On July 14, 2023, the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center will kick off the 22nd edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), with 60+ new and classic titles, a greatly expanded selection of short films, and an exciting slate of celebrated guests from Asia and the diaspora. The festival runs from July 14–30, 2023 at Film at Lincoln Center (Flc), with a special weekend of screenings (July 21–23) at a new venue, the historic Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, New Jersey, the birthplace of the motion picture industry in America.
“As filmmakers from Asia continue to earn the lion's share of top awards (and attention) on the international film festival circuit, this year's selection shows that those are still trees hiding a forest of talent,” said Samuel Jamier, executive director of Nyaff and president of the New York Asian Film Foundation. “We are thrilled to offer a platform...
“As filmmakers from Asia continue to earn the lion's share of top awards (and attention) on the international film festival circuit, this year's selection shows that those are still trees hiding a forest of talent,” said Samuel Jamier, executive director of Nyaff and president of the New York Asian Film Foundation. “We are thrilled to offer a platform...
- 6/20/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Nyaff unveils first wave of features from China, Hong Kong, Japan and beyond.
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the first wave of features for its 22nd edition and announced that Japanese actor Ryohei Suzuki will receive the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nyaff will run from July 14-30 at the city’s Film at Lincoln Center, with a programme of more than 60 titles, and Suzuki will be presented with the award recognising emerging talent from East Asia on July 15.
Suzuki has been acting on screen for more than 15 years, with a string of roles in Japanese...
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the first wave of features for its 22nd edition and announced that Japanese actor Ryohei Suzuki will receive the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nyaff will run from July 14-30 at the city’s Film at Lincoln Center, with a programme of more than 60 titles, and Suzuki will be presented with the award recognising emerging talent from East Asia on July 15.
Suzuki has been acting on screen for more than 15 years, with a string of roles in Japanese...
- 6/15/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong star and producer to be honoured for his contribution to the film industry.
Acclaimed Hong Kong star and producer Louis Koo is set to receive the highest honour bestowed by the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) next month.
Koo will receive the Extraordinary Star Asia Award for Exceptional Contribution to Asian Cinema at New York’s Film at Lincoln Center on July 19.
As one of Hong Kong’s biggest stars, Koo has more than 100 credits to his name including sci-fi action thriller Warriors Of Future, which became the highest-grossing Asian film of all time in the territory following its release last August.
Acclaimed Hong Kong star and producer Louis Koo is set to receive the highest honour bestowed by the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) next month.
Koo will receive the Extraordinary Star Asia Award for Exceptional Contribution to Asian Cinema at New York’s Film at Lincoln Center on July 19.
As one of Hong Kong’s biggest stars, Koo has more than 100 credits to his name including sci-fi action thriller Warriors Of Future, which became the highest-grossing Asian film of all time in the territory following its release last August.
- 6/8/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Burton will attend the festival in-person to receive his award.
US filmmaker Tim Burton will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 14th Lumiere Film Festival (October 15 - 23) in Lyon, France.
The auteur, who will be at the festival to recieve his award on October 21, is known for Gothic horror films Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Cannes’ director Thierry Fremaux set up the festival in 2009, through his role as head of Lyon’s Institut Lumiere. The event is held in Lyon, on the former home of cinema-pioneering brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
The...
US filmmaker Tim Burton will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 14th Lumiere Film Festival (October 15 - 23) in Lyon, France.
The auteur, who will be at the festival to recieve his award on October 21, is known for Gothic horror films Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Cannes’ director Thierry Fremaux set up the festival in 2009, through his role as head of Lyon’s Institut Lumiere. The event is held in Lyon, on the former home of cinema-pioneering brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
The...
- 7/20/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Viola Davis stars alongside Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega.
Gina Prince-Blythewood’s The Woman King, starring Viola Davis, is the latest feature to be announced as a world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September.
The TriStar Pictures drama centres on the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s. Davis plays General Nanisca, who trained the next generation of recruits in the fight against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
The cast includes Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and John Boyega.
Gina Prince-Blythewood’s The Woman King, starring Viola Davis, is the latest feature to be announced as a world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September.
