Korean Cultural Service New York, the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, The Korea Society, and Japan Foundation New York.
Subway Cinema receives generous year-round support from Kenneth A. Cowin Foundation.
We would also like to thank our sponsors: The Kitano Hotel, Hotel Beacon, Møsefund Farm, Manhattan Portage, Well Go USA Entertainment, Arrow Video, China Lion Film Distribution, FlaskingtreeMarketing Group, Epic Proportions, Kirin, and Mizu Shochu; and our media partners: Screen International and Chopsticks NY.
Keep up with the latest festival news at: www.facebook.com/NYAFF,www.subwaycinema.com, twitter: @subwaycinema (#NYAFF15)
Tickets will go on sale on June 9 for Film Society Members and June 11 for general public, both at the box office and online. Discounts are available for Film Society members. Read more about the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Screenings will be held at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway), and SVA Theatre (333 West 23rd Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues).
The 2015 New York Asian Film Festival Guests include:
Ringo Lam (CITY ON FIRE, FULL ALERT)
Aaron Kwok (PORT OF CALL)
Shota Sometani (KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL, TOKYO TRIBE)
Shim Jae-myung (CART, WAIKIKI BROTHERS)
Daihachi Yoshida(FUNUKE, SHOW SOME LOVE YOU LOSERS!, PALE MOON)
Ryuichi Hiroki (KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL)
Sabu (CHASUKE’S JOURNEY)
Yim Soon-rye (THE WHISTLEBLOWER, WAIKIKI BROTHERS)
Boo Ji-young (CART)
Philip Yung (PORT OF CALL)
Yee Chih-Yen (MEETING DR. SUN)
Lee Won-suk (THE ROYAL TAILOR)
Namewee (BANGLASIA)
Kulikar Sotho (THE LAST REEL)
Lau Ho-Leung (TWO THUMBS UP)
Emily Ting (IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG)
Jamie Chung (IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG)
Bryan Greenberg (IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG)
The 2015 New York Asian Film Festival lineup
OPENING NIGHT FILM
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
PORT OF CALL | 踏血尋梅
PHILIP YUNG, 2015 | CAST: AARON KWOK, MICHAEL NING, JESSIE LI
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 121 MINUTES
CENTERPIECE PRESENTATION
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
CHASUKE’S JOURNEY | 天の茶助
SABU, 2015 | CAST: KENICHI MATSUYAMA, ITO OHNO, REN OHSUGI, YUSUKE ISEYA
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 105 MINUTES
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
To be announced
ABASHIRI PRISON | 網走番外地
TERUO ISHII, 1965 | CAST: KEN TAKAKURA, KOJI NANBARA, TETSURO TAMBA, TORU ABE
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH LIVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 92 MINUTES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
BANGLASIA 孟加拉殺手
NAMEWEE, 2015 | CAST: NIRAB HOSSAIN, SAIFUL APEK, NAMEWEE, ATIKAH SUHAIME
MALAYSIA | MALAY, ENGLISH, MANDARIN, AND HOKKIEN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 91 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF THE NEW DIGITAL REMASTER
BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY | 仁義なき戦い
KINJI FUKASAKU, 1973 | CAST: BUNTA SUGAWARA, HIROKI MATSUKATA, NOBUO KANEKO, KUNIE TANAKA, GORO IBUKI
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH LIVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES | DCP | 99 MINUTES
BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES | 繡春刀
LU YANG, 2014 | CAST: CHANG CHEN, CECILIA LIU, WANG QIANYUAN, ETHAN LI, NIE YUAN
CHINA | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DIGITAL PROJECTION | 106 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
CAFÉ. WAITING. LOVE | 等一個人咖啡
CHIANG CHIN-LIN, 2014 | CAST: VIVIAN SUNG, BRUCE, MEGAN LAI, MARCUS CHANG
TAIWAN | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 120 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
