New York Asian Film Festival: 6/20 - 7/6 2008

Sunday, June 15, 2008



The New York Asian Film Festival is about to get going, and this year they'll be showing 43 films and two short programs - and the lineup is looking pretty tight.

The trailer/promo for the film festival



The list of films they'll be showing this year

ACCURACY OF DEATH (aka SWEET RAIN) (Japan, 2008) Japan Cuts
ACTION BOYS (Korea, 2008) guest
ADRIFT IN TOKYO (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts stylejam
ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET (Japan, 2005)
ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET 2 (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts
ASSEMBLY (China, 2007)
ARCH ANGELS (Japan, 2006)
BODYGUARD (Thailand, 2004)
BODYGUARD 2 (Thailand, 2007)
THE BUTCHER (Korea, 2007)
CHANBARA BEAUTY (Japan, 2008)
DAINIPPONJIN (aka BIG MAN JAPAN) (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts
DOG IN A SIDECAR (Japan, 2007) stylejam
DORORO (Japan, 2007)
FINE, TOTALLY FINE (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts stylejam
HAPPINESS (Korea, 2007)
KALA (Indonesia, 2007)
KING NARESUAN (Thailand, 2007)
KING NARESUAN 2 (Thailand, 2007)
L: CHANGE THE WORLD (Japan, 2008)
LIKE A DRAGON (Japan, 2007)
LOVE ON SUNDAY (Japan, 2006)
LOVE ON SUNDAY 2: LAST WORDS (Japan, 2007)
M (Korea, 2007)
MAD DETECTIVE (Hong Kong, 2007)
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NIGHT IN THE WORLD (Japan, 2008)
MSFF KOREAN SHORT FILMS - Program 1 (Korea) guest
MSFF KOREAN SHORT FILMS - Program 2 (Korea) guest
PUBLIC ENEMY RETURNS (Korea, 2008) Centerpiece Presentation
THE REBEL (Vietnam, 2007)
SAD VACATION (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts stylejam
SASORI (Hong Kong/Japan, 2008)
SHADOW SPIRIT (Japan, 2007)
SHADOWS IN THE PALACE (Korea, 2007)
SHAMO (Hong Kong, 2008)
SPARROW (Hong Kong, 2008)
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES (Japan, 2006)
SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts
TAMAMI: THE BABY'S CURSE (aka AKANBO SHOJO) (Japan, 2008)
THEN SUMMER CAME (Japan, 2008) Opening Film stylejam guest
THIS WORLD OF OURS (Japan, 2008)
TOKYO GORE POLICE (Japan, 2008)
UNITED RED ARMY (Japan, 2007) Japan Cuts guest
X-CROSS (Japan, 2007)
YASUKUNI (Japan/China, 2008) Japan Cuts

Japan Cuts = Films co-presented with JAPAN CUTS - Festival of New Japanese Film
stylejam = Part of Focus on Stylejam program
guest = indicates festival guest appearance; see details for individual film for more information