New York Asian Film Festival 2007 Announces Line-Up!

More tenacious than Rasputin and hell of a lot more fun, the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival has finally announced their line-up and it's a doozy!

But first, for those of you who read my previous post about their problems with the evil Midway Games and their total disregard for contract and how it nearly derailed this years fest, you'll be glad to know that my pals at Subway Cinema were able to get a helping hand from Dragon Dynasty. Yay!

Some nipping and tucking unfortunately had to happen, but still the festival is on and it rocks!

Here's what they say:

dragon dynasty and subway cinema present NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2007 June 22-July 8 at the IFC Center and Japan Society. The New York Asian Film Festival 2007 thunders back into town with a herd of rowdy movies that are ready to blow your mind and cleanse your soul. A seventeen day orgy of new films from Park Chan-Wook, Johnnie To, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Takashi Miike this year's festival will introduce you to buffalo-busting action flicks from Thailand, cartilage-cracking gangster films from Korea, and the first gore flick ever made in Pakistan! Director attending: E. J-Yong of DASEPO NAUGHTY GIRLS and committee member of the Mise-en-scene’s Genres Film Festival; Shusuke Kaneko of DEATH NOTE and DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME; HAN Jae-rim of THE SHOW MUST GO ON; and Sion Sono of EXTE. "From Lahore With Gore" a special Pakistani exploitation extravaganza on July 3rd! Featuring a screening of Pakistan’s first splatter film, HELL’S GROUND, with the producers and director in attendance and a magical mystery tour of Pakistani exploitation cinema featuring highlights from some of its most infamous movies. The NYAFF has partnered with Korea’s Mise-en-scene’s Genres Film Festival (MGFF) to bring over their award-winning horror, comedy, melodrama, sci-fi and action short films, selected by MGFF’s committee/jury members, including directors PARK Chan-Wook (I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK), RYU Seung-wan (City of Violence), E. J-Yong (Dasepo Naughty Girls), BONG Joon-ho (The Host), KIM Jee-woon (A Bittersweet Life), and JANG Joon-hwan (Save the Green Planet). Presented with the generous support of the Korean Cultural Service New York. July 5-8, NYAFF moves to Japan Society, where we'll be co-presenting several films as part of their "JAPAN CUTS – Festival of New Japanese Films" (which runs from July 5 – July 15, www.japansociety.org).
NYAFF 2007 FEATURE FILM PROGRAM

1. AACHI & SSIPAK Korea 2005
2. AFTER THIS OUR EXILE Hong Kong 2006
3. BANQUET, THE China 2006
4. BIG BANG LOVE, JUVENILE A Japan 2006
5. CITY OF VIOLENCE Korea 2006
6. CRUEL WINTER BLUES Korea 2006
7. DASEPO NAUGHY GIRLS Korea 2006
8. DEATH NOTE Japan 2006
9. DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME Japan 2006
10. DOG BITE DOG Hong Kong 2006
11. DYNAMITE WARRIOR Thailand 2006
12. EXTE Japan 2007
13. EXILED Hong Kong 2006
14. FREESIA: BULLETS OVER TEARS Japan 2007
15. GETTING HOME China 2007
16. HARD BOILED Hong Kong 1992
17. HELL'S GROUND Pakistan 2006
18. HULA GIRLS Japan 2006
19. I'M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OK Korea 2006
20. MIRACLE ON 1st STREET Korea 2007
21. MEMORIES OF MATSUKO Japan 2006
22. NEVER BELONGS TO ME Korea 2006
23. NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE Japan 2006
24. RETRIBUTION Japan 2006
25. SHOW MUST GO ON, THE Korea 2007
26. TRACES OF LOVE Korea 2006
27. TROUBLEMAKERS China 2006
28. YO-YO GIRL COP Japan 2006
29. ZEBRAMAN Japan 2004

MGFF at NYAFF Program 1: 2006 MGFF Awarded Short Films - Part I (Screening hosted by E. J-Yong)
MGFF at NYAFF Program 2: 2006 MGFF Awarded Short Films - Part II (Screening hosted by E. J-Yong)
MGFF at NYAFF Program 3: MGFF Favorites as selected by BONG Joon-ho, KIM Jee-woon, RYU Seung-wan, JANG Joon-hwan, E J-Yong, and PARK Chan-wook. Presented with the generous support of the Korean Cultural Service New York

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