The TriStar Pictures drama centres on the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s. Davis plays General Nanisca, who trained the next generation of recruits in the fight against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
The cast includes Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and John Boyega.
- 7/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Other big winners were biopic ’Anita’ and noir thriller ’Limbo’.
Action thriller Raging Fire has won best film and best director for the late Benny Chan at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards (Hkfa). Other big winners were biopic Anita and noir thriller Limbo.
The event took place last night (July 17) as the Hkfa’s first in-person ceremony since 2019 and was well attended by stars and leading film industry figures.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Raging Fire, in which Donnie Yen plays a cop who clashes with a former protege, marked the final film of veteran director Chan,...
Action thriller Raging Fire has won best film and best director for the late Benny Chan at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards (Hkfa). Other big winners were biopic Anita and noir thriller Limbo.
The event took place last night (July 17) as the Hkfa’s first in-person ceremony since 2019 and was well attended by stars and leading film industry figures.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Raging Fire, in which Donnie Yen plays a cop who clashes with a former protege, marked the final film of veteran director Chan,...
- 7/18/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
As our tribute to the industry comes to an end, we have collected all the interviews that took place during its run, in a series of discussions we feel shed a rather interesting light to what happens behind and around the cameras of Asian cinema. In that fashion, we interviewed Ed Lejano, Earl Jackson, Matthieu Laclau and Yov Moor, Adam Torel, Kazutaka Watanabe, Amir Muhammad, Samuel Jamier, Joey Leung, Mark Schilling, Chiaki Yanagimoto, Tsogtbayar Namsrai, Wafa Ghermani and Huang Juxiang.
1. Ed Lejano – Director, producer, actor and QCinema artistic director 2. Earl Jackson – Asian cinema academic, writer and teacher 3. Matthieu Laclau – Editor 4. Adam Torel – Owner of Third Window Films 5. Kazutaka Watanabe – Producer 6. Amir Muhammad – Filmmaker, publisher, producer and owner of Kuman Pictures 7. Samuel Jamier – Executive producer of New York Asian Film Festival 8. Joey Leung – Owner of Terracotta Distribution 9. Mark Schilling – Film critic for the Tokyo Times, Variety, journalist, translator, and author 10. Chiaki...
1. Ed Lejano – Director, producer, actor and QCinema artistic director 2. Earl Jackson – Asian cinema academic, writer and teacher 3. Matthieu Laclau – Editor 4. Adam Torel – Owner of Third Window Films 5. Kazutaka Watanabe – Producer 6. Amir Muhammad – Filmmaker, publisher, producer and owner of Kuman Pictures 7. Samuel Jamier – Executive producer of New York Asian Film Festival 8. Joey Leung – Owner of Terracotta Distribution 9. Mark Schilling – Film critic for the Tokyo Times, Variety, journalist, translator, and author 10. Chiaki...
- 7/1/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The line-up includes Korean thriller ‘Confession’ and Hong Kong comedy ‘Table For Six’.
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the first films for its 20th edition, including Yoon Jong-seok’s Korean mystery thriller Confession, Sunny Chan’s Hong Kong comedy Table For Six, Arvin Chen’s Taiwanese romantic drama Mama Boy and Kazuya Shiraishi’s Japanese serial-killer thriller Lesson In Murder, all of which are North American premieres.
This year will mark Nyaff’s full return to the big screen, following a virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition. More than 60 new and classic titles from Asia will...
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has unveiled the first films for its 20th edition, including Yoon Jong-seok’s Korean mystery thriller Confession, Sunny Chan’s Hong Kong comedy Table For Six, Arvin Chen’s Taiwanese romantic drama Mama Boy and Kazuya Shiraishi’s Japanese serial-killer thriller Lesson In Murder, all of which are North American premieres.
This year will mark Nyaff’s full return to the big screen, following a virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition. More than 60 new and classic titles from Asia will...
- 6/16/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Nyaff is thrilled to announce that the 20th Anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will kick off on July 15 with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit.
