Since 2001, the NYKFF has served as the leading venue for introducing contemporary Korean films to American audiences.

This year the New York Korean Film Festival returns to The ImaginAsian! To purchase advance tickets now, simply find the film you want to see below and click on the date right above it. All tickets for the 2006 NYKFF are $10.

SCREENING SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25th
5:00pm - When Romance Meets Destiny
7:15pm - Robotech: Shadow Chronicles (Director Q&A)
9:30pm - Rules of Dating
12:00am - A-rang

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26th
2:30pm - Shin Sung-il Is Lost
4:30pm - If You Were Me (Animated Version)
6:30pm - Forbidden Quest (Director & Star Q&A)
9:30pm - My Scary Girl

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27th
3:30pm - Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (Director Q&A)
6:00pm - The Aggressives
9:00pm - Murder Take One

MONDAY, AUGUST 28th
6:30pm - The Charming Girl
9:00pm - Grain In Ear

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29th
6:30pm - Shin Sung-il Is Lost
9:00pm - Wedding Campaign

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30th
6:30pm - Murder Take One
9:00pm - If You Were Me (Animated Version)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31st
6:30pm - Holiday
9:00pm - When Romance Meets Destiny

For more information, check back soon, or visit: www.koreanfilmfestival.org

Visit the official site for details.

The Chica Luna Short Film Festival was developed to create opportunities for women of color thought out the United Stated who want to produce narrative films that engage social justice themes.

The CLSFF has entered its sophomore year, which seems to be more promising than it's predecessor. This year we will be highlighting 8 emerging women filmmiakers whose film topics range from Sibling Rivalry to Youth Homelessness.

The 2nd Annual CLSFF is sponsored in part by Urban Envy, Sister Outsider Entertainment, Puffin Foundation, Association of Hispanic Arts, Alter Asian and New York Tributary.


Buy tickets now!

The New York Asian Film Festival is five years old! Come celebrate by watching the latest and greatest movies from Asia. Movies where people talk about their feelings? No! Movies where people rub the magic nose-hairs of a space amoeba. Movies where all girl punk bands shred the school talent show with power chords. Movies where wall-to-wall mind-blowing action destroys the fabric of space and time right before your very eyes!

The New York Asian Film Festival 2006 (June 16 – July 1)
Protecting the Planet from Evil for 5 years!

Tickets for all festival screenings are available online HERE .

Please confirm correct venue prior to purchasing tickets. Tickets are $9, and non-refundable.

Visit www.subwaycinema.com for the full line-up and more information.

June 9 - 15 2006
All tickets are $10

Friday, June 9
1pm: Ina Kapatid Anak
3:30: Slow Jam King
6:00: Maximo Oliveros (Q&A w/ producer Raymond Lee)
8-8:30 Reception for Slow Jam King
8:30: Slow Jam King
10:30: Q&A and Live concert performance by Steve Mallorca (dir. Slow Jam King) & his band

Saturday, June 10
12noon: Hahamakin Lahat
2:30: Slow Jam King (Q&A w/ director Steve Mallorca)
5pm: Words & Images
7:00: Riles (Q&A w/ director Ditsi Carolino)
8:30: Slow Jam King (Q&A w/ director Steve Mallorca)
11:00: Sa Aking Pagkagising Sa Aking Kamulatan

Sunday, June 11
12noon: Slow Jam King
2:30: Ina Kapatid Anak
5pm: Bunso (Q&A w/ director Ditsi Carolino)
6:30: Sarung Banggi (Q&A w/ producer Raymond Lee)
8:30: Slow Jam King

Monday, June 12
2:30 Slow Jam King
5:00 Pinoy Blonde
7:00 Film Forum/Workshop (sold as part of 8:00PM screening of Slow Jam King)
8:00 Slow Jam King
10:30: Manila by Night

Tuesday, June 13
2:30: Slow Jam King
5:00: Hahamakin Lahat
7:30: Nasaan si Francis? ("Problema" Premiere Short Dir: Luis Pedron of Fanclubx.com)
10:00: Slow Jam King

Wednesday, June 14
2:30 Slow Jam King
5:00 Pinoy Blonde
7:00 Riles (Q&A w/ director Ditsi Carolino)
8:30: Slow Jam King

Thursday, June 15
2:30 Slow Jam King
5:00 Nasaan Si Francis?
7:00: Karnal (Q&A w/ production designer Fiel Zabat)
9:30: Slow Jam King

Sponsors:
The ImaginAsian
Unico Entertainment
The Kaya Collective
Cinefilipino.com
FanclubX.com
Carouselpinoy.com
Johnny Air Cargo
Perlas Ng Silangan Restaurant

Dir: Ian Gamazon and Neill dela Llana
Philippines, USA | 2005 | 80 min | English/Tagalog w/English subtitles

Trailer

Join ACV, Truly Indie, Landmark Theatres and ImaginAsian Entertainment for a benefit screening of CAVITE, an award-winning film that has been earning raves from critics and audiences all over!

Made on a miniscule budget, this indie thriller follows Adam, an American who is visiting his home country the Philippines for his father’s funeral. After he’s arrived, he receives an anonymous call telling him that his mother and sister have been kidnapped and will be killed if he doesn't comply with his demands. Against his wishes, he finds himself caught in a terrorist plot that forces him to make a life-or-death decision.

Join the directors Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana in a Q&A after the screening.

CAVITE--a Truly Indie release--opens Friday May 26 in New York (Cinema Village) and Los Angeles (Landmark NuArt) and June 16 in San Francisco and San Diego, and June 30 in Seattle.
For more information, visit www.trulyindie.com or www.cavitemovie.com

Price: $12 for ACV/PbP members and students; $15 for non-ACV members. All ticket sales proceeds will go towards benefiting and supporting Asian CineVision.

Get Tickets from Asian CineVision or contact ACV at info@asiancinevision.org / 212-989-1422

See the works of up-and-coming Asian American filmmakers, Brian Chang, Matte Chi, Hyunsuk Kim, Sonya Rhee, and Colin Justin Wan. Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screenings.

Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door

Producer and FILMMAKER Magazine Editor Scott Macaulay talks with the filmmakers of three recent films about the practical realities of getting their films distributed via a variety of platforms – from traditional theatrical distribution to Video on Demand and DVD distribution.

Come hear Debra Granik (Down to the Bone), Caveh Zahedi (I Am A Sex Addict) and Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair) step through their decision processes, deals struck, lessons learned, and their own continuing involvement with getting their films in front of audiences.

Admission to this panel comes with a ticket good for admission to any showing of I Am a Sex Addict in its opening week at IFC Center (4/12 – 4-18)

Buy Tickets now!

