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    The special honorees will be attending at this year’s film festival to receive their awards. Veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-fai, who will attend film tributes for Johnnie To’s Election, Longman Leung & Sunny Luk’s Cold War 2 and Tsui’s Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D, will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. Korean actor Gang Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award for his charisma and emotional performances that are given unique values to the films. The Screen International Rising Star Asia Award will be given to Thai model and actress Chutimon “Aokbab” Chuengcharoensukying which she starred in the feature debut Bad Genius.

    http://www.easternkicks.com/news/16th-new-york-asian-film-festival-full-line-up-has-been-announced

    Hong Kong’s Tony Leung Ka-fai will also attend the festival as the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. South Korean heartthrob Gang Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award when he attends the screening of Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (가려진 시간).

    https://asiaincinema.com/2017/06/07/new-york-asian-film-festival-announces-2017-lineup/
     

    강동원, 뉴욕아시아영화제 아시아스타상…설경구·이병헌 이어 세 번째

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    Gang Dong Won, The Star Asia Award in New York Asian Film Festival
     
    +73, -2  Congratulations to actor Kang Dong Won, the winner of the 16th New York Asian Film Festival!!!!
    +70, -4  Congratulations ^^ I hope to see you in the future with better movies and wider markets!
    +63, -2  Newcomer director...If the film is good, it will get good prize.
    +59, -2  Congratulations!
    +59, -2 Congratulations, see you in the awards ceremony.
     
     

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    Congratz for the Star Asia Award! hope he will attend the ceremony...:)

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  2. Full Lineup for 16th New York Asian Film Festival

    By Jordan Raup on June 5, 2017 in NYAFF,

     

    The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announced today the complete lineup for the 16th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will take place from June 30 to July 13 at the Film Society and July 14 to 16 at the SVA Theatre. North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema will showcase 57 feature films, including 3 International Premieres, 21 North American Premieres, 4 U.S. Premieres, and 15 films making their New York City debuts. The festival will feature in-person appearances by more than 20 international filmmakers and celebrity guests from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

    This year, all three of NYAFF’s Gala screenings are brilliant reinventions of the thriller genre. The Opening Gala will be the International Premiere of Nattawut Poonpiriya’s Bad Genius, the first Southeast Asian film to open the festival, with the director and stars in attendance. In this exhilarating high-school thriller, straight-A students Lynn (Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying) and Bank (Chanon Santinatornkul) stage a heist that will undermine the U.S. university entrance system after they lose their own scholarships. The Centerpiece Gala of the festival will be the North American Premiere of Mikhail Red’s Birdshot, a continuation of the festival programmers’ efforts to champion films from Southeast Asia, and the Philippines in particular. The Closing Gala is the U.S. Premiere of Jung Byung-gil’s The Villainess, fresh from its Midnight screening in Cannes. The adrenaline-soaked action film stars Kim Ok-vin as a ruthless female assassin trained in China who starts a new life with South Korea’s Intelligence Agency.

    New to NYAFF in 2017 is the Main Competition section, featuring seven diverse works by first or second-time directors that are all having their North American premieres at the festival. Competing are Bad Genius (Thailand), Birdshot (Philippines), A Double Life (Japan), The Gangster’s Daughter (Taiwan), Kfc (Vietnam), Jane (South Korea), and With Prisoners (Hong Kong). The competition jury will be announced at a later date, with winners revealed on the festival’s final night at Film Society of Lincoln Center on July 13.

    “We were seeking a range of original films from first-time directors, films that represent the diversity of filmmaking from Asia, stories that say something both very local and specific to their countries of origin and something very universal: we hope we achieved at least some of this with our inaugural competition selection, which includes films from seven countries/cities in the region in a broad variety of genres,” NYAFF executive director Samuel Jamier said. “It’s important for us to champion new filmmaking from Asia, and the diversity of film made there at a time when other festivals in North America seem to be reducing the size of their Asian lineups.”

    More now than ever, Hong Kong cinema is at the core of the festival’s programming: faithful to its Chinatown origins, this year’s edition celebrates the best filmmaking from the Special Administrative Region with a central Hong Kong Panorama section, commemorating the 20th anniversary of its establishment, with major support from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York. Over the past two decades, Hong Kong cinema has continuously influenced and inspired many filmmakers in Asia and in the world. This year’s lineup proves the originality and excellence of its production is intact: from a powerful condemnation of life inside the territory’s juvenile detention centers (With Prisoners) to a tale of corruption and redemption set in the underbelly of 1960s Hong Kong (Dealer/Healer), the films bear testimony to the city’s rich cinema history.