CART | 카트
BOO JI-YOUNG, 2014 | CAST: YUM JUNG-AH, MOON JUNG-HEE, KIM YOUNG-AE, KIM KANG-WOO, HWANG JEONG-MIN, CHUN WOO-HEE
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 103 MINUTES
CITY ON FIRE | 龍虎風雲
RINGO LAM, 1987 | CAST: CHOW YUN-FAT, DANNY LEE, SUEN YUET, ROY CHEUNG
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35mm | 100 MINUTES
COLD WAR | 寒戰
LONGMAN LEUNG, SUNNY LUK, 2012 | CAST: AARON KWOK, TONY LEUNG KAR-FAI, ANDY LAU
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | DCP | 102 MINUTES
COPS VS. THUGS | 県警対組織暴力
KINJI FUKASAKU, 1975 | CAST: BUNTA SUGAWARA, HIROKI MATSUKATA, KEN TAKAKURA, MIKIO NARITA, NOBUO KANEKO
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 35MM | 100 MINUTES
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
EMPIRE OF LUST | 순수의시대
AHN SANG-HOON, 2015 | CAST: SHIN HA-KYUN, JANG HYUK, KANG HANNA, KANG HA-NEUL
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH LIVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES | DCP | 113 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
A FOOL | 一個勺子
CHEN JIANBIN, 2014 | CAST: CHEN JIAN BIN, WANG XUEBING, JIN SHIJIA
CHINA | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 105 MINUTES
FULL ALERT | 高度戒備
RINGO LAM, 1997 | CAST: LAU CHING-WAN, FRANCIS NG, AMANDA LEE, MONICA CHAN, JACK KAO
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 98 MINUTES
U.S. PREMIERE
FULL STRIKE | 全力扣殺
DEREK KWOK & HENRI WONG, 2015 | CAST: JOSIE HO, EKIN CHENG, RONALD CHENG, TSE KWAN-HO, ANDREW LAM, WILFRED LAU
HONG KONG/CHINA | CANTONESE, HAKKA, AND ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 108 MINUTES
FUNUKE, SHOW SOME LOVE YOU LOSERS! | 腑抜けども、悲しみの愛を見せろ
DAIHACHI YOSHIDA, 2007 | CAST: ERIKA SATO, MASATOSHI NAGASE, HIROMI NAGASAKU
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 112 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
INSANITY | 暴瘋語
DAVID LEE, 2014 | CAST: LAU CHING-WAN, HUANG XIAOMING, ALEX FONG, FIONA SIT, NINA PAW
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 99 MINUTES
THE ISLE | 섬
KIM KI-DUK, 2000 | CAST: CHO JAE-HYUN, SUH JUNG, PARK SEONG-HEE, JANG HANG-SEON
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 85 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG
EMILY TING, 2014 | CAST: JAMIE CHUNG, BRYAN GREENBERG, RICHARD NG
HONG KONG/USA | ENGLISH | FORMAT: DCP | 78 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL | さよなら歌舞伎町
RYUICHI HIROKI, 2014 | CAST: SHOTA SOMETANI, ATSUKO MAEDA, LEE EUN-WOO, ROY (SON IL-KWON)
JAPAN | JAPANESE AND KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 136 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
LA LA LA AT ROCK BOTTOM | 味園ユニバース
NOBUHIRO YAMASHITA, 2015 | CAST: SUBARU SHIBUTANI, FUMI NIKAIDO, SARINA SUZUKI, KATSUMI KAWAHARA
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 103 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
THE LAST REEL |ដុំហ្វីលចុងកាាយ
KULIKAR SOTHO, 2014 | CAST: MA RYNET, ROUS MONY, DY SAVETH, HUN SOPHY
CAMBODIA | KHMER WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 106 MINUTES
LITTLE BIG MASTER | 五個小孩的校長
ADRIAN KWAN, 2015 | CAST: MIRIAM YEUNG, LOUIS KOO, WINNIE HO
HONG KONG/CHINA | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 112 MINUTES
THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN | 太陽を盗んだ男
KAZUHIKO HASEGAWA, 1979 | CAST: BUNTA SUGAWARA, KENJI SAWADA
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 147 MINUTES
U.S. PREMIERE
MEETING DR. SUN | 行動代號孫中山
YEE CHIH-YEN, 2014 | CAST: ZHAN HUAI-TING, MATTHEW WEI, JOSEPH CHANG, BRYAN CHANG
TAIWAN | MANDARIN AND TAIWANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 94 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER | 님아, 그강을건너지마오
JIN MO-YOUNG, 2014 | CAST: JO BYEONG-MAN, KANG KYE-YEOL
KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 85 MINUTES