Why watch the Oscars at home when you can cheer along with your fellow film fans at The ImaginAsian, New York’s Premiere Asian American theater! Come celebrate the 78th Annual Academy Awards at OSCAR NIGHT AT THE IMAGINASIAN.

Take part in the entertainment world’s most exciting evening by entering our Oscar contest. Cast a ballot for a chance to win prizes! Watch the Oscars where they were meant to be seen… in a darkened theater!

Admission is FREE

co-sponsored by Fanclubx.com and UNICO

While February is a month of heart-shaped chocolates, cards, and often marks the beginning or renewal of relationships, Gabriela Network looks at intimate affairs and the power dynamics that ensue when love is for sale.

On Thursday, February 23, 2006, in commemoration of the 7th anniversary of the Purple Rose Campaign Against Sex Trafficking, GABNet presents a screening of Arlene Ami's award-winning film Say I Do. Ami's documentary chronicles the journey of four women, from their lives in the Philippines through the mail-order bride system to their experiences as wives, mothers, and women in a foreign land. A panel discussion on sex trafficking will follow the screening.

An estimated 20 million people, 90% women and children, are in the global sex trade. The Philippines is the world's top exporter of women, sending more than a quarter of a million to 68 countries annually. North America is the largest importer of mail-order brides from the Phillipines: 5,000 Filipinas enter the US every year; 3,500 women from the Philippines have entered Canada. The Philippine economy is dependent on the remittances, upwards of $10 billion per annum, from these women and other overseas Filipinos.

The Purple Rose Campaign is an international campaign against the sex trafficking of Filipino women and children. It was launched in 1999 in New York by Gabriela Network, a Philippine-US women's solidarity mass organization.

Tickets are $10
For more information on GABRIELA Network, visit www.gabnet.org

For more information on filmmaker Arlene Ami, click here

Readers of The New York Times see 2 films for the price of 1!
All films begin at 1PM and 6:30PM

January 5
Woman Demon Human

January 6
A Soul Haunted by Painting

January 7
Woman Sesame Oil Maker

January 8
Outcast

January 9
Early Spring

All Contest entries will be screened at the ImaginAsian theater and be judged by Film/TV industry jurors. Trophies, plaques, in-kind prizes, and bragging rights await the winners. This end-of-the-year event will be produced by FanClubX.com (LFP International Production Inc) and Monarch Events Inc., in cooperation with UNICO Entertainment and The ImaginAsian.
Additional sponsors are: www.nycartridgeexchange.com and Gloria Cabrera Spa and Salon .

Audience members will receive goody bags provided by the sponsors. Lots of CD's and DVD's to be raffled off. Refreshments will be served.
For inquiries and Guidlines, email Luis Pedron, Luisfpintvip@hotmail.com.

Tickets are $8

Visit the Official Site

10 filmmakers (teams) will be given a surprise topic and guidelines and create a 5 minute short film. Their sample reel (5 minutes DVD) will also be screened during that kick off night. One major rule is to feature an Asian American (and or Filipino) lead actor or actress in the film in a non stereotypical role. The teams will submit their finished product in DVD format in two weeks (Nov 29).

For inquiries and Guidlines, email Luis Pedron, Luisfpintvip@hotmail.com.

Visit the Official Site

Official Site

Tickets for Panel Discussions are available at the Box Office Only. Ticket Holders must present ticket at Box Office to receive free admission to Panels.

ELEMENT Monday, November 7, 2005

ELEMENT: 1

starts at 2:00PM
South Coast Graffiti
Experimental | 19 min
Dansk Stil
Feature Documentary | 94 min

ELEMENT: 2

starts at 4:00PM
Starvin
Short Documentary | 27 min
The Art of 16 Bars - Get Ya Barz Up
Feature Documentary | 82 min

PANEL: Hip-Hop Media Trends: Reality, Activism, Horror & Sprituality

ELEMENT: 3

starts at 7:30PM
Bling: Consequences and Reprecussions
Short Film | 11 min
Tragedy: The Story of Queensbridge
Feature Documentary | 77 min

ELEMENT: 4

starts at 9:30PM
Rapsheet: Hip-Hop's Hidden Struggle
Feature Documentary | 60 min
A City Called Heaven
Feature Documentary | 52 min

FUN Tuesday, November 8, 2005

FUN: 1

starts at 2:00PM
The Adventure of Supernigger: Episode 1, The Final Chapter
Short Narrative | 15 min
Small City: Big Hip-Hop | 92 min
Feature Documentary | 108 min

FUN: 2

starts at 4:15PM
Ring Shout
Short Narrative | 19 min
Exposure
Short Under the Influence | 8 min
Still Living
Short Documentary | 25 min

PANEL: Generation Y: Make Room for the Freshest Youth

FUN: 3

starts at 7:30PM
South Coast
Trailer | 3 min
Respond to Sound
Feature Documentary | 78 min
Rubber Soles
Short Under the Influence | 10 min

FUN: 4

starts at 10:00PM
The Male Groupie
Short Narrative | 20 min
White Men Can't Rap
Feature Narrative | 85 min

FUN: 5

starts at Midnight
Golddigger Killer
Feature Narrative | 74 min

UNITY Wednesday, November 9, 2005

UNITY: 1

starts at 2:00PM
Africa
Public Service Announcement | 1 min, 30 sec
Docta Know
Short Documentary | 10 min
Hip-Hop Colony
Feature Documentary | 90 min

UNITY: 2

starts at 4:15PM
United Nations of Hip-Hop
Short Documentary | 9:30
4 Real
Short Under the Influence | 24 min
4 Ramas 4 Armas
Short Documentary | 10 min
FiYaH' - Dancehall Through the Eyes of Beenie Man, John Hype, and Firelinks
Trailer | 9 min
Frekuensia Kolombiana
Feature Documentary | 58 min

PANEL: 10 Key Elements to Getting Your Project Funded and Distributed

UNITY: 3

starts at 7:30PM
La Fabrik
Feature Documentary | 62 min
Young Rebels
Feature Documentary | 60 min

UNITY: 4

starts at 10:05PM
Sling-Shot Hip-Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front
Trailer | 5 min
Brown Like Dat: South Asians & Hip-Hop Hits New York
Short Documentary | 27 min
Favela Rising
Feature Documentary | 80 min

LOVE Thursday, November 10, 2005


LOVE: 1

starts at 2:00PM
Hump Up the Volume
Trailer | 4 min
Reflections On Women of Color & Hip-Hop: A Student Documentary
Short Documentary | 34 min
Girl Fight
Trailer | 5 min
Scene Not Heard: WOmen in Philadelphia Hip-Hop
Short Documentary | 40 min
Among the Trees
Short Documentary | 37 min