    The core of the panorama will be a special (and first of its kind) focus on the exciting new generation of directors, titled Young Blood Hong Kong. As part of the 20th anniversary, the festival is looking to the future of Hong Kong cinema, rather than its past: these recent Hong Kong directors are working in various genres, tackling a range of social issues, and paying homage to the film traditions they grew up with, from tenement dramas to vampire comedies. Meanwhile, NYAFF continues to bring established, major filmmakers from the region: Lawrence Lau, who, along with Ann Hui, is one of Hong Kong’s best neorealist directors, will be introducing his star-studded crime action drama Dealer/Healer; the Panorama will spotlight the new generation from the region with guest filmmaker Wong Chun and screenwriter Florence Chan with Mad World, Derek Hui with This Is Not What I Expected, and Alan Lo with Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight. Other films by first-time Hong Kong directors in this year’s lineup are Derek Tsang’s Soul Mate, Yan Pak-wing and Chiu Sin-hang’s Vampire Cleanup Department, and Andrew Wong’s With Prisoners.

    The 2017 lineup also includes five LGBTQ-themed films: two dramas with transsexual protagonists, Naoko Ogigami’s Close-Knit from Japan, and Cho Hyun-hoon’s drama Jane from South Korea; two coming-of-age high-school youth dramas, Ahn Jung-min’s Fantasy of the Girls from South Korea, and Leste Chen’s 2006 Eternal Summer from Taiwan, which merits a second look a decade on; and Lee Sang-il’s wild and violent mystery thriller Rage, featuring Go Ayano (NYAFF 2016 Rising Star Asia awardee) as a homeless stranger invited into the home of a semi-closeted salaryman (Satoshi Tsumabuki) as his live-in-lover.

    Another highlight of this year’s festival are three films that celebrate Japan’s unique “Roman Porno” genre, each having their North American premieres: Aroused by Gymnopedies, Dawn of the Felines, and Wet Woman in the Wind. Nikkatsu, Japan’s oldest film studio, is celebrating 45 years since they birthed the softcore Roman Porno genre (roman derives from the French word for novel). Invented to save a dying industry, they gave carte blanche to directors with minimal rules: keep it under 80 minutes with a sex scene every ten. This allowed for wild stream of consciousness works of both the highest and lowest caliber. Now, Nikkatsu has enlisted top contemporary talent for the Roman Porno Reboot Project, taking the provocative, envelope-pushing format to a whole new level.

    In addition to the festival’s screenings, the NYAFF awards a number of honorees each year, including this year’s recipients:

    The 2017 NYAFF Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award goes to veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-fai, who will attend a three-film tribute, including Johnnie To’s Election, Longman Leung & Sunny Luk’s Cold War 2 and Tsui’s Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D. In a career spanning 35 years, Leung has worked with the iconic directors Li Han-hsiang, Wong Kar-wai, Stanley Kwan, and Jean-Jacques Annaud, and starred opposite the screen legends Jackie Chan, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Jet Li, and Fan Bingbing. Leung was arguably the first Hong Kong star to become an international heartthrob, in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s The Lover.

    Our Star Asia Award recipient is Korean movie star Gang Dong-won, whose charisma and emotional investment in his performances gives his films a unique edge. His most iconic films include Lee Myung-se’s Duelist, Park Jin-pyo’s Voice of a Murderer, and Jang Hoon’s Secret Reunion. Last year, NYAFF presented two of his films, The Priests and A Violent Prosecutor, and in 2017, the festival will be joined by Gang to present a special screening of the magical fable Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned.

    The Screen International Rising Star Asia Award will be given to Thailand’s Chutimon “Aokbab” Chuengcharoensukying. The 21-year-old model, who is still a student at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University, found fame last year in Thank You for Sharing, an eight-minute, viral short about cyber-bullying. The NYAFF is opening with her feature debut, Bad Genius, in which she stars as a high-school student who masterminds an ambitious heist of the American university entrance exam system. It’s a demanding role, in which her quick-witted character must navigate a complex moral universe where parents and teachers don’t always know best.