NIHON KYOKAKU-DEN (TALES OF CHIVALRY IN JAPAN) | 日本侠客伝
MASAHIRO MAKINO, 1964 | CAST: KEN TAKAKURA, KINNOSUKE NAKAMURA, HIROKI MATSUKATA
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 35MM | 98 MINUTES
U.S. PREMIERE
PALE MOON | 紙の月
DAIHACHI YOSHIDA, 2014 CAST: RIE MIYAZAWA, MITSUYO KAKUTA, SOSUKE IKEMATSU
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 126 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
PARTNERS IN CRIME | 共犯
CHANG JUNG-CHI, 2014 | CAST: WU CHIEN-HO, TENG YU-KAI, CHENG KAI-YUAN, YAO AI-NING
TAIWAN-HONG KONG | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 88 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
PERMANENT NOBARA | パーマネント野ばら
DAIHACHI YOSHIDA, 2010 | CAST: MIHO KANNO, EIKO KOIKE, CHIZURU IKEWAKI, YOSUKE EGUCHI
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: HDCAM | 99 MINUTES
THE PRESIDENT’S LAST BANG | 그때그사람들
IM SANG-SOO, 2005 | CAST: HAN SUK-KYU, BAEK YOON-SIK, SONG JAE-HO
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 104 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
RED AMNESIA |闖入者
WANG XIAOSHUAI, 2014 | CAST: LU ZHONG, SHI LIU, FENG YUANZHENG, QIN HAO, AMANDA QIN
CHINA | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 115 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
REVIVRE | 화장
IM KWON-TAEK, 2014 | CAST: AHN SUNG-KI, KIM QYU-RI, KIM HO-JUNG
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 93 MINUTES
U.S. PREMIERE
RIVER ROAD | 家在水草丰茂的地方
LI RUIJIN, 2014 | CAST: TANG LONG, GUO SONGTAO
CHINA | YUGUR WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 103 MINUTES
WORLD PREMIERE
ROBBERY | 老笠
FIRE LEE, 2015 | CAST: DEREK TSANG, J. AIRE, LAM SUET, STANLEY FUNG
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 90 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE (U.S. CONTINENTAL PREMIERE)
THE ROYAL TAILOR | 상의원
LEE WON-SUK, 2014 | CAST: HAN SUK-KYU, KO SOO, PARK SHIN-HYE, YOO YEON-SEOK
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 127 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
RUINED HEART: ANOTHER LOVE STORY BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A WHORE
KHAVN (aka KHAVN DE LA CRUZ), 2014 | CAST: TADANOBU ASANO, NATHALIA ACEVEDO, ELENA KAZAN
THE PHILIPPINES/GERMANY | FORMAT: DCP | 73 MINUTES
EAST COAST PREMIERE
SECOND CHANCE | 逆轉勝
KUNG WEN-YEN, 2014 | CAST: WEN SHANG-YI, P.J. HUANG, ANGEL YAO, JASON WANG
TAIWAN | MANDARIN AND TAIWANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 105 MINUTES
U.S. PREMIERE
SOCIALPHOBIA | 소셜포비아
HONG SEOK-JAE, 2014 | CAST: BYUN YO-HAN, LEE JOO-SEUNG
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 100 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
SOLOMON’S PERJURY PART 1: SUSPICION | ソロモンの偽証 前編
IZURU NARUSHIMA, 2015 | CAST:RYOKO FUJINO, ANNA ISHII, TOMITA MIU, SHIMIZU HIROYA
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 121 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
SOLOMON’S PERJURY PART 2: JUDGEMENT | ソロモンの偽証 後編
IZURU NARUSHIMA, 2015 | CAST: RYOKO FUJINO, ANNA ISHII, MIU TOMITA, HIROYA SHIMIZU
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 149 MINUTES
THE TAKING OF TIGER MOUNTAIN 3D | 智取威虎山
TSUI HARK, 2014 | CAST: ZHANG HANYU, TONY LEUNG KA-FAI, LIN GENGXIN, YU NAN, TONG LIYA, HAN GENG, CHEN XIAO
CHINA | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 141 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
TAKSU | 欲動
KIKI SUGINO, 2014 | CAST: YOKO MITSUYA, TAKUMI SAITOH, KIKI SUGINO, TOM MES
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 97 MINUTES
NEW YORK PREMIERE
TOKYO TRIBE
SION SONO, 2014 | CAST: RYOHEI SUZUKI, DAIS YOUNG, NANA SEINO, SHUNSUKE DAITO, TAKUYA ISHIDA, YUI ICHIKAWA, MIKA KANO, SHOTA SOMETANI, SHOKO NAKAGAWA, RYUTA SATO
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 116 MINUTES
Tokyo Tribe will be released in the U.S. by XLrator Media in the Fall of 2015.