LOVE: 2

starts at 4:05PM
United Nations of Hip-HOp
Short Documentary | 10 min
Animation State
Trailer | 3 min
Taking the Rap
Trailer | 5 min
City Jewelz
Short Documentary | 20 min
Rubber Soles
Short Under the Influence | 10 min
One Love 2: True Ballin'
Feature Documentary | 50 min

PANEL: Reel Changes: Women in Hip-Hop Making Moves


LOVE: 3

starts at 7:30PM
Breakin In: The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer
Under the Influence | 58 min
Mixtress X
Feature Documentary | 74 min


LOVE: 4

starts at 10:00PM
Women in Battle
Short Documentary | 29 min
Just Another Girl on the IRT
Feature Narrative | 92 min

PEACE Friday, November 11, 2005


PEACE: 1

starts at 2:00PM
Youngster
Short Narrative | 7 min
We Got Next, Episode 1
Feature Narrative | 85 min
Lyrical Minded
Short Documentary

PEACE: 2

starts at 4:00PM
Policing Art
Short Under the Influence | 9 min
Sun Up Till Sundown
Short Documentary | 22 min
One Nation Under a Groove
Short Documentary | 20min
One Village
Experimental | 65 min

PANEL: Soundtracks and Music Production: Scoring for Movies, Commercials, and Video Games

PEACE: 3

starts at 7:30PM
Music Makers
Short Documentary | 22 min
Ancestors Watching
Music Video | 5 min
Freedom or Everybody Dies
Trailer | 3 min, 20 sec
Transformations
Trailer | 3 min
Beef 3
Feature Documentary | 85 min

PEACE: 4

starts at 9:50PM
The Making of Americans
Trailer | 18 min
Driving While Black
Experimental | 9 min
The Beat Back Bush Workout
Experimental | 12 min, 22 sec
Reading Between the Rhymes
Short Under the Influence | 29 min
Ghetto Fabulous
Feature Documentary | 58 min

ODYSSEY MATINEE
starts at at 1:00PM
South Coast Cribs
House Party

Starting October 8th and 9th 2005, The ImaginAsian and Chinese Century Entertainment present: A Celebration of Chinese Cinema
Join us at noon for a screening followed by a discussion.

Next Film:
National Anthem
(1999, Color, 100 min, Dir. Wu Ziniu)
On September 18,1931, the Japanese Army occupies Northern China. Tian Han, a young dramatist, devotes himself to the anti-Japanese movement through his plays and music. The March of the Volunteer Army inspires a whole nation to fight off the Japanese invaders and becomes the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. This epic film depicts the struggle and determination of a nation facing overwhelming odds.


Buy Tickets for November 5 or November 6
* David Buckley, president, China Century and Yang Yue, president, Refreshing Nobility PR, will lead a post-screening discussion.

Starting October 8th and 9th 2005, The ImaginAsian and Chinese Century Entertainment present: A Celebration of Chinese Cinema
Join us at noon for a screening followed by a discussion.

This week:
Roaring Across the Horizon
(1999, Color, 120 min, Dir. Chen Guoxing)
A scientist and MIT professor leaves everything behind to return to China and work on a top-secret project. This movie chronicles the development of China's first nuclear bomb as seen through civilian and military eyes. The general responsible for the military aspects of venture dedicated himself completely to this project in the hope that would bring strength and pride to his country. The scientists and others working on the project did the same. Those working on the development of the bomb willingly give up all their personal interests, even their families, as they struggled with the moral and national implications of their success or failure. This is a behind the scenes look at the dedication and motivation towards making China the nuclear power it is today.

Buy Tickets for October 22 or October 23
* David Buckley, president, China Century and Yang Yue, president, Refreshing Nobility PR, will lead a post-screening discussion.

Starting October 8th and 9th 2005, The ImaginAsian and Chinese Century Entertainment present: A Celebration of Chinese Cinema
Join us at noon for a screening followed by a discussion.

This week:
Roaring Across the Horizon
(1999, Color, 120 min, Dir. Chen Guoxing)
A scientist and MIT professor leaves everything behind to return to China and work on a top-secret project. This movie chronicles the development of China's first nuclear bomb as seen through civilian and military eyes. The general responsible for the military aspects of venture dedicated himself completely to this project in the hope that would bring strength and pride to his country. The scientists and others working on the project did the same. Those working on the development of the bomb willingly give up all their personal interests, even their families, as they struggled with the moral and national implications of their success or failure. This is a behind the scenes look at the dedication and motivation towards making China the nuclear power it is today.

Buy Tickets for October 22 or October 23
* David Buckley, president, China Century and Yang Yue, president, Refreshing Nobility PR, will lead a post-screening discussion.

RELIEF:
An APIA Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Survivors

Thursday, Sept. 29
Doors open 7pm / Show starts 7:30pm
@ The ImaginAsian / 239 E. 59th St. (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
$7-$30 sliding scale

DJ Kuttin Kandi :: internationally reknowned hip-hop DJ
DJ Rekha :: founder, Basement Bhangra
Regie Cabico :: MTV, Def Poetry Jam
Ishle Yi Park :: Def Poetry Jam, Queens Poet Laureate
Kevin So :: R&B/folk/pop
Vudoo Soul :: R&B, American Idol
Kelly Tsai & Emily Chang :: Mango Tribe, 2 Tongues, Def Poetry Jam
Taiyo :: hip-hop, Mauritius
Suheir Hammad :: Born Palestinian, Born Black, Def Poetry Jam
Kontrast :: hip-hop
Jared Rehberg :: folk/pop
The Ravens :: rock
The Ides :: rock
Jason Hwang :: jazz violin
Bushra Rehman :: spoken word, Colonize This!

Speakers (tentative)
John C. Liu :: New York City Councilman
John Kim :: REACHip hop
Au Huynh :: New Orleans volunteer
Diallo Shabazz :: NAACP
Fay Chiang :: Project Reach
…and more!


With generous support from NYU A/P/A Institute, The ImaginAsian, REACHip hop, filmmakers Mike Kang (The Motel) & Greg Pak (Robot Stories), NAPAWF, Ugnayan NYC, Pan Asian Repertory Theater, Stormwatch Coalition, Do Hwa, Han Ong, and more…

There will be a silent auction.

New Orleans: Home of Cajun cooking and jazz music, the birthplace of Asian American history. 400 years ago, Filipino settlers established the first known Asian American community here. In recent weeks, the entire city has been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, and thousands have lost loved ones, homes, and livelihoods.

Media coverage of the natural disaster has consistently shown FEMA and the Red Cross helping to rebuild the lives of those affected. But firsthand accounts of survivors and volunteers in the hurricane-hit region have radically contrasted these accounts. Thousands of displaced immigrants and undocumented residents, including Vietnamese and other poor communities of color, have been neglected and denied aid from the government, due to language barriers and lack of documentation.

