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New York Asian Film Festival
The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is a film festival held in New York City dedicated to the display of Asian film and culture. The New York Asian Film Festival generally features contemporary premieres and classic titles from Eastern Asia and Southeast Asia (particularly Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Philippines, and Thailand), though South Asian cinema has also been represented via films from India and Pakistan. Background The NYAFF displays many of its films as a first-and-only screening in the country, giving audiences the chance to see films that would not otherwise be distributed in the United States. Actors and directors of the exhibited films are often brought over as special guests of the NYAFF. Genres featured in the film festival include Horror, Gangster/Crime, Martial Arts, and Action. The New York Asian Film Festival is owned and operated by the nonprofit organization the New York Asian Film Foundation Inc. Every year the annual film festival is or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film At Lincoln Center
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), previously known as the Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) until 2019,Aridi, Sara (April 28, 2019).. ''The New York Times''. nytimes.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019. is a nonprofit organization based in New York City, New York (state), New York. Founded in 1969 by three Lincoln Center executives—William F. May (chemical engineer), William F. May, Martin E. Segal and Schuyler G. Chapin—the organization presents film festivals, retrospectives, new releases, restorations, and talks.About Us . Film at Lincoln Center. filmlinc.org. Retrieved 2019-04-29. Film at Lincoln Center is one of the eleven resident organizations at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Beginnings [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and film distribution, exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent film, independent, experimental film, experimental, and avant-garde cinema."About/Overview" ''Anthology Film Archives'' website. The archive, film archive and theater is located at 32 Second Avenue (Manhattan), Second Avenue on the southeast corner of East 2nd Street, in a New York City historic district in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village neighborhood of Manhattan. History 
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The Monkey King (2023 Film)
''The Monkey King'' is a 2023 animated fantasy action comedy film directed by Anthony Stacchi from a screenplay written by Rita Hsiao and the writing team of Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman. It is based on the first 7 chapters of the classic Ming dynasty novel, ''Journey to the West''. The film stars Jimmy O. Yang as the voice of the titular trickster, with Bowen Yang, Jo Koy, BD Wong, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, and Stephanie Hsu in supporting roles. ''The Monkey King'' was selected as the closing film at the 22nd New York Asian Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on July 30, 2023, and was distributed and released on August 18, 2023, by Netflix. On December 7, it appeared in the eligible list for consideration of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the 96th Academy Awards, but ultimately did not appear. Plot One night, a monkey is born from a stone atop a tall mountain and disturbs the Jade Emperor. He gives the order to eliminate the infant, but Buddh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker)
Lee Byeong-heon (; born 23 July 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film '' Twenty'' and 2019 film ''Extreme Job ''Extreme Job'' () is a 2019 South Korean action comedy film directed by Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker), Lee Byeong-heon and written by Bae Se-young. It follows a police narcotics unit that runs a fried chicken restaurant as an undercover front for ...'', the latter of which broke the record for the highest-grossing South Korean film. Filmography Film Television series Web series Awards and nominations Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Byeong-heon 1980 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dream (2023 Film)
''Dream'' () is a 2023 South Korean sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Lee Byeong-heon, starring Park Seo-joon and IU. It revolves around Yoon Hong-dae, a football player, who receives disciplinary provision and is given the challenging job of coaching the national football team of homeless people for the Homeless World Cup. It was released theatrically on April 26, 2023. Synopsis After football player Hong-dae (Park Seo-joon) is involved in an unexpected incident and receives disciplinary probation, he is appointed the coach for a special national soccer team. The team consists of homeless people, some of whom have never even handled a ball before, or they exhibit eccentric and challenging behaviour. They aim to compete in the international Homeless World Cup. Hong-dae is skeptical and cranky, but slowly warms to the role of coach, also becoming something of a TV star thanks to a documentary simultaneously being filmed about him and the team by videographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Won-suk
Lee Won-suk (born 9 January 1974) is a South Korean film director. Lee acted as the assistant director on the South Korean anthology film, omnibus film ''Five Senses of Eros'' (2009), before releasing his filmmaking debut, the romantic comedy ''How to Use Guys with Secret Tips'' (2013). Though not a commercial success, the film won the Golden Mulberry Award (Audience Award) at the 15th Far East Film Festival and the Bronze Prize for Best Asian Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2013. His second feature, a historical drama, period drama ''The Royal Tailor'' (2014), won the Audience Award (Second Place) and My Movie Audience Award at the 17th Udine Far East Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2015. Filmography *''Deotchil'' (short film, 2005) - film director, director, producer director, film editing, editor *''Five Senses of Eros'' (2009) - 1st assistant director *''How to Use Guys with Secret Tips'' (2013) - direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soi Cheang