The director will be joined at Film at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nat Kitcharit in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s “Fast & Feel Love”
In Fast & Feel Love, Sperbund plays the supportive girlfriend of a world champion sport stacker (Nat Kitcharit) who only has time for his game. When she finally comes to her senses and dumps him, he must learn basic adulting skills to find a way to win her back.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,...
The director will be joined at Film at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nat Kitcharit in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s “Fast & Feel Love”
In Fast & Feel Love, Sperbund plays the supportive girlfriend of a world champion sport stacker (Nat Kitcharit) who only has time for his game. When she finally comes to her senses and dumps him, he must learn basic adulting skills to find a way to win her back.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,...
- 5/28/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
The 20th Anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will kick off on July 15 with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit.
The director will be joined at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,” said Samuel Jamier, Executive Director of Nyaff and President of the New York Asian Film Foundation, in remarks to Screen International, which broke the news.
“Nearly as fast-moving as its sport-stacking protagonist, it hits all the right notes, from broad humor to poignant drama, and gives every character a show-stopping moment or two — as well as hilarious and clever cinephile moments. As the film says,...
The director will be joined at Lincoln Center on opening night by his leading actress, Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who is being honored with the Screen International Rising Star award.
“This is the perfect film for an opening that marks a true return to theaters as well as Nyaff’s 20th anniversary,” said Samuel Jamier, Executive Director of Nyaff and President of the New York Asian Film Foundation, in remarks to Screen International, which broke the news.
“Nearly as fast-moving as its sport-stacking protagonist, it hits all the right notes, from broad humor to poignant drama, and gives every character a show-stopping moment or two — as well as hilarious and clever cinephile moments. As the film says,...
- 5/26/2022
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Nyaff’s 20th anniversary edition will take place from July 15-28.
Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love is set to open New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), where lead actress Urassaya Sperbund will receive the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nyaff’s 20th anniversary edition will take place from July 15-28 and Sperbund, who is also known as Yaya, will be presented with the award on opening night at New York’s Lincoln Centre.
Directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, the film follows a world champion of sport stacking – played by Nat Kitcharit – who must learn basic adulting skills after being...
Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love is set to open New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), where lead actress Urassaya Sperbund will receive the Screen International Rising Star award.
Nyaff’s 20th anniversary edition will take place from July 15-28 and Sperbund, who is also known as Yaya, will be presented with the award on opening night at New York’s Lincoln Centre.
Directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, the film follows a world champion of sport stacking – played by Nat Kitcharit – who must learn basic adulting skills after being...
- 5/22/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Fifteen films have been selected as finalists in this year’s Juree Awards Singapore 2021, an annual festival of short films that celebrates and supports filmmaker communities in Asia.
The 15 shortlisted finalists comprise independent filmmakers whose submitted short films spanned a range of diverse genres including comedy, family drama, documentaries, animation and more. Beyond genre though, among the finalists this year are compelling stories that bravely tackle difficult social issues: “A Waking” by Clare Chong, “Dark Light” by Vikneshwaran Silva, and “Booking” by Haziq Adam De Silva for example, explore social themes and issues such as sexual harassment, migrant workers and the red light industry.
Whereas dark comedy, “The Greatest Adventure to Nowhere” by Wind Loke and Kylen Ho – who took the ‘Best Screenplay’ prize at last year’s National Youth Film Awards (Nyfa) – takes a look at friendship and death through the eyes of a 7 year old. This year’s...
The 15 shortlisted finalists comprise independent filmmakers whose submitted short films spanned a range of diverse genres including comedy, family drama, documentaries, animation and more. Beyond genre though, among the finalists this year are compelling stories that bravely tackle difficult social issues: “A Waking” by Clare Chong, “Dark Light” by Vikneshwaran Silva, and “Booking” by Haziq Adam De Silva for example, explore social themes and issues such as sexual harassment, migrant workers and the red light industry.
Whereas dark comedy, “The Greatest Adventure to Nowhere” by Wind Loke and Kylen Ho – who took the ‘Best Screenplay’ prize at last year’s National Youth Film Awards (Nyfa) – takes a look at friendship and death through the eyes of a 7 year old. This year’s...