It is up to us, the APIA community, to help out our brothers and sisters in need, because, as writer K.W. Lee has said, "We are our first and last line of defense." Come out to support these communities who are still in need down South! 100% of proceeds go to There Are No Words.*

* There Are No Words is an Asian American organization established after Hurricane Katrina that aids survivors in the Vietnamese neighborhood of Versailles in East New Orleans.

There will be a silent auction.
Directions: Take N/W/R/4/5/6/F trains to 59th St./ Lexington Ave.

SPECIAL BENEFIT SCREENINGS on Friday, August 26th at 6PM and 8:30PM to support the Society of Film Archivists, dedicated to preserving and restoring classic Filipino films.

Special $20 ticket price includes cocktail reception at 8pm, DVD prize giveaways, and a chance to meet RICKY DAVAO
as he accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award from FanClubX.com
PLUS your ticket gives you Free Admission to the Midnight After Party with Ricky Davao
At PERLAS NG SILANGAN (Roosevelt Ave btwn 69 & 70 Streets, Woodside Queens, take 7 train)
Buy tickets now!!!

Dig in your couch cushions! Hit up your roommates! All tickets are only $5 during The $5 Film Festival, held August 19th-25th at The ImaginAsian, New York's premier Asian American theater.

The schedule is as follows, click on a showtime to purchase tickets in advance. Hurry- tickets are going quickly!

Friday, August 19th
4:30PM Fallen Angels
6:45PM Shall We Dance?
9:30PM Akira
12:00AM Audition

Saturday, August 20th
1:45PM Godzilla (Original Uncut Japanese Version)
4:00PM Happy Together
6:30PM Princess Mononoke
9:30PM The Killer
12:00AM Oldboy

Sunday, August 21st
1:00PM Akira
3:30PM Shaolin Soccer
6:00PM The Killer
8:30PM Hero

Monday, August 22nd
6:30PM Godzilla (Original Uncut Japanese Version)
8:45PM Fallen Angels

Tuesday, August 23rd
6:30PM Happy Together
8:45PM Akira

Wednesday, August 24th
6:30PM Shall We Dance?
9:00PM Hero

Thursday, August 25th
6:30PM Shaolin Soccer
8:30PM Princess Mononoke

Hero (2002/Action/99 min./China/Dir. Zhang Yimou/Miramax) -- Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Tony Leung Chui Wai star in the first martial-arts film from master director Zhang Yimou. In a series of beautifully filmed Rashomon-style flashbacks, Hero tells the intricate story of how one man defeated three assassins determined to murder a king. Christopher Doyle’s lush cinematography deservedly won multiple awards, and the film was nominated for Best Foreign Picture at the 2003 Academy Awards.

Godzilla: The Original Uncut Japanese Version (1954/Action/98 min/Japan/Dir. Ishiro Honda/Rialto) -- Millions of Americans grew up with Godzilla. But most of them grew up watching the butchered American version, which featured Raymond Burr in a series of bizarre inserts designed to “Americanize” the film, and quickly doomed us to decades worth of sloppy dubbing. Thankfully, we’ve got the original, uncut Japanese version. We don’t need to tell you the plot, do we?

Shall We Dance? (1996/Comedy/118 min/Japan/Dir. Masayki Suo/Miramax) -- Superior in every way to the recent Jennifer Lopez/Richard Gere remake, Shall We Dance is a beautiful, quiet film about an unhappy accountant who signs up for dance lessons on the sly to get closer to the graceful dance teacher…but finds himself falling in love with dancing instead.

Princess Mononoke (1997/Fantasy/Anime/136 min/Japan/Dir. Hayao Miyazaki/Miramax) -- In the hands of anyone else, Princess Mononoke would be a heavy-handed story about the importance of saving the environment. But with Miyazaki’s masterful touch, the film transforms into a phenomenally animated fantasy that captivates both old and young viewers. It also proves exactly why Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle) is not just the master of anime, but perhaps the master of the fantasy film as well.

Akira (1988/Sci-Fi/Anime/124 min/Japan/Katsuhiro Otomo/Geneon Entertainment) -- Your local video store is filled with 17 years worth of anime films trying to live up to Akira. Few do. Akira, on the surface, is the story of a military project that goes bad and turns an ordinary gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath. But dig deeper, and you’ll find one of the only films of all time (animated or not) that gives you the sense of what it’s like to see an entire world begin to tear itself apart. With its phenomenal visuals, dream-like pacing, and explosive final act, Akira set the bar for nearly every anime film to follow.

Fallen Angels (1995/Drama/96 min/Hong Kong/Dir. Wong Kar Wai/Kino) -- As a hitman prepares to retire, he realizes he has affections for his cool, detached partner. But since he thinks that to be a bad idea, he embarks on a search for a surrogate for his affections. Set in the surreal urban nightscape that is modern Hong Kong, Fallen Angels is the “one last hit” film as only Wong Kar Wai could do it.

Oldboy (2003/Thriller/125 min/South Korea/Dir. Park Chan Wook/Tartan) -- After a drunken night out on the town, Dae-su finds himself locked up in a mysterious prison with no idea why. For 15 years, he is imprisoned with nothing but a television and his dreams of revenge until one day; he wakes up on a roof with a mobile phone, a designer suit, and a pocket full of cash. A call from a stranger instructs him that he has five days to find out who arranged his incarceration and what their motive was. And, we kid you not, that's only the first ten minutes.

The Killer (1989/Action/106 min/Hong Kong/Dir. John Woo/Kino) -- Samuel L. Jackson said it best in Jackie Brown: “Everybody wants to be The Killer.” And who can blame them? Chow Yun-Fat is the epitome of cool as a ruthless assassin who accepts, yes, one last job. When his employers betray him; he must outwit both them and the cops in one of the most over-the-top action films of all time. No CGI, no wire work, just a hail of bullets fired from Chow Yun-Fat’s dual .45s. Every movie should be so sublime.

Audition (1999/Thriller/115 min/Japan/Dir. Takashi Miike/Vitagraph) -- A lonely widower’s best friend decides to hold auditions for a non-existent film so that the widower can select a potential bride from the audition pool. He is instantly smitten with one woman and carefully begins a courtship. This could have been the beginning to a sweet romantic comedy, but beware—this is a Miike film. You realize things are going to go horribly wrong when the woman lets the phone ring…as the camera pans to a writhing victim tied up on the floor behind her.

Happy Together (1997/Drama/96 min/Hong Kong/Dir. Wong Kar Wei/Kino) -- Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday…until their relationship goes sour. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai takes a series of jobs to save up for the trip home but then meets the youthful Chang from Taiwan. Yiu-Fai's life takes on a new spin, while Po-Wing's life begins to shatter. Sexual identity and the meaning of love are only a few of the complicated emotions Wong Kar Wai deftly explores in this romantic drama, considered by many to be a classic Hong Kong drama.

