The Asian Film Festival of Dallas celebrates its 13th year with returning presenting sponsor Well Go USA Entertainment, from Thursday, July 10 through Thursday, July 17, 2014.
AFFD in numbers
39 feature films. 30 short films. 9 countries represented.
1 World premiere. 6 North American premieres. 2 International premieres. 2 U.S. premieres
15 confirmed filmmakers in attendance.
All screenings will be shown at the Angelika Film Center – Dallas
FULL FILM & EVENT SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JULY 10
- 7:00 pm BLACK BUTLER (OPENING NIGHT FILM) – U.S. premiere
- 9:15 pm The Five
- 8 pm-11 pm Opening Night Party @ The Dram
http://www.13thaffdopeningnightparty.eventbrite.com
FRIDAY, JULY 11
- 2:30 pm Experimental Shorts
- 2:45 pm Reset – World premiere **Director Takeshi Matuura and Actors Koutarou Hayashi & Tomomi Kouno will be in attendance, Q&A to follow the film
- 4:30 pm The King’s Wrath
- 4:45 pm Stray Dogs
- 7:15 pm Go, Stop, Murder – International premiere **Director Joon Kwon in attendance, Q&A to follow the film
- 7:30 pm Bushido – North American premiere
- 9:30 pm Innocent Blood **Actor James Jeffery Caldwell in attendance, Q&A to follow the film
- 9:45 pm Black Butler (2nd screening)
SATURDAY, JULY 12
- 12:00 pm Student Shorts
- 12:15 pm Drama Shorts
- 2:00 pm Ku-On – North American premiere **Director Takayuki Hatamura & Editor Naomi Toyama will be in attendance, Q&A to follow
- 2:15 pm Patema Inverted
- 3:50 pm Boomerang Family
- 4:15 pm Funny Money **Director Thien Do in attendance, Q&A to follow the film
- 6:15 pm Man From Reno **Director Dave Boyle, Associate Producer Mye Hoang & Actor Ayako Fujitani to attend, Q&A to follow
- 6:25 pm Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
- 8:35 pm Kumu Hina
- 8:45 pm The Attorney
- 10:30 pm Danger Dolls – North American premiere
- 11:30 pm Horror Stories 2 – U.S. premiere
SUNDAY, JULY 13
- 12:00 pm Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
- 12:15 pm Touch of the Light
- 2:30 pm Satellite Girl and Milk Cow
- 3:40 pm Sweet Alibis – North American premiere
- 4:15 pm Television
- 6:00 pm That Demon Within
- 6:30 pm Ant Story – North American premiere
- 8:30 pm SAMURAI HUSTLE (CENTERPIECE FILM) – International premiere – Centerpiece Reception to precede the film @Angelika Film Center
- 8:45 pm Fall in Love
- 10:45 pm Late Night Shorts
- 11:00 pm Rigor Mortis
- 5-6:30 pm Filmmakers Reception @ Cafe Express in Mockingbird Station
MONDAY, JULY 14
- 1:30 pm Documentary Shorts
- 3:35 pm Sansho the Bailiff
- 6:00 pm Pretty Rosebud – **Director Oscar Torre & Writer/Actor Chuti Tiu will be in attendance Q&A to follow
- 8:00 pm A Leading Man **Director/Writer Steven Kung & Executive Producer/Actor Pat Tsao. Appetizers provided before the film. Q&A to follow the film.
- 10:20 pm Monsoon Shootout
TUESDAY, JULY 15
- 1:00 pm Boomerang Family (2nd screening)
- 3:20 pm Drama Shorts
- 5:20 pm The King’s Wrath (2nd screening)
- 8:00 pm Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
- 10:30 pm Late Spring
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
- 1:45 pm Go, Stop, Murder (2nd screening)
- 3:45 pm Experimental Shorts
- 5:45 pm Kept
- 7:30 pm Overheard 3
- 9:30 pm Zombie TV
- 5:30-7 pm AFFD Happy Hour @ The People’s Last Stand
THURSDAY, JULY 17
- 12:00 pm Sweet Alibis (2nd screening)
- 2:20 pm Man From Reno (2nd screening)
- 4:45 pm The Attorney (2nd screening)
- 7:30 pm As the Light Goes Out (CLOSING NIGHT FILM)
- 9:45 pm Killers
- 12:00 am That Demon Within (2nd screening)
- 9 pm-12 am AFFD Closing Night Party @ The Dram
**FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
- Innocent Blood – Actor/Producer James Jeffery Caldwell
- Reset (Japan) – Director Takeshi Matuura, Actors Koutarou Hayashi & Tomomi Kouno
- Man from Reno – Director Dave Boyle, Associate Producer Mye Hoang & Actor Ayako Fujitani
- Go, Stop, Murder (S. Korea) – Director Joon Kwon
- Ku-On (Japan) – Director Takayuki Hatamura & Editor Naomi Toyama
- Funny Money (Vietnam) – Director Thien Do
- A Leading Man – Director/Writer Steven Kung & Executive Producer/Actor Pat Tsao
- Pretty Rosebud – Director Oscar Torre & Writer/Actor Chuti Tiu
Parties and events
- VIP Reception: Invitation-only
- Opening Night Party: Thursday, July 10, 8 pm to 11 pm at The Dram
- Filmmakers Reception: Sunday, July 13, 5 pm to 6:30 pm at Cafe Express
- AFFD Happy Hour: Wednesday, July 16, 5:30 pm to 7 pm at The People’s Last Stand
- Closing Night Party: Thursday, July 17, 9 pm to 12 am at The Dram
More titles and full schedule of Q&As, parties, events and details will follow in the coming weeks. Visit www.asianfilmdallas.com.