- 9/9/2021
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
After going fully virtual in 2020, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) returns with a hybrid lineup of screenings Aug. 6-22.
The festival will open Aug. 6 with Ryoo Seung-wan’s South Korean action-drama “Escape From Mogadishu,” which depicts the perilous escape attempt by Korean embassy workers stranded during the onset of the civil war in Somalia.
Samuel Jamier, executive director of Nyaff, calls it one of the biggest Korean releases of the year and says the film will open in theaters simultaneously with its in-person international premiere at Film at Lincoln Center.
“‘Escape From Mogadishu’ shows the expansion of Korea and where it’s aiming to be,” Jamier says. “It would have been hard to conceive 10 years ago another war film set in Somalia, a territory that has only been explored in ‘Black Hawk Down’ in some fashion.”
One of the few American film festivals devoted to pics from the Asian continent,...
The festival will open Aug. 6 with Ryoo Seung-wan’s South Korean action-drama “Escape From Mogadishu,” which depicts the perilous escape attempt by Korean embassy workers stranded during the onset of the civil war in Somalia.
Samuel Jamier, executive director of Nyaff, calls it one of the biggest Korean releases of the year and says the film will open in theaters simultaneously with its in-person international premiere at Film at Lincoln Center.
“‘Escape From Mogadishu’ shows the expansion of Korea and where it’s aiming to be,” Jamier says. “It would have been hard to conceive 10 years ago another war film set in Somalia, a territory that has only been explored in ‘Black Hawk Down’ in some fashion.”
One of the few American film festivals devoted to pics from the Asian continent,...
- 8/6/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
The Donnie Yen-starring action thriller “Raging Fire” will open in North American theaters on Aug. 13, its distributor Well Go USA Entertainment announced Friday.
The film is the final project of the late iconic Hong Kong film director Benny Chan, who passed away last summer. Chan was beloved for action films like “The White Storm” and Jackie Chan pictures like “New Police Story.”
“Raging Fire” will screen ahead of its broader theatrical outing on Aug. 9 as the Centerpiece film selection of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff). Later this year, it will land on the martial arts streaming channel Hi-yah!, prior to its physical and digital release.
“We have been long-time champions of both the late director Benny Chan’s work and Donnie Yen,” said Nyaff executive director Samuel Jamier. “The Centerpiece presentation is the keystone event of Nyaff, representing the tone and unique spirit of our festival, which...
The film is the final project of the late iconic Hong Kong film director Benny Chan, who passed away last summer. Chan was beloved for action films like “The White Storm” and Jackie Chan pictures like “New Police Story.”
“Raging Fire” will screen ahead of its broader theatrical outing on Aug. 9 as the Centerpiece film selection of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff). Later this year, it will land on the martial arts streaming channel Hi-yah!, prior to its physical and digital release.
“We have been long-time champions of both the late director Benny Chan’s work and Donnie Yen,” said Nyaff executive director Samuel Jamier. “The Centerpiece presentation is the keystone event of Nyaff, representing the tone and unique spirit of our festival, which...
- 7/30/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s festival will highlight in-person programming at Film at Lincoln Center and Sva Theatre, featuring over 60 world, international, and North American premieres, with many selections also available virtually to fans of Asian cinema across the country.
On August 6, 2021, the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center will kick off the 20th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), a hybrid event with Nyaff’s largest film lineup to date. The Festival will screen over 60 films, both virtually and in person, to audiences in New York and across the country from August 6 – 22, 2021.
Nyaff’s 2021 lineup will include two world premieres, six international premieres, 29 North American premieres, eight U.S. premieres, and nine New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from East Asia.
Following an unprecedented year in which Covid-19 and increased violence against the Asian...
On August 6, 2021, the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center will kick off the 20th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff), a hybrid event with Nyaff’s largest film lineup to date. The Festival will screen over 60 films, both virtually and in person, to audiences in New York and across the country from August 6 – 22, 2021.
Nyaff’s 2021 lineup will include two world premieres, six international premieres, 29 North American premieres, eight U.S. premieres, and nine New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from East Asia.
Following an unprecedented year in which Covid-19 and increased violence against the Asian...