Shaolin Soccer (2001/Comedy/87 min/Hong Kong/Dir. Stephen Chow/Miramax) --Before Kung Fu Hustle brought Stephen Chow to the masses, there was Shaolin Soccer, which was a massive hit in Asia and it’s easy to see why. Chow’s simple story of a group of misfits that decide to combine Shaolin kung fu and soccer is funny, filled with spectacular special effects, and, most importantly, anchored by Chow’s extremely affable persona. Surprisingly non-violent, this is a great family film, particularly if the kids play soccer. The Hong Kong box office champion for several years, this is a great introduction to Chow, considered the “Charlie Chaplin of Hong Kong”.


All tickets are just $5...so come join the madness!!! Tickets are onsale now at our website and our box office.

Sex, drugs, dating, politics, America - no issue is spared as comedian Eliot Chang brings his hit comedy riot to The ImaginAsian from Thursday, August 4th to Saturday, August 6th at 8 PM EST. Without excuses or apologies, Chang brings to his loyal following an experience that is part comedy, part rock show. The night promises to be controversial to some and hilarious to all.

Eliot Chang is a New York-based stand up comic infamous for his edgy and wild comedy tours all across the U.S. He has appeared on Spike TV and Comedy Central's "Premium Blend," where he received a standing ovation, an extremely rare occurance for the network.

There will be a 10-minute Q&A session with the audience after each performance, which will then be followed by an after-party at Light. Tickets are available at www.echang.com or The ImaginAsian box office.
Ticket prices also include a gift package of four VIP tickets to a premier New York City comedy club (a $75 value!) and complimentary entry to the after-party at Light.

See the Press Release or
The Official Eliot Chang Site for more information.

FILM SCHEDULE (Click on showtime to buy tickets)

FRIDAY, JUNE 24
6:30PM - Mind Game

8:45PM - Three... Extremes

11:15PM - P

SATURDAY JUNE 25
2:00PM - A Family

4:00PM - University of Laughs

6:30PM - Electric Shadows

8:30PM - Princess Raccoon

11:00PM - R-Point

SUNDAY, JUNE 26
1:30PM - Mind Game

4:00PM - Tetsujin-28

6:30PM - Marathon

9:00PM - Samaritan Girl

MONDAY, JUNE 27
6:30PM - Kekexili

8:30PM - Hana & Alice

TUESDAY, JUNE 28
6:30PM - Marebito

8:30PM - R-Point

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
6:30PM - Kekexili

8:30PM - Samaritan Girl

THURSDAY, JUNE 30
6:30PM - Someone Special

9:00PM - Green Chair

FRIDAY, JULY 1
6:00PM - Kamikazi Girls

8:15PM - My Brother Nikhil

11:00PM - Gagamboy

SATURDAY, JULY 2
3:30PM - Green Chair

6:00PM - Hana & Alice

9:00PM - Crying Fist

Films and showtimes for The ImaginAsian Theater ONLY. For complete festival listings including Anthology Film Archives titles and showtimes click here.

See the Press Release and http://www.subwaycinema.com/ for more information.

FILM SCHEDULE (Click on the date to buy tickets):
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
12:00PM - Magdalena, The Unholy Saint (Santa Santita)
preceded by short: Balikbayan

3:00PM - Kain at Abel
preceded by short: Notorious MSG

5:30PM - Shorts Program: Anino, The Lost Paris Tapes,
Black Eyed Peas - "The Apl Song", Nanay, Balikbayan, Trickle Down Effect

6:30PM - reception for 7PM screening of Panaghoy Sa Suba
preceded by short: Black Eyed Peas - "The Apl Song"

9:30PM - Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Are Weighed in the Balance But Are Found Wanting)

12:00AM - Karnal
preceded by short: Absorption

SATURDAY, JUNE 11
12:00PM - Naglalayag (Silent Passage)
preceded by short: Ambon Lang S'ya

3:00PM - Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Are Weighed in the Balance But Are Found Wanting)
preceded by short: Umbilical Cord

6:00PM – Panaghoy Sa Suba (Call of the River)
preceded by short: Agiw

8:30PM – Maid In Singapore
preceded by short: Babae

9:45PM - Crying Ladies
preceded by Black Eyed Peas - "The Apl Song"

12:00AM - Laro Sa Baga (Playing with Fire)
preceded by short: Greenstalk

SUNDAY, JUNE 12
12:00PM – Imelda followed by 2:00pm Q&A discussion with Director Ramona Diaz, Panel on Philippine Film

3:00PM – Panaghoy Sa Suba (Call of the River)
preceded by An Old Soldier’s War

5:30PM – The Islanders
preceded by short: An Old Soldier’s War

7:45PM – Sakay
preceded by Black Eyed Peas - "The Apl Song"

10:00PM – Memories of a Forgotten War
preceded by short: Aninag

MONDAY, JUNE 13
12:00PM – Closer to Home
preceded by short: Diagnosing Poverty, Building Community

3:00PM – Maid in Singapore
preceded by shorts: Egg and Anino

5:00PM - Panel Discussion

5:30PM - Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga (Lend Me One Morning)
preceded by short: 12-year Grain

8:00PM - Crying Ladies
preceded by short: Babae

10:10pm - Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Are Weighed in the Balance but are Found Wanting)

TUESDAY, JUNE 14
12:00PM – Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga (Lend Me One Morning)
preceded by short: Blood Bank

3:00PM – Makiusap Sa Diyos (Plead with God)
preceded by short: Tawid Gutom

5:30PM – Relasyon (Affair)
preceded by short: Several Movements in 12 Minute Durations

8:00PM – Naglalayag (Silent Passage)
preceded by short: Selling Songs of Leyte

10:30PM – Maid in Singapore
preceded by shorts: Anino, Ariana

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
12:00PM – Babae Sa Bintana (Girl in the Window)
preceded by short: Nanay

2:30PM – Magnifico
preceded by Black Eyed Peas - "The Apl Song"

5:00PM – Karnal
preceded by short: The Lost Paris Tapes

7:30PM – Panaghoy Sa Suba (Call of the River)
preceded by short: Agiw

10:00PM — Closer To Home
preced by short: In the Name of Sugar

THURSDAY, JUNE 16
12:00PM – Sakay
preceded by short: Red Saga

3:00PM – Laro Sa Baga (Playing With Fire)
preceded by short: Trickle Down Effect

5:00PM - Panel Discussion

6:00PM - Batang Westside
Closing Night Film

Shorts Descriptions

Balikbayan (Homebound, US—5 min)
Experimental – 2003 – DVD/Beta SP – 5 min – Dir. Riza Manalo/Larilyn Sanchez
A migrant worker sends her mother back home bringing a taste of a 'better life' at all cost. This is one of the absurd but practical realities of mixing consumerism along with tradition in a developing nation.
Best Experimental Short Film, The Grace Heritage 2005 US-ASEAN Photography and Film Festival, Washington, DC/Best Short Film, 2004 San Diego International Film Festival
Filmmakers Who can attend Riza Manalo/Larilyn Sanchez