NEW YORK PREMIERE (INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PREMIERE)
TWENTY | 스물
LEE BYEONG-HEON, 2015 | CAST: KIM WOO-BIN, LEE JOON-HO, KANG HA-NEUL
KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 115 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
TWO THUMBS UP | 衝鋒車
LAU HO-LEUNG, 2015 | CAST: FRANCIS NG, SIMON YAM, PATRICK TAM, MARK CHENG
HONG KONG | CANTONESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 102 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL PREMIERE
VENGEANCE OF AN ASSASSIN | เร็วทะลุเร็ว
PANNA RITTIKRAI, 2014 | CAST: CHUPONG CHANGPRUNG, NATHAWUT BOONRUBSU, PING LUMPRAPLOENG, NISACHON TUAMSUNGNOEN
THAILAND | THAI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | DIGITAL PROJECTION | 99 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
VIOLATOR
DODO DAYAO, 2014 | CAST: VICTOR NERI, ANTHONY FALCON, R.K. BAGATSING
THE PHILIPPINES | TAGALOG WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 115 MINUTES
WAIKIKI BROTHERS | 와이키키브라더스
YIM SOON-RYE, 2001 | CAST: LEE EOL, PARK WON-SANG, HWANG JUN-MIN
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 35MM | 109 MINUTES
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
THE WHISTLEBLOWER | 제보자
YIM SOON-RYE, 2014
SOUTH KOREA | KOREAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: DCP | 113 MINUTES
WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN | 狼と豚と人間
KINJI FUKASAKU, 1964 | CAST: KEN TAKAKURA, SANAE NAKAHARA, SHINJIRO EBARA, KINYA KITAOJI
JAPAN | JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | FORMAT: 35MM | 95 MINUTES
NYAFF 2015 Full Schedule
Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater
Fri, June 26
6:00pm A FOOL (105 min)
8:30pm PORT OF CALL (120 min) + guest appearance (Star Asia Award presentation)
Sat, June 27
12:30pm COLD WAR (102 min)
3:00pm PORT OF CALL (120 min) + guest appearance
6:00pm EMPIRE OF LUST (113 min)
8:30pm CITY ON FIRE (100 min) + guest appearance (Lifetime Achievement Award presentation)
Sun, June 28
2:00pm FULL ALERT (98 min)
4:30pm INSANITY (99 min)
6:45pm IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN HONG KONG + guest appearance
9:15pm MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER (85 min)
Mon, June 29
6:00pm FUNUKE, SHOW SOME LOVE YOU LOSERS! (112 min) + guest appearance
8:30pm PALE MOON (126 min) + guest appearance
Tue, June 30
6:00pm LITTLE BIG MASTER (112 min)
8:30pm MEETING DR. SUN (94 min) + guest appearance
Wed, July 1
6:00pm THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN (147 min)
9:00pm REVIVRE (93 min)
Thu, July 2
6:00pm TAKSU (97 min)
8:00pm LA LA LA AT ROCK BOTTOM (103 min)
10:15pm RUINED HEART (73 min)
Fri, July 3
12:30pm RED AMNESIA (115 min)
2:50pm RIVER ROAD (103 min)
5:00pm ABASHIRI PRISON (92 min)
7:00pm BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY (99 min)
9:00pm COPS VS. THUGS (100 min)
Sat, July 4
12:00pm FULL STRIKE (108 min)
2:15pm PERMANENT NOBARA (99 min)
4:15pm SOCIALPHOBIA (100 min)
6:30pm KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL (136 min) + guest appearance (Screen International Rising Star Award presentation)
10:00pm TOKYO TRIBE (116 min) + guest appearance
Sun, July 5
1:00pm ROBBERY (90 min)
3:00pm SOLOMON’S PERJURY PART 1: SUSPICION (121 min)
5:30pm TWO THUMBS UP (102 min) + guest appearance
8:15pm THE LAST REEL (106 min) + guest appearance
Mon, July 6
6:30pm THE PRESIDENT’S LAST BANG (104 min) + guest appearance
8:45pm CART (103 min) + guest appearance
Tue, July 7
6:30pm WAIKIKI BROTHERS (109 min) + guest appearance
8:45pm WHISTLEBLOWER (113 min) + guest appearance
Wed, July 8
5:30pm WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN (95 min)
7:30pm CHASUKE’S JOURNEY (105 min) + guest appearance
10:00pm VIOLATOR (115 min)
SVA Theatre’s Beatrice and Silas Theatres
Thu, July 9
Beatrice Theatre