- 7/8/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The hybrid event has set two world premieres and six international premieres.
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has named most of the 60-plus films it will screen for its 20th edition, a hybrid event running August 6-22.
The festival’s two world premieres will include Japanese director Yu Irie’s political satire Ninja Girl and among the six international premieres will be The Book Of Fish, a South Korean homage to black-and-white cinema by Lee Joon-ik, and Nasi Lemak 1.0, from Malaysian director Namewee.
The festival’s 29 North American premieres will include virtual screenings of Tough Out, Xu Hui-jing...
The New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) has named most of the 60-plus films it will screen for its 20th edition, a hybrid event running August 6-22.
The festival’s two world premieres will include Japanese director Yu Irie’s political satire Ninja Girl and among the six international premieres will be The Book Of Fish, a South Korean homage to black-and-white cinema by Lee Joon-ik, and Nasi Lemak 1.0, from Malaysian director Namewee.
The festival’s 29 North American premieres will include virtual screenings of Tough Out, Xu Hui-jing...
- 7/7/2021
- ScreenDaily
Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s “In Front of Your Face” is assured of a release in the U.S. following a rights deal between sales agent Finecut and distributor the Cinema Guild.
“In Front of Your Face” will have its world premiere in competition in Cannes and plays late on the second week of the festival. But, with this counting as Hong’s 11th appearance in Cannes, buyers consider him to be a known quantity and several from key territories have been quick to jump in.
The film also sold to Providence Filmes for Brazil, Mimosa Films for Japan, Av-jet International for Taiwan and to New Wave Films for the U.K. and Ireland.
Hong, who is known for a minimalist style, a focus on female characters and oblique references to the media industry, unwraps a tale of a middle-aged woman who visits her sister in a high-rise apartment in Seoul.
“In Front of Your Face” will have its world premiere in competition in Cannes and plays late on the second week of the festival. But, with this counting as Hong’s 11th appearance in Cannes, buyers consider him to be a known quantity and several from key territories have been quick to jump in.
The film also sold to Providence Filmes for Brazil, Mimosa Films for Japan, Av-jet International for Taiwan and to New Wave Films for the U.K. and Ireland.
Hong, who is known for a minimalist style, a focus on female characters and oblique references to the media industry, unwraps a tale of a middle-aged woman who visits her sister in a high-rise apartment in Seoul.
- 7/7/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s Juree Awards includes a new category, the LifeSG Award, created in partnership with the Government Technology Agency (GovTech). The award hopes to uncover inspiring stories of how everyday technology plays a role in shaping and influencing Singaporeans in their key life moments from graduation to adulthood, receiving their first job offer or paycheck, experiencing parenthood, reaching retirement and beyond.
Key Dates
Call for Entry : Deadline for submission is Midnight, Jul 12
Shortlist of Entries : Will be announced on Sep 6
Audience Voting : From Sep 6 to Sep 20
Finalists Announced : Will be announced on Oct 22
More details on film submissions and requirements can be found at www.viddsee.com/c/jureesg.
Award Prizes
Participants stand a chance to win prizes worth more than Sgd$28,000 in cash and merchandise
through the following categories:
● Gold Award (1 winner)
● Silver Award (1 winner)
● LifeSG Awards (5 winners)
● Audience Choice Award (1 winner)
● Audience Choice...
Key Dates
Call for Entry : Deadline for submission is Midnight, Jul 12
Shortlist of Entries : Will be announced on Sep 6
Audience Voting : From Sep 6 to Sep 20
Finalists Announced : Will be announced on Oct 22
More details on film submissions and requirements can be found at www.viddsee.com/c/jureesg.
Award Prizes
Participants stand a chance to win prizes worth more than Sgd$28,000 in cash and merchandise
through the following categories:
● Gold Award (1 winner)
● Silver Award (1 winner)
● LifeSG Awards (5 winners)
● Audience Choice Award (1 winner)
● Audience Choice...