Anino (Shadow, Philippines—12 min)
2000 – 35mm – Dir. Raymond Red
Anino balances the skin-and-bones rawness of cinema verite with the polish of refined formalism. In depicting the widening gap between socioeconomic classes in the Philippines, director Raymond Red opted for a documentary style that called for his veteran Philippine actors to improvise on location and interact with real people. The result is a startling story about a down-and-out photographer who is lured into the city's heart of darkness.
Palme D'Or for Short Film, 2000 Cannes Film Festival

Black Eyed Peas music video (The APL Song—US, 3 min)
Music Video – DVD – Dir. Patricio Ginelsa
A music video featuring a composition of Apl.d.ap, as a personal memoir of his life back home in the Philippines, being adopted at a young age, and the death of his brother. Performed with his group The Black Eyed Peas, the political elements of the piece is inspired by the Filipino war veterans' continuing struggle for justice and recognition. Produced by Kidheroes Productions: Filipinos Don Deleon, Christina Dehaven, AJ Calomay.
Selected to play at the 28th Asian American International Film Festival - July 2005
Christina Dehaven – Producer can attend

Absorption (US—2 min, 14 sec)
Experimental – DVD – Dir. Larilyn Sanchez can attend

Babae (Woman—Philippines, 20 min)
Doc Drama – 2001 – DVD NTSC – AR: 1:66 Dir. Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo/Ephraim R. Avanzado
BABAE (WOMAN) is a coming of age story of two women set in a slum community by the railroad tracks in the Philippines. A heartwarming story of friendship, love and drama, it is alternately reality and fiction as inserts of interviews of people on social issues and womanhood give aditional color to the film
2005 New York International Independent Film and Video Film Festival/2nd Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival, Naoussa City, Greece

Umbilical Cord (Philippines-US, 27 min)
Doc – 1998 – Beta SP/VHS – Dir. Angel Shaw
A kaleidoscope of the filmmaker's impressions of significant historical and national events that the Philippines celebrated in 1998. Bridging the past with contemporary events, the filmmaker explores the absence of women in history from a more personal perspective, searching for the stories of her female ancestors
Pinoy Represents, San Francisco Library, San Francisco, 2005/ Locarno International Film Festival, 2001/ Asian American International Film Festival, New York, 2000

Agiw (Cobwebs) (Philippines—15 min)
Experimental – 2001 – DVD – AR: 1:33:1 Dir. Aileen Alcampado
Agiw (Cobwebs) is a whimsical look at the life of Angie, a typical working Filipina who has reached the age when she feels the pressure to start a life with someone, just like everybody else around her. Her consequent search for a partner ultimately leads her to someone she wasn't expecting to find - herself.
Rupture&Rapture - 15th International Women's Film Festival, Manila, 2005/ Asia Pacific NGO Forum Film Fest, Bangkok, 2004

Greenstalk (US—17 min)
Narrative – 2004 – DVD/Beta SP - Dir. Desireena
The street noise of Queens forms a rhythmic backdrop to the experiences of a video clerk, whose life of quiet isolation is disrupted by a coming attraction.
Almoradie/Christina Quisumbing can attend
Played at the 27th Asian American International Film Festival - July 2004

An Old Soldier’s War (US—9 min)
Narrative – 2004 – dvd – AR: 16:09 Dir. Gerry Balasta can attend
A 70-year-old ex-soldier immigrant is haunted by painful memories of war from his homeland (Philippines). His life changes whan he encounters Jillian and makes a stunning discovery on how their lives are intertwined by a painfull incident during the war.
Selected to play at the 28th Asian American International Film Festival - July 2005

Several Movements in 12-minute Durations (US—12 min)
Experimental – 2004 – DVD – AR: 16:09 - Dir. Victor Korvera can attend
A homage to an elderly man whom the director takes care of, the film explores the idea of the relativity of time.
US Premiere

The Lost Paris Tapes (US—7 min 53 sec)
Experimental – DVD – AR: 4:53 Dir. Joseph Pe can attend
An experimental work that explores an individual's psyche as he/she attempts to make sense of a post apocalyptic world, where both human and machine seem to have
US Premiere

Red Saga (Philippines—15 min)
Experimental/Doc – DVD – Dir. Krista Lluch Dalena
Selected to play at the 28th Asian American International Film Festival - July 2005

Notorious MSG (Staright Out of Canton) (US-4.5min)
Music Video – Dir. Francisco Aliwalas
From humble beginnings off the street's of NYC's Chinatown, these three restaurant workers, calling themselves Notorious MSG, carve a path of destruction in their first music video.

Aninag (Light’s Play) (15 min)
Narrative - Dir. Rianne H. Soriano
Isabel journeys in a dreamworld with her new mystical friends "Saya" (Happiness) and "Pag-asa" (Hope) in an attempt to overcome her isolation due to her blindness.
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2005/ Pelikula at lipunan film and Video festival 2005, Manila

12-Year Grain (4 min)
Experimental Narrative - Barbara Malaran
A recollection of family memories behind a super-8 camera.

Egg (26 min)
Animation – Ramon del Prado
An ugly balut egg, declared by "peers" to be diseased, sets out to find a cure. Through his journey, he finds not a cure, but his real self - a chicken.
2003 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, De La Salle University, manila, Philippines

Tawid Gutom (3 min)
Experimental Narrative – Dir. John Torres
Tawid Gutom is an experimental love poem/monologue composed of images that recur and repeat themselves.
New York Premiere

Ariana (26 min)
Narrative – Dir. Michael Sandoval
Ariana is a drama dealing with the tribulations of an aging grandmother and her acceptance of her grandson"s "modern" relationship.
2004 Best Story/Best Screenplay Arrivan y Corto Italy / 2004 Audience Recognition Award at Palm Springs Film Festival

Trickle Down Effect (12 min.)
Experimental - Dir. Keith Sicat
An impoverished young man, lamenting the loss of his sister, journeys towards his inevitable end.
1999 Best Experimental Short, Cultural Center of the Philippines Alternative Film and Video Awards

Selling Songs of Leyte (14 min)
Documentary – Dir. Eli Africa
In the Philippine island-province of Leyte, "ta-bo" or market day shifts from town to town during the week where local residents flock to get their basic needs. Among a few of the dried-fish vendors, wares are sold using the rhythm of the songs they sing.
New York Premiere

Blood Bank (27 min)
Narrative – Dir. Pam Miras
Three hapless characters and a blood bank provide the existential backdrop to this tale of mortality, friendship and choices they have to make.
New York Premiere

Nanay (5min.)
Narrative - Dir. Clarissa De Los Reyes
A Filipino nanny who develops an unusual attachment to her charge in an attempt to regain her lost motherhood.
New York Premiere / Selected to play at the 28th Asian American International Film Festival - July 2005



Festival Passes available now at FanclubX and soon at Carousel Pinoy and The ImaginAsian Box Office.