Soi Cheang (born 11 July 1972), also known as Bob Cheng or by his birth name Cheang Pou-soi, is a Macau-born Hong Kong filmmaker. Known for his contribution to action crime films, his works ''Motorway'' (2012), ''Limbo'' (2021) and '' Mad Fate'' (2023) earned him three Best Director nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which he won for the latter. Cheang's films have regularly appeared at international film festivals; ''Accident'' (2009) was selected to be in Competition section of Venice Film Festival, ''Limbo'' (2021) and '' Mad Fate'' (2023) were selected to be in the Berlinale Special section of Berlin International Film Festival, and '' Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In'' (2024) was selected to be in the Official Selection (Midnight Screening) of the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to directing action crime films, Cheang was also directed ''The Monkey King'' trilogy, in which he produced the latter. His other works, included ''Paradox A paradox is a logically s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walled In
''Walled In'' is a 2007 Canadian horror- thriller film directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and starring Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, and Deborah Kara Unger. The film is based on the best-selling French novel ''Les Emmurés'' by Serge Brussolo. It is Paquet-Brenner's English-language film debut. Plot Film opens with a little girl, Julie (Sophi Knight), wakes up to find herself in a small concealed room, confused at what is happening. When the room starts filling with cement from all corners, the girl cries for her father, but the cement only continues to rise, and eventually she is buried alive through the film opens with a grim discovery: sixteen bodies are found entombed within the walls of the building where Julie met her tragic fate. 15 years later Samantha "Sam" Walczak (Mischa Barton) is a recent engineering graduate. At her graduation party, her father, the owner of a demolition company, gives her a gift: a job supervising the demolition of a building in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ScreenDaily
''Screen International'' is a British film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by Media Business Insight, a British B2B media company which also owned ''Broadcast''. The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global film business. The magazine in its current form was founded in 1975, and its website, ''Screendaily.com'', was added in 2001. ''Screen International'' also produces daily publications at film festivals and markets in Berlin, Germany; Cannes, France; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California; and Hong Kong. History ''Screen International'' traces its history back to 1889 with the publication of ''Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger''. At the turn of the 20th century, the name changed to ''Cinematographic Journal'' and in 1907 it was renamed '' Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly''. Kinematograph Weekly ''Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly'' contained trade news, advertisements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a Borough (New Jersey), borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades (Hudson River), The Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 35,345, which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Along with other communities in Bergen County, it is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Koreans, Korean Ethnic enclave, enclaves outside of Korea. Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War Fortification, military encampment. At the turn of the 20th century it became the birthplace of the American film industry. In 1931, the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrymore Film Center
The Barrymore Film Center is a publicly owned, non-profit film history museum and archive, with a 260-seat cinema and repertory theater, in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The BFC is dedicated to the role of the town as the birthplace of American cinema. It is named for the Barrymore family, members of whom lived in and worked in the borough. Location and design The newly built center was designed by Hugh Hardy and cost $15-$16 million to build. It opened in October 2022 near George Washington Bridge Plaza on Palisade Avenue as part of a major development project that also includes the Modern high-rise complex. Background Birthplace of American cinema Fort Lee is home to America's first motion picture industry. A large number of early films, many silent, were shot at studios and on location in and around the town. With the first constructed in 1909, there were 11 major studios in Fort Lee by 1918. That year a number of factors affected film production: the "Spanish flu" infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SVA Theatre
The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth in 1947 as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School; it had three teachers and 35 students, most of whom were World War II veterans who had a large part of their tuition underwritten by the U.S. government's G.I. Bill. It was renamed the School of Visual Arts in 1956 and offered its first degrees in 1972. In 1983, it introduced a Master of Fine Arts in painting, drawing and sculpture. The school has a faculty of more than 1,100 and a student body of over 3,000. It offers 11 undergraduate and 22 graduate degree programs, and is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. Its second president, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