- 6/25/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The New York Asian Film Festival has been a major highlight of the movie calendar since it first launched in 2002, but celebrating this annual orgy of contemporary Asian cinema has always felt a bit like bragging about an experience that most people out there will never get to have. Not only is Nyaff the country’s best-curated and most fearless showcase of new films from Japan to Indonesia and all points in between, but most of these great films never find more permanent homes in the United States (though anyone willing to sift through the recesses of Amazon Prime or explore niche-driven streaming platforms like AsianCrush and Rakuten might find some titles that haven’t completely fallen through the cracks).
Miss a masterpiece like Li Wu’s “Buddha Mountain” or Clement Cheng and Derek Kwok’s “Gallants” and you may never have a chance to see it again; miss the...
Miss a masterpiece like Li Wu’s “Buddha Mountain” or Clement Cheng and Derek Kwok’s “Gallants” and you may never have a chance to see it again; miss the...
- 8/24/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Powered by Chinese streaming technology, the New York Asian Film Festival will this year move from the real world to the virtual. With strong focuses on women filmmakers and Korean movies, the 19th Nyaff will run Aug. 28-Sept 12.
The opening film is the North American Premiere of “The Girl and the Gun” (aka “Babae at Baril”), directed by Rae Red, starring Janine Gutierrez, and produced by Iana Celest Bernardez and Bianca Balbuena. Other female-centric picks include “Heavy Craving” from Taiwan, “Lucky Chan-sil” and “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” both from South Korea, “My Prince Edward” from Hong Kong, and “Victim(s)” from Malaysia.
The virtual festival will play out on software supplied by Smart Cinema, a three year old Chinese operation, backed by former Wanda executive Jack Gao. Its U.S. arm is a joint venture with pioneering distributor of Asian films WellGo USA.
“I’m sure people will pick up on...
The opening film is the North American Premiere of “The Girl and the Gun” (aka “Babae at Baril”), directed by Rae Red, starring Janine Gutierrez, and produced by Iana Celest Bernardez and Bianca Balbuena. Other female-centric picks include “Heavy Craving” from Taiwan, “Lucky Chan-sil” and “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982,” both from South Korea, “My Prince Edward” from Hong Kong, and “Victim(s)” from Malaysia.
The virtual festival will play out on software supplied by Smart Cinema, a three year old Chinese operation, backed by former Wanda executive Jack Gao. Its U.S. arm is a joint venture with pioneering distributor of Asian films WellGo USA.
“I’m sure people will pick up on...
- 8/10/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
”This also offers the occasion to find new creativity, not only in content but how it is delivered.”
New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) organisers have set a virtual edition from August 28-September 12 after they cancelled the physical event due to the pandemic.
The acclaimed festival typically runs from late June for roughly two weeks and presents world premieres of new work and acclaimed festival and commercial hits.
Nyaff executive director Samuel Jamier said, “We held out for a physical, real festival as long as we could. At the core of what we do, there’s always the idea(l...
New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) organisers have set a virtual edition from August 28-September 12 after they cancelled the physical event due to the pandemic.
The acclaimed festival typically runs from late June for roughly two weeks and presents world premieres of new work and acclaimed festival and commercial hits.
Nyaff executive director Samuel Jamier said, “We held out for a physical, real festival as long as we could. At the core of what we do, there’s always the idea(l...
- 7/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Full Lineup For 2nd New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) Winter Showcase February 14th to 16th, 2020
The New York Asian Film Festival ushers in the new decade with the second annual edition of its Winter Showcase. Held at Chelsea’s Sva Theatre over Valentine’s weekend, this year’s showcase celebrates our love of Asian films by turning the spotlight on food cultures through cinema. At a juncture when America still obsesses over Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning Parasite, and some of its more minute plot points such as the wonders of Ram-Don (jjapaguri), it is timely to show that when it comes to putting food front and center, Asian movies do it best.
To celebrate a time-honored tradition of storytelling and the romantic holiday, this year’s lineup brings together trends-and-time-transcending classics as well as some remarkable foodie films of recent years, spanning several decades and different strands of filmmaking: regardless of where and when they are from, these stories pack in full plates of heart and soul,...