Also, see our Press Release

Co-sponsored by:
Asian Cinevision
3rd I-NY
The Singh Foundation

*Post-screening discussion / Q&A featuring:
Special guest Sam Zaman (State of Bengal)
Director Vivek Bald

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All attendees will also receive a copy
of an exclusive mix CD by DJ SPOOKY

All shows start at 7pm
Friday, April 29 - HYDERABAD BLUES 2 (India)
Saturday, April 30 - THROW DOWN (Hong Kong/China)
Sunday, May 1 - NO BLOOD, NO TEARS (South Korea)
Monday, May 2 - THE CALAMARI WRESTLER (Japan)
Tuesday, May 3 - LOVE BATTLEFIELD (Hong Kong/China)
Wednesday, May 4 - 2009: LOST MEMORIES (South Korea)
Thursday, May 5 - THE JUDGMENT (Thailand)

NIGHT OF HENNA
RED CARPET PREMIERE
6:30 Wine reception
7:00 Film screening
Q&A session after the screening
Limited tickets $10

Night of Henna (The Wedding Night) is a feature film written and directed by Hassan Zee, shot primarily in the San Francisco Bay area.
In the film, Hava (Pooja Kumar), a beautiful Pakistani-American girl, returns fully grown to America after a traditional upbringing in Pakistan where her parents felt she would be untainted by American culture. Finding herself in an exciting new environment, Hava's eyes open to life's possibilities. She thinks her dream of going to the University will come true, but her marriage has already been arranged by her parents. As a result, Hava finds herself engaged in not just a clash of cultures, but a battle for her very survival as an individual.

Let's Get Real is an award winning powerful documentary where kids speak up about bullying. Name-calling and bullying are at epidemic proportions among youth across the country, and are often the root causes of violence in schools. Let's Get Real gives young people the chance to tell their stories in their own words--and the results are heartbreaking, shocking, inspiring and poignant.

Let's Get Real inspires honest dialogue among all (students & adults), helping viewers establish an awareness about their own roles in society and what they can do to prevent prejudice and promote understanding.

Panel Discussion after the screening.

This film is appropriate for kids 10 years and older.
No charge for admission, but registration is required.
RSVP to Kathy Urbina at Urbina9@aol.com or 718-852-8979

The Indo-American Arts Council, in association with The ImaginAsian, presents a film festival with a difference - MASTERS OF INDIAN CINEMA. This festival celebrates alternate Indian films, featuring India's foremost Directors : Satyajit Ray, Aparna Sen, Shyam Benegal, Mani Ratnam, Budhdev Das Gupta, and Mrinal Sen.

Curated by Suri Gopalan of Vista India Films, MASTERS OF INDIAN CINEMA is intended to showcase films that are neither Bollywood nor of the Diaspora - Alternate Indian films. This is the first time a film festival has ever celebrated these films in North America!

Tickets (excluding Opening Night): $15 adult; $10 senior/child
OPENING NIGHT FILM – April 8th
GHARE BAIRE (1984)
Directed by Satyjit Ray
7PM
Post screening discussion with author Salman Rushdie.
Tickets $100 with dinner; $50 screening only

Saturday, April 9
12 noon Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1978) Hindi **with introduction by Richard Pena, Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

3 pm Aparna Sen's Yugant (1995) Bengali

6 pm Mani Ratnam's Roja (1992) Tamil

9 pm Mrinal Sen's Ek Din Achanak (1989) Hindi

Sunday, April 10
12 noon Mani Ratnam’s Bombay (1995)

3 pm Shyam Benegal's Samar (1999) Hindi

6 pm Aparna Sen's 36 Chowranghee Lane (1981) English **with introduction by author Vijay Seshadri

9 pm Buddhadb Dasgupta's Mondo Meyer Uppakhyan (2002) Bengali


Monday, April 11
4 pm Mrinal Sen's Antareen (1994) Bengali

6 pm Mani Ratnam's Roja (1992)

8:40 pm Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1978)


Tuesday, April 12
3 pm Mrinal Sen’s Ek Din Achanak (1989)

6 pm Aparna Sen's Yugant (1995)

9 pm Buddhadb Dasgupta's Uttara (2000) Bengali


Wednesday, April 13
3 pm Buddhadb Dasgupta's Mondo Meyer Uppakhyan (2002)

6 pm Shyam Benegal's Samar (1999)

9pm Mani Ratnam’s Bombay (1995) ** with introduction by author Suketu Mehta



Thursday April 14 3 pm Aparna Sen's 36 Chowrangee Lane

6 pm Mrinal Sen's Antareen

9 pm Satyajit Ray's Seemabhadha (1971) Bengali **with introduction by filmmaker Ismail Merchant

For more information, visit www.iaac.us

Please note that Junoon, 36 Chowrangee Lane, Antareen, Mondo Meyer Upakayan, Roja and Bombay will be digitally projected.

ThaiLinks and The ImaginAsian present

THAI TAKES II: Contemporary Thai Film Festival
Thursday, March 31-Sunday, April 3, 2005

For the second year, this innovative film series will highlight emerging and established Thai and Thai American filmmakers, including features that capture family stories, historical events, mythology, and satire, as well as experimental shorts and many New York premieres. The films will be presented in Thai with English subtitles.

Several filmmakers and special guests are confirmed to attend the festival to introduce films and partake in question and answer sessions following the screenings. Among them is Nonzee Nimibutr, one of Thailand’s most prominent filmmakers and director of Baytong and Nang Nak, which are both playing in the line-up. The producer of My Girl (Opening Night Film), Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, will present the film and hold a discussion afterwards on Opening Night. Thongkongtoon is best known as the director of the Thai hit comedy, The Iron Ladies.

To purchase tickets, please contact ImaginAsian at 212.371.6682 or www.theimaginasian.com.

For more information on Thai Takes II and ThaiLinks, please visit www.thailinks.org or email ThaiTakes@thailinks.org.

