'해피 클리너스' 2019 아시안아메리칸국제영화제(AAIFF, 7/25-8/3) 폐막작 선정
2019 아시안아메리칸국제영화제
42nd Asian American International Film Festival Announces
Centerpiece and Closing Night Films
뉴욕 플러싱 한인 세탁소 이야기를 그린 줄리안 김과 피터 S. 리 감독의 '해피 클리너스(Happy Cleaners)'가 2019 아시안아메리칸국제영화제(7/25-8/3)의 폐막작으로 상영된다. LA를 기반으로 활동 중인 저스틴 전 감독의 '미즈 퍼플(Ms. Purple)'은 센터피스작으로 선정됐다.
JUNE 13, 2019, NEW YORK – Presented by Asian CineVision, the 42nd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF42) has set Justin Chon’s MS. PURPLE as its Centerpiece presentation on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Closing the festival on Saturday, August, 3, 2019 will be Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee’s HAPPY CLEANERS.
MS. PURPLE marks director Justin Chon’s return to the festival, having previously opened AAIFF40 with his debut feature GOOK. Kasie, who’s stuck in Los Angeles’s Koreatown, works as a karaoke hostess getting paid for her companionship by drunken men. When her dad’s hospice nurse quits she reconnects with her estranged brother, Carey, forcing them to enter a period of intense self-reflection as their single father nears death.
Directors Julian Kim and Peter S. Lee’s ode to their immigrant parents, HAPPY CLEANERS tells another intergenerational story. Set in Flushing, Queens, the film follows the day-to-day lives of the Choi Family as they navigate through their respective struggles, cultural clashes, and inner angst, all while trying to keep the family dry cleaning business afloat.
From Los Angeles to New York, Asian American enclaves across the country are rich with stories of survival and collapse, triumphs and failures. As the community finds its voice, these films contribute authentic depictions of the Asian American family, so often defined by the immigration experience and the struggles that pervade each generation. When articulated and portrayed in film, these stories shape what we call Asian American history and culture, and the Asian American International Film Festival continues to be committed in presenting them to its audience.
Gold Passes, which grant priority admission to all screenings, panels, workshops, and special events, including Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing, are currently on sale at goelevent.com/AAIFF/Package/
Details on the Centerpiece and Closing Night screenings are as follows:
Centerpiece
MS. PURPLE
Date: Saturday, July 27, 2019
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Asia Society (725 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021)
Closing Night
HAPPY CLEANERS
Date: August, 3, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Asia Society (725 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021)
About the Asian American International Film Festival
The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF), presented by Asian CineVision, is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians and Asian Americans.
About Asian CineVision
Asian CineVision (ACV) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media arts organization devoted to the development, exhibition, promotion, and preservation of Asian and Asian American film and video.
Thank You
The 42nd Asian American International Film Festival is made possible by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Academy of Motion Pictures Art and Sciences, Pernod Ricard, Asia Society, Flushing Town Hall, Museum of Chinese in America, and the Friends of ACV.