To celebrate a time-honored tradition of storytelling and the romantic holiday, this year’s lineup brings together trends-and-time-transcending classics as well as some remarkable foodie films of recent years, spanning several decades and different strands of filmmaking: regardless of where and when they are from, these stories pack in full plates of heart and soul,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Festival to close on July 14 with The White Storm 2: Drug Lords.
In the New York Asian Film Festival’s 18th year, executive director Samuel Jamier disussses the line-up, why programmers need to work harder, and what might lie ahead for the event.
The festival opened on June 28 with Bernard Rose’s Samurai Marathon and will close on July 14 with Herman Yau’s The White Storm 2: Drug Lords. Japan’s Nama Komatsu and South Korea’s Ryu Jun-yeol are this year’s Screen International’s Rising Star Asia Award recipients. For details of this week’s screenings, click here.
In the New York Asian Film Festival’s 18th year, executive director Samuel Jamier disussses the line-up, why programmers need to work harder, and what might lie ahead for the event.
The festival opened on June 28 with Bernard Rose’s Samurai Marathon and will close on July 14 with Herman Yau’s The White Storm 2: Drug Lords. Japan’s Nama Komatsu and South Korea’s Ryu Jun-yeol are this year’s Screen International’s Rising Star Asia Award recipients. For details of this week’s screenings, click here.
- 7/10/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Festival organizers from around the world Tuesday discussed the challenges of remaining relevant in a digital era at a Shanghai International Film Festival forum.
The Festival do Rio’s executive director, Ilda Santiago, noted that online platforms are now an unavoidable part of the film business and creative process, and that “of course not all of them are so keen on physical festivals.” Her festival in Rio de Janeiro has tried to work in a limited way with online streaming, and she will continue to explore such avenues as long as online services were “expanding the possibilities of the films… and what we do,” she said.
“We can’t have 1,000 films in the festival, but I’m sure there are 1,000 good films to be screened. I’m old school in that I still think the big screen is the thing, but… I don’t want the audience to be imprisoned,...
The Festival do Rio’s executive director, Ilda Santiago, noted that online platforms are now an unavoidable part of the film business and creative process, and that “of course not all of them are so keen on physical festivals.” Her festival in Rio de Janeiro has tried to work in a limited way with online streaming, and she will continue to explore such avenues as long as online services were “expanding the possibilities of the films… and what we do,” she said.
“We can’t have 1,000 films in the festival, but I’m sure there are 1,000 good films to be screened. I’m old school in that I still think the big screen is the thing, but… I don’t want the audience to be imprisoned,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
What a difference a year makes. At the 2017 Industry Forum, part of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao, executives had concluded that disruptors to traditional models of distribution, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, are temporary, while film is forever.
Only 12 months later, two of the three topics discussed at the same forum took the disruption as granted and real, and moved forward into discussion. One of the key thoughts expressed in the discussions was that the film industry is in flux and forward visibility is no more than six months.
While no one announced the death of film at this year’s forum, a topic of discussion was whether film makers benefit from the disruption caused by content-hungry SVoD players. The table host for these sessions was Bobby Allen, senior VP, content, at Svod player Mubi.
Simultaneously, sessions hosted by Fred Tsui, Gm and head of sales & international...
Only 12 months later, two of the three topics discussed at the same forum took the disruption as granted and real, and moved forward into discussion. One of the key thoughts expressed in the discussions was that the film industry is in flux and forward visibility is no more than six months.
While no one announced the death of film at this year’s forum, a topic of discussion was whether film makers benefit from the disruption caused by content-hungry SVoD players. The table host for these sessions was Bobby Allen, senior VP, content, at Svod player Mubi.
Simultaneously, sessions hosted by Fred Tsui, Gm and head of sales & international...
- 12/11/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
The 17th annual New York Asian Film Festival closed July 15 after two weeks of boasting four world premieres, 21 North American premieres, and 12 New York premieres. Produced by Subway Cinema and the Film Society at Lincoln Center, the Nyaff aims to showcase Asian cinematic excellence, and to expose audiences to non-Eurocentric, emotionally compelling, and provocative Asian film. The festival kicked off June 29 with the North American premiere of celebrated Japanese director Masanori Tominaga’s “Dynamite Graffiti,” an idiosyncratic drama about the Japanese pornography publisher Suei Akira. For its closing, the festival chose box office darling Erik Matti’s “BuyBust,” an action film starring megawatt actor Anne Curtis and Mma world champion Brandon Vera, all of whom attended the screening. The festival also delivers awards, this year honoring Hong Kong’s Dante Lam with a Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema. The festival’s schedule included a special screening...