5:30pm NIHON KYOKAKU-DEN (98 min)
7:30pm CAFÉ. WAITING. LOVE (120 min)
10:00pm THE ISLE (102 min)
Silas Theatre
6:00pm TWENTY (115 min)
8:30pm THE ROYAL TAILOR (127 min) + guest appearance
Fri, July 10
Beatrice Theatre
6:00pm VENGEANCE OF AN ASSASSIN (99 min)
8:00pm BANGLASIA (91 min) + guest appearance
Silas Theatre
6:00pm SOLOMON’S PERJURY PART 2: JUDGEMENT (149 min)
9:00pm TAKING OF THE TIGER MOUNTAIN 3D (141 min)
Sat, July 11
Beatrice Theatre
1:00pm SECOND CHANCE (105 min)
3:15pm PARTNERS IN CRIME (88 min)
5:45pm BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES (106 min)
8:15pm RUINED HEART (73 min)
Silas Theatre
12:40pm to be announced
4:30pm to be announced
6:45pm TOKYO TRIBE (116 min)
9:00pm Closing Night Film (to be announced)
NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (NYAFF)
Now in its 14th year, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema, which The New York Times has called “one of the city’s most valuable events.” Launched in 2002 by Subway Cinema, the festival selects only the best, strangest, and most entertaining movies to screen for New York audiences, ranging from mainstream blockbusters and art-house eccentricities to genre and cult classics. It was the first North American film festival to champion the works of Johnnie To, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, and other auteurs of contemporary Asian cinema. Since 2010, the Festival has been produced in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
ABOUT FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
Founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center works to recognize established and emerging filmmakers, support important new work, and to enhance the awareness, accessibility, and understanding of the moving image. The Film Society produces the renowned New York Film Festival, a curated selection of the year’s most significant new film work, and presents or collaborates on other annual New York City festivals including Dance on Camera, Film Comment Selects, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, New York African Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, New York Jewish Film Festival, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema and Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. In addition to publishing the award-winning Film Comment magazine, the Film Society recognizes an artist’s unique achievement in film with the prestigious Chaplin Award, whose 2015 recipient was Robert Redford. The Film Society’s state-of-the-art Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, located at Lincoln Center, provide a home for year-round programs and the New York City film community.
The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from American Airlines, The New York Times, HBO, Stella Artois, The Kobal Collection, Variety, Trump International Hotel and Tower, RowNYC, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, visitwww.filmlinc.com and follow @filmlinc on Twitter.
ABOUT SUBWAY CINEMA
Subway Cinema is America’s leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition and appreciation of Asian popular film culture in all forms, building bridges between Asia and the West. With year-round festivals and programs, the organization aims to bring wide audience and critical attention to contemporary and classic Asian cinema in the U.S. In 2002, Subway Cinema launched its flagship event, the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema. Subway cinema’s other events and initiatives include Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF), New York Korean Film Festival (NYKFF), and year-round special screenings and filmmaker tributes.
For more information, visit www.subwaycinema.com,www.facebook.com/NYAFF, and follow @subwaycinema on Twitter (#nyaff15).