New York Asian Film Festival
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The New York Asian Film Festival was first held in 2002, growing out of the previous year's New York Korean Film Festival (which had, in turn, grown out of two year's of presenting Hong Kong retrospective film festivals). Programmed and operated by Subway Cinema, the festival generally features contemporary premieres and classic titles from Eastern Asia and Southeast Asia (particularly Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, and Thailand), though South Asian cinema has also been represented via films from India and Pakistan. Genres favored by the festival tend toward Horror film, Gangster/Crime, Martial Arts, and Action.
Until 2007, the festival was held annually at The ImaginAsian and/or Anthology Film Archives, usually around the end of June and early July. In 2007, the festival moved to the IFC Center and Japan Society. The festival is famous among locals for its prize giveaways and eccentric movie introductions.
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[edit] Audience Award Winners
- 2002 - My Sassy Girl (엽기적인 그녀) - South Korea
- 2003 - Ping Pong (ピンポン) - Japan
- 2004 - Please Teach Me English (영어완전정복) - South Korea
- 2005 - The Taste of Tea (茶の味) - Japan
- 2006 - Always: Sunset on Third Street (三丁目の夕日) - Japan
- 2007 - Memories of Matsuko (嫌われ松子の一生) - Japan
[edit] Personnel
The founding members and founding festival directors are Grady Hendrix, Paul Kazee, Brian Naas, Nat Olsen and Goran Topalovic. Paul Kazee resigned as a director in 2007; he remains with the festival as a volunteer programmer and general consultant. Marc Walkow was admitted as a volunteer programmer in 2007. Daniel Craft was admitted as a director in 2006. Nat Olsen ceased serving as a Director in 2003.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- New York Asian Film Festival
- Kaiju Shakedown – Variety's Asian cinema blog, written by festival organizer Grady Hendrix (relaunched on Variety Asia - 2007).