- 7/16/2018
- backstage.com
New York Asian Film Festival heads on global trawl for content, festival blind spots, ‘fear of China’.
As the 17th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) enters its final weekend, executive director Samuel Jamier and deputy director Stephen Cremin discuss why premieres aren’t always the be-all-and-end-all, the ‘fear of China’, Nyaff’s faithful audience, and international festival blind spots.
Presented by Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema and backed by a range of Asian bodies and New York-based private donors, the event runs from June 29-July 15 at Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
This year’s edition closes...
As the 17th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) enters its final weekend, executive director Samuel Jamier and deputy director Stephen Cremin discuss why premieres aren’t always the be-all-and-end-all, the ‘fear of China’, Nyaff’s faithful audience, and international festival blind spots.
Presented by Film Society Of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema and backed by a range of Asian bodies and New York-based private donors, the event runs from June 29-July 15 at Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
This year’s edition closes...
- 7/13/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
June 22, 2018 – The 17th New York Asian Film Festival will award Hong Kong’s Stephy Tang its Screen International Rising Star Asia Award on July 7th before a screening of her film The Empty Hands.Tang, a former volleyball star and model, started out in the entertainment business as the lead singer of the phenomenally popular girls’ band The Cookies before launching her successful solo career. In addition to concerts, albums and television appearances, she started her own fashion label and wrote a romance novel. In film, she is best known for her pairing with Alex Fong in a series of popular rom-coms directed by Patrick Kong from 2006-2015.
Nyaff is celebrating Tang for her recent shift in career direction, taking on a series of more challenging roles. In Cheung Wing-kai’s “Somewhere Beyond the Mist”, she plays a pregnant policewoman investigating a morbid murder case; in Chapman To’s “The Empty Hands...
Nyaff is celebrating Tang for her recent shift in career direction, taking on a series of more challenging roles. In Cheung Wing-kai’s “Somewhere Beyond the Mist”, she plays a pregnant policewoman investigating a morbid murder case; in Chapman To’s “The Empty Hands...
- 6/22/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Former singer and model to attend screening of The Empty Hands.
Hong Kong’s Stephy Tang has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) on July 6.
Tang, a former volleyball star, singer and model, will collect the annual honour before a screening of Chapman To’s The Empty Hands. The festival is set to run from June 29-July 15.
Tang started out in entertainment as the lead singer of girl band The Cookies prior to launching a successful solo career. In addition to concerts,...
Hong Kong’s Stephy Tang has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at the 17th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) on July 6.
Tang, a former volleyball star, singer and model, will collect the annual honour before a screening of Chapman To’s The Empty Hands. The festival is set to run from June 29-July 15.
Tang started out in entertainment as the lead singer of girl band The Cookies prior to launching a successful solo career. In addition to concerts,...
- 6/22/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
He will receive the Daniel A. Craft award for Excellence in Action Cinema.
The 17th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will award Hong Kong’s Dante Lam the Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema. The festival runs from June 29-July 15.
Lam and his producer Candy Leung will attend the festival, which will host a tribute. His latest film, the action thriller Operation Red Sea, will screen in the festival; it is the second-highest grossing Chinese-language film of all time at the China box office, having grossed approximately $575m (Rmb 3.65bn) since the February launch.
The festival...
The 17th New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will award Hong Kong’s Dante Lam the Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema. The festival runs from June 29-July 15.
Lam and his producer Candy Leung will attend the festival, which will host a tribute. His latest film, the action thriller Operation Red Sea, will screen in the festival; it is the second-highest grossing Chinese-language film of all time at the China box office, having grossed approximately $575m (Rmb 3.65bn) since the February launch.
The festival...
- 5/15/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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