No, I couldn't find a thing. At first, I thought it was related to the New York Film Festival but that hasn't started yet. I wonder if it's a one off deal?
I hope they promoted it within the local NYC Chinese community. I am really envious when see events like this happening in NYC or LA or Toronto! (needless to say, I live in the southeastern US and there aren't many Asian events here).
My gut feeling is that this festival was basically a phantom/closed event made for home consumption and publicity purposes. I didn't see any photos of movie audiences and just the one of Jane Zhang's fans outside.
Surely, fans would have turned out for these celebrities had anyone knew about it. Color me suspicious. :D
It was a real festival, although the publicity for this event WAS bad, and generally targeted to Chinese language news sources. Too bad since the festival was trying to promote Chinese film to American audiences; it was the organizer's (CAAC) first event so hopefully next year will be better organized. There was quite a crowd of fans at the opening ceremony at Alice Tulley Hall (Lincoln Center). A full day of free screenings (with Q&A sessions with the stars) was held at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) on Sunday, with a closing gala on Monday evening. Films shown included: A Singing Fairy, LAN, Lost in Time, One Nite in Mongkok, and The Message.
Talk about flying under the radar. It looks like this got extremely scant coverage outside the Chinese press.
ReplyDeleteHave you been able to find a list of the other films that played besides Deep in the Clouds?
No, I couldn't find a thing. At first, I thought it was related to the New York Film Festival but that hasn't started yet. I wonder if it's a one off deal?
ReplyDeleteI hope they promoted it within the local NYC Chinese community. I am really envious when see events like this happening in NYC or LA or Toronto! (needless to say, I live in the southeastern US and there aren't many Asian events here).
ReplyDeleteI looked all over the Lincoln Center and Alice Tulley Theater site and couldn't find any mention of it.
ReplyDeleteI thought the picture of the cop asking getting an autograph from Ceci really strange! I wondered, was it for him? A fan in line?
I am deeply disappointed that I heard nothing about this until after the fact. I would have gone and I know others who would have gone ...
ReplyDeleteMy gut feeling is that this festival was basically a phantom/closed event made for home consumption and publicity purposes. I didn't see any photos of movie audiences and just the one of Jane Zhang's fans outside.
ReplyDeleteSurely, fans would have turned out for these celebrities had anyone knew about it. Color me suspicious. :D
It was a real festival, although the
ReplyDeletepublicity for this event WAS bad, and generally targeted to Chinese language news sources. Too bad since the festival was trying to promote Chinese film to American audiences; it was the organizer's (CAAC) first event so hopefully next year will be better organized. There was quite a crowd of fans at the opening ceremony at Alice Tulley Hall (Lincoln Center). A full day of free screenings (with Q&A sessions with the stars) was held at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) on Sunday, with a closing gala on Monday evening. Films shown included: A Singing Fairy, LAN, Lost in Time, One Nite in Mongkok, and The Message.
Bluemoon, thanks for the update.
ReplyDeleteIf only I'd check Facebook!