Asian Films Are Go!

The New York Asian Film Festival is upon us! Invading IFC Center and Japan Society in NYC until July 5, the New York Asian Film Festival features over 50 films, shorts, and special events, and more than a dozen guest filmmakers. And we’re big fans! NYCC and NYAF gave out a pair of tickets to Yoroi Samurai Zombie earlier in the month (congrats to winner Ted O’Brien) and we’ve now got a pair of tickets to 20th Century Boys – Parts 1 and 2.

20th Century Boys is the story of a gang of seventh graders in 1969 who hide in their secret clubhouse, making up stories about saving the world from super villains. Flash forward to the future and their imaginary stories are coming true, and the broken down salarymen and convenience store managers they've become realize they've got to come together to save the world. We’ve got a pair of tickets to the 11:45 AM double feature on July 4 at Japan Society. To enter click the link below before the end of June 30. We'll be picking the winner on July 1.

http://www.newyorkanimefestival.com/en/Home/20th-Century-Boys-At-The-New-York-Asian-Film-Festival/

Want more? You can skim through all this year's films right here...

http://www.subwaycinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159&Itemid=93

And don’t miss actor Eiji Okuda and director Sion Sono at Kinokuniya Bookstore (1073 Avenue of the Americas) on July 3 at 4:30 PM. Both Okuda and Sono will be in NYC as guests of the New York Asian Film Festival, and they'll be at Kinokuniya to speak about their careers and their work together on their newest film, Be Sure To Share, which will receive its World Premiere on Sunday, July 5 at 8:15 PM at Japan Society. The film is being co-presented as part of Japan Society's Japan Cuts Festival of New Japanese Film.