Finally some news about the 2008 Asian Film Festival of Dallas.  This message was sent to me from their mailing list:

“This year’s Closing Night film is BE A MAN! SAMURAI SCHOOL. We are super excited to bring our members an inside scoop about our special guest for Closing Night:

Director/lead actor of the film, TAK SAKAGUCHI (VERSUS, DEATH TRANCE) will be in attendance!

Here are some of the other films we have confirmed so far:

THE REBEL (Vietnam)
TOKYO GORE POLICE (Japan)
THE CASE (China)
For more information and updates about the lineup and schedule, please check back our website http://www.affd.org

We look forward to seeing you at the festival!”

Sounds cool to me.  Also not confirmed and just speculation on my part, but I heard something about Help Me Eros and maybe Mr. Cinema.  It will be cool to see Tak Sakaguchi!

Oh, and it is August 14-21 this year.

Wish I could be there!
“Be a Man” seems like a lot of fun, and seeing something like that with the director present is certainly an event worth visiting.

Excellent news! Thanks, zom. I plan to be there with bells on ...

Just try to keep them quiet in the theater, Peter.

Bored, so I’m posting some of the new banners that AFFD posted for people to spread around.  They have only announced 4 films, so I wanted to see if anyone knows what these are:

These next three are Tokyo Gore Police

This one is The Rebel

This is L: Change the World

Dunno the next ones

Last one is definitely Muy Thai Chiya; the one above it probably is too. I cannot help but think the first one is Kung Fu Dunk but that is a guess.

zombeaner - July 23, 2008, 12:24pm

Bored, so I’m posting some of the new banners that AFFD posted for people to spread around.  They have only announced 4 films, so I wanted to see if anyone knows what these are:



These next three are Tokyo Gore Police






This one is The Rebel


This is L: Change the World


Dunno the next ones

The first one is not Kung Fu Dunk, it is Ping Pong Playa, the just announced opening night film.

Here’s the complete lineup:

The Assembly
Be a Man! Samurai School
Behind Forgotten Eyes
Black Belt
Boomtown Beijing
The Case
Fire Under the Snow
For More Sun
Genghis Khan
Help Me Eros
Kala
Killing of a Chinese Cookie
L: Change the World
Loins of Punjab Presents
Machine Girl
Maiko HAAAAN!
Muay Thai Chaiya
Our Town
The Park
Ping Pong Playa
The Rebel
Santa Mesa
Tokyo Gore Police
Wide Awake

This will be fun, I’ve only seen a couple of those.  I’ll probably catch all of them again this year.