NYC Welcomes the 4th Annual Chinese Film Festival

November 21, 2013 LuvKitty 0 Comments

Earlier this month luminaries from the Chinese film industry descended upon New York City’s Lincoln Center to introduce the American audience to Chinese films bridging the gap between the Eastern and Western cultures for its 4th annual 3 day festival filled with a variety of star studded galas and screenings. The 2013 NYCFF, presented by the Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) and the Chinese Movie Channel, CCTV-6, which screened 7 new films from Hong Kong & Mainland China over the 3-day event, and will introduce such celebrated filmmakers and performers as Vicky Zhao Wei, Miriam Yeung, Zhao Wei, Xiubo Wu and Donnie Yen. The CAAC’s main objective is to maintain Chinese Heritage both domestically and internationally in the greater New York area.

Vicky Zhao Wei’s box-office smash So Young was chosen as the opening night film which is the debut directorial effort of the renowned Chinese actress Vicky Zhao Wei. It is based on the best-selling novel “To Our Youth that is Fading Away” by Xin YiwuIt, adapted by Li Qiang (“The Postmodern Life of My Aunt”) and produced by Stanley Kwan. This coming of age film centers celebrates the love, joy, and pain felt by a group of young students in their school days who make the transition to the harsh reality of adulthood and a lament on the loss of youth.

Other films included Sorry, I Love You directed by Larry Yang. With only six months to live, Walker decides to leave Vancouver to go back to China, where he was born and adopted and go look for his biological parents and twin sister. With the aid of Encai, a girl he once helped, he tries to find his family but they start falling in love with each other very quickly, and his terminal illness forces him to make important decisions to make his loved one’s life complete.

Finding Mr. Right is based on a city girl, Jiajia, who is traveling to Seattle to give birth to the son who’s going to help her win over her rich, married boyfriend. Armed with his unlimited credit card and the singular goal of bringing a little U.S. citizen back to Beijing, Jiajia knows how to play this game of modern love. But when Jiajia arrives in Seattle, nothing goes right: she’s stuck sharing a small house with two other pregnant ladies, she has trouble reaching her boyfriend on the phone, and eventually, even the credit card stops working. To top that off, the only person willing to spend time with her is her driver Frank who is the opposite of everything she thought she ever wanted in a man… or could he be exactly the kind of guy she really needs.

Love Undercover is directed by Joe Ma. Fong (Miriam Yeung). Fresh out of the Police Training School she is only allowed to work on some trivial missions in the police station after graduation. Fortunately, she is soon assigned to work undercover as a waitress. She needs to get close enough to a gangster’s son so that she can plant a microphone at a table where the gangsters make their deals. Complications arise when she finds herself falling for him.

Love in the Buff is directed by Pang Ho-Cheung. In this sequel to the hit movie Love in a Puff, former lovers Jimmy and Cherie start a new life in Beijing after they ended their relationship. Despite meeting other partners, they can’t seem to forget each other and are torn between fidelity towards their new partners and following their hearts.

IP Man is a legendary Wing Chun Kung Fu master set in Foshan, China in the 1930s. IP Man becomes a hero and creates a craze for Wing Chun. During the Japanese invasion, General Miura, a fanatical practitioner in martial arts, demands that IP Man teach Wing Chun martial arts to the Japanese Army, but IP Man refuses and takes up Miura’s challenge. A fierce fight is going to start….

Special ID is directed by Clarence Fok Yiu-leung. A cop and his team of comrades go undercover in one of China’s most ruthless underworld organizations to stop a gang leader, only to put themselves in great danger after being exposed one by one.