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Hong Kong Intl Film Festival 2011
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- Published on Saturday, 19 March 2011 05:00
- Written by L E Shannon
The 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is running March 20 - April 5, 2011 at the Hong Kong 
Cultural Centre and Hong Kong Space Museum, among other locations in Hong Kong.
A part of Entertainment Expo Hong Kong, the Festival runs in conjunction with the 5th Asian Film Awards (AFA) Presentation Ceremony and the 9th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).
The fest is run by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society; HKIFFS is a charitable, non-profit and non-governmental organization dedicated to the discovery and promotion of creativity in the art and culture of film.
Through its year-round programs, the mission of the Society is to strengthen global appreciation of Chinese film culture and to promote inspiring films from around the world, enriching the cultural life of Hong Kong.
The Opening film is Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, the latest, a comedy, by Hong Kong's own duo of Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fa. A young woman recovering from heartbreak meets an attractive playboy, who has no intention of getting married, and a nice but dreary architect who is marriageable. The classic bad boy/good boy dilemma many a single gal has faced. With Louis Koo, Daniel Wu, Gao Yuanyuan, Lam Suet, Terence Yin.
Several special filmmakers are saluted this year:
The Lifetime Achievement Award goes to film industry pioneer Raymond Chow, who presided over the "Golden Era" of Hong Kong cinema at both the Shaw Brothers studio since the 1950s and Golden Harvest after 1970. Chow influenced the careers of some of Asia’s biggest stars who went on to become international superstars, such as Bruce Lee (Fist of Fury), Jackie Chan (Police Story) and Jet Li (Once Upon a Time in China series).
Korean American Films in New York
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:54
- Written by L E Shannon
The Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY) is running March 17-20, 2011 at several venues around 
Manhattan in New York City. Programs at White Box are being live streamed to the Big Screen Project in the public plaza behind the Eventi Hotel at 30th Street and 6th Avenue.
Now in its fifth year, KAFFNY is the only New York based independent film festival showcasing Korean American and Korean diasporic perspectives in film. Since 2006, KAFFNY has broadened its programming to include international films and videos by Korean and as well as non-Korean filmmakers.
Tribeca Film Festival 2011: The Great Escape
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- Published on Sunday, 13 March 2011 15:58
- Written by Laura Blum
Ten years after Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff mounted their first cinema circus to perk up post-9/11 lower Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival now celebrates its tin anniversary, April 20 to May 1, 2011.
An unprecedented 5,624 submissions kept Festival programmers hunkered down at their screens while whittling this year's final selection to 88 features and 61short films. The features hail from 32 countries, including many that will wave their flag for the first time in the New York showcase acknowledged today as a worthy stop on the festival circuit.
Ever a work-in-progress, the Festival now straddles two competition sections, World Narrative and World Documentary, and three that are out-of-competition: Cinemania, Spotlight and the debuting Viewpoints.
NY Intl Children's Film Fest 2011
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- Published on Friday, 11 March 2011 04:23
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The New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) runs March 4 - 27, 2011 in Manhattan at IFC Center 
and other venues in New York City.
NYICFF is North America's largest festival of film for children and teens, intended to define a new, more provocative and compelling film for juvenile audiences.
The Opening Night Film is a preview of the new film Mars Needs Moms, directed by Simon Wells and featuring the voices of Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Joan Cusack.
