This years lineup of movies at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) looks great, and has a hip vibe. Another way to describe the films at the NYAFF are they are under-appreciated. An article about the NYAFF on about.com had this to say about the festival:

“NYAFF tends to seek out films that on some level just don’t get the respect that they deserve. Many of the films showcased never get picked up by an American distributor (all the more reason to seek this festival out and take in as many films as you can). That’s because some of these films represent the extremes of Asian Extreme Cinema or they are a little rough around the edges or they simply lack marketable names. The failure of these films to get wider distribution is more a reflection of the lack of imagination on the part of American distributors than anything else. But all the NYAFF films share one very rare quality – bold innovation. You won’t find anything here that smacks of mere formula.”

As said in the paragraph above, a lot of these films go unnoticed by American distributors, giving you more reason if you are in the area to check the NYAFF out. Last year they presented 29 films, but this year it’s gotten even more bigger with 43! Some personal choices that I want to see are Sweet Rain (aka. Accuracy of Death) and L: Change the World…just because I liked Death Note, lol (To read more about the NYAFF and the brief description of some of the films, click here).

The festival last from June 20th to July 6th….good thing I’m going up to NYC (I’m on the bust right), maybe I can convince my friends to check this out.

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