Thai Takes II was made possible, in part, with funds from the Royal Thai Consulate General; Thai International Airways; the New York State Council on the Arts’ Fund for Creative Communities, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; and The Puffin Foundation. This program was also made possible in part through the sponsorship of Thai USA, Asian American Arts Alliance, Incite Pictures, individual donors and volunteers.
Thursday, March 31
8pm - MY GIRL (with post-screening discussion)

Friday, April 1
4:30pm - MY GIRL
6:30pm – BAYTONG (with post-screening discussion)
8:45pm – SAYEW

Saturday, April 2
2:00pm – The Siam Renaissance
6:30pm – Activism: Then and Now (shorts program)
8:30pm – The Adventures of Iron Pussy

Sunday, April 3
2:00pm – Emotional Transcendence (shorts program)
5:00pm – One Night Husband
8:00pm – Nang Nak (with post-screening discussion)

Aditional screenings:

Monday, April 4
7:00pm - SAYEW

Tuesday, April 5
7:00pm - NANG NAK

The ImaginAsian presents an evening of laughs with hot and emerging talents in New York Asian comedy. Join us as Telly Wong (Teabag) hosts the show headlined by MASTER LEE (MTV, Conan O'Brian) and featuring Elliot Chang (Comedy Central), Burt Paseos, Rome Kanda, Marc McComb, Aladdin, Tom Teska (Chopschtick), Air Tabique, and AWOL...
Tickets $12 in advance; $15 at the door
(Lineup subject to change without notice.)

March 20 at 5:30 and 6:30
See this 30 minute animation about Babak, a mischievious boy who has been raised outside of Iran. As his friends celebrate holidays like Christmas and Easter, young Babak feels like an outsider. When his cousins arrive from Iran on Norooz, Babak feels even more lost because he doesn’t know how to play their games. Caught between two worlds, Babak is left to determine where he belongs. Will Babak find a way to be friends with his cousins and accept their ways in time for Norooz?
Recorded in both Farsi and English, Babak and Friends is the classic story of a young boy’s first Norooz. An entertaining and heart-warming tale which teaches us how to love our past and embrace our differences.

On March 16, 2005, The ImaginAsian will present the red carpet premiere of Morning Raga, with actress Perizaad Zorabian in attendance. The screening begins at 7pm with a wine and hors dourves reception starting at 6pm. Morning Raga opens exclusively at The ImaginAsian on March 18th.

Set in South India, Morning Raga is about a bus accident on a bridge connecting a small village to the city leaves many villagers coping with the loss of loved ones. Among them is a jingle composer played by Prakash Rao, who is starting a music band with a young urban girl played by Perizaad Zorabian. Together, they try to convince a talented singer who lost her daughter in the accident, played by Shabana Azmi, that she is the missing link in their band.

Dancer and actress, Ms. Zorabian holds degrees in Western classical ballet dance, modern and jazz dance and acting from the Lee Strasburg School of Acting. Ms. Zorabian made her debut in English theare with “Unfaithful”, which completed 35 successful shows all over India. Her first film appearance was in Nagesh Kukunoor’s “Bollyood Calling” and she has since worked with Viral Lakia and Wei Lian.

Limited tickets to attend the red carpet premiere are available to the public for $10 at the box office and online at www.theimaginasian.com.

Morning Raga will begin its theatrical release on March 18th at The ImaginAsian with shows at 3:30 and 8:20pm.

Tsunami Relief Benefit Screenings
A Series of Special Advance Screenings to Benefit Tsunami Victims in Asia

*Tues 1/18 Meenaxi, 7om
*Wed 1/19 Beautiful Boxer, 7pm
*Thurs 1/20 Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior, 7pm

Jan. 18 – Jan. 20
Suggested minimum donation: $10 per person

We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of more than 150,000 people and millions more missing or homeless due to the devastating tsunami in Asia. In an effort to raise funds for the survivors of this tragedy, The ImaginAsian, in conjunction with Regent Entertainment and Magnolia Pictures, offers this special advance screening series of upcoming unreleased films. Please join us in raising money to help those who are desperately in need of aid.
** 100% of proceeds will go to benefit relief funds for the Tsunami survivors. **

For more information on additional fundraising screenings, call 212-371-6682.

*These are promotional advance screenings and are not for review purposes.
Bags will be checked by security. Please do not bring cameras, recording devices, etc.

New York City dance troupe Bollywood Axion will perform before select shows of new Indian films at The ImaginAsian, New York’s only premiere Asian American Movie Theater. Movie-goers will get more bang for their buck during the next three weekends as the performances will be part of the theater’s paid admission to enhance the ImaginAsian movie experience.

Bollywood Axion (www.bollywoodaxion.com) Artistic Director Pooja Narang fuses contemporary western influences with classical Indian dance techniques and the passion of Hindi cinema. Bollywood Axion is a pioneer in the indo-western dance world and has appeared in several major motion pictures. They have performed at numerous events including the opening night of the new Bollywood film Bride and Prejudice and the AIA Diwali Mela in New York. Ms. Narang was trained by several groundbreaking choreographers such as Saroj Khan (Devdas, Lagaan) and offers dance classes and private lessons in New York City and surrounding areas.

The ImaginAsian is proud to have Bollywood Axion appear at the following film screenings:

December 3, 4, 5 prior to VEER-ZAARA at 8:00pm shows

December 10, 11, 12 prior to SHWAAS at 7:30pm shows

December 17, 18, 19 prior to SWADES at 9:30pm shows

Please note the performances are included with paid admission to the select shows listed.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) will conduct a fundraising film event at The ImaginAsian Theater on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 from 6pm to 9:45pm. The event will premiere two documentary films examining the damage of Agent Orange in Vietnam and the effects on the country and its people, each followed by discussions with the filmmakers and special-guest speakers. The evening is presented by the support of The ImaginAsian and The Fund For Reconciliation and Development (FFRD).

The first film presentation is the New York premiere of “Battles’ Poison Cloud” by Cecile Trijssenaar from England which examines the long-term health and environmental damage of the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam. The second film which starts at 8pm, “A Story from the Corner of a Park” by Tran Van Thuy from Vietnam portrays a day in the life of a Vietnamese veteran who was exposed to Agent Orange during the war.

The VAVA is a not-for-profit, non-governmental Vietnamese organization devoted to raising funds to assist Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange (AO) which is the defoliant sprayed over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1961-71 during the Vietnam War. Over one million Vietnamese people (including children) are believed to be affected by Agent Orange. The VAVA has been responsible for bringing a lawsuit against manufacturers of Agent Orange in the U.S. federal court in New York, however, none of the proceeds from the event will be applied towards attorneys’ fees or costs. The VAVA provides aid to victims and cover the administrative costs of their campaign.

Tickets to the event are $30 ($20 is tax-deductible) for one film and $45 ($25 is tax-deductible) for both films and include a gift made by disabled Vietnamese children. There is also a 20% discount for students. Tickets can be purchased on www.theimaginasian.com and www.ffrg.org. Checks can be sent to: The Fund for Reconciliation and Development (please write “VAVA” in the memo line), 355 West 39th St., New York, NY 10018. Tickets can be purchased at the door with cash or credit card.