Asian
Cinevision Launches
23rd Asian American
International Film Festival
New York, NY --
Summer 2000
Asian CineVision (ACV), the internationally
recognized Asian American media arts center based in New York, is
proud to present the 23rd Asian American International Film Festival
(AAIFF), the world's first and longest running festival devoted
to showcasing the works of Asian and Asian American filmmakers.
The 23rd AAIFF will feature the latest works of renowned
and emerging Asian and Asian American directors, acclaimed documentaries
and shorts, special screenings of rare films and filmmaking workshops
and discussion panels.
Visit
www.asiancinevision.org
or call Asian CineVision at 212.989.1422 for more information.
Highlights
at the 23rd AAIFF include:
"Buenos
Aires Zero Degree" -- Kwan Pun Leung's documentary about the making
of Wong Kar Wai's "Happy Together"
"Dead
Knot" - a newly restored 1969 short film written by and starring
action maestro John Woo as a gay man
"First
Person Plural" - Deann Borshay Liem's praised Korean adoptee documentary
"I.K.U."
- Shu Lea Chang's Japanese sci-fi erotica and unofficial sequel
to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner
"Madadayo"
- Akira Kurosawa's final directorial masterpiece
"Peppermint
Candy" -- Lee Chang-Dong's internationally acclaimed drama
"The Pink Palace" -- Celebrated playwright Jessica
Hagedorn's new animated series
"Running
Out of Time" -- Johnnie To's award-winning Hong Kong crime thriller
"So
Close to Paradise" -- Wang Xiaoshuai's controversial Chinese social
drama Panel Discussions - with celebrity and industry guests including
actor John Lone, actress Sandra Oh, director Wonsuk Chin (Too Tired
to Die), award-winning Jessica Hagedorn (Dogeaters, The Gang of
Love) and Richard Pena (Film Society of Lincoln Center)
Additionally, the 23rd AAIFF also welcomes this year's featured
Hong Kong actor Andy Lau -- winner of
the 2000 Hong Kong Film Award (HK's equivalent of the Academy Award)
for Best Actor -- who will be making his first North American film
festival appearance to introduce "Running Out of Time."
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