    Tickets go on sale June 15, with Film Society and Subway Cinema members receiving an early access period beginning June 13. Become a member today! Tickets are $14; $11 for students and seniors (62+); and $9 for Film Society members. See more and save with a 3+ film discount package and All Access Pass.

    Credits: Curated by executive director Samuel Jamier, deputy director Stephen Cremin, and programmers Claire Marty and David Wilentz.

    The New York Asian Film Festival is co-presented by Subway Cinema and the Film Society of Lincoln Center and takes place from June 30 to July 13 at Film Society’s Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th St), and July 14 to 16 at SVA Theatre (333 West 23rd St).

    FULL LINEUP (57)
    Titles in bold are included in the Main Competition

    CHINA (6):
    Co-presented with Confucius Institute Headquarters and China Institute
    Battle of Memories (Leste Chen, 2017)
    Blood of Youth (Yang Shupeng, 2016)
    Duckweed (Han Han, 2017)
    Extraordinary Mission (Alan Mak & Anthony Pun, 2017)
    Someone to Talk to (Liu Yulin, 2016)
    Soul on a String (Zhang Yang, 2016)

    HONG KONG PANORAMA (10):
    Presented with the support of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York
    Cold War 2 (Longman Leung, Sunny Luk, 2016)
    Dealer/Healer (Lawrence Lau, 2017)
    Election (Johnnie To, 2005)
    Mad World (Wong Chun, 2016)
    Soul Mate (Derek Tsang, 2016)
    The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Tsui Hark, 2014)
    This Is Not What I Expected (Derek Hui, 2017)
    Vampire Cleanup Department (Yan Pak-wing, Chiu Sin-hang, 2017)
    With Prisoners (Andrew Wong, 2017)
    Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (Alan Lo, 2017)

    JAPAN (15):
    Aroused by Gymnopedies (Isao Yukisada, 2016)
    Close-Knit (Naoko Ogigami, 2017)
    Dawn of the Felines (Kazuya Shiraishi, 2016)
    Destruction Babies (Tetsuya Mariko, 2016)
    A Double Life (Yoshiyuki Kishi, 2016)
    Happiness (Sabu, 2016)
    Japanese Girls Never Die (Daigo Matsui, 2016)
    The Long Excuse (Miwa Nishikawa, 2016)
    Love and Other Cults (Eiji Uchida, 2017)
    The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (Takashi Miike, 2016)
    Rage (Lee Sang-il, 2016)
    Suffering of Ninko (Norihiro Niwatsukino, 2016)
    Survival Family (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2017)
    Traces of Sin (Kei Ishikawa, 2016)
    Wet Woman in the Wind (Akihiro Shiota, 2016)

    SOUTH KOREA (11):
    Presented with the support of Korean Cultural Center New York
    Fabricated City (Park Kwang-hyun, 2017)
    Fantasy of the Girls (Ahn Jung-min, 2016)
    Jane (Cho Hyun-hoon, 2016)
    Ordinary Person (Kim Bong-han, 2017)
    A Quiet Dream (Zhang Lu, 2016)
    A Single Rider (Lee Joo-young, 2017)
    Split (Choi Kook-hee, 2016)
    The Tooth and the Nail (Jung Sik, Kim Whee, 2017)
    The Truth Beneath (Lee Kyoung-mi, 2016)
    Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (Uhm Tae-hwa, 2016)
    The Villainess (Jung Byung-gil, 2017)

    SOUTHEAST ASIA (6)
    Bad Genius (Nattawut Poonpiriya, Thailand, 2017)
    Birdshot (Mikhail Red, Philippines, 2016)
    Kfc (Le Binh Giang, Vietnam, 2017)
    Mrs. K (Ho Yuhang, Malaysia, 2016)
    Saving Sally (Avid Liongoren, Philippines, 2016)
    Town in a Lake (Jet Leyco, Philippines, 2015)

    TAIWAN (6):
    Presented with the support of the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York
    Eternal Summer (Leste Chen, 2006)
    The Gangster’s Daughter (Chen Mei-juin, 2017)
    Godspeed (Chung Mong-hong, 2016)
    Mon Mon Mon Monsters (Giddens, 2017)
    The Road to Mandalay (Midi Z, 2016)
    The Village of No Return (Chen Yu-hsun, 2017)

    DOCUMENTARIES (2):
    Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (Jung Yoon-suk, 2017)
    Mrs. B., A North Korean Woman (Jero Yun, 2016)

    https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/full-lineup-16th-new-york-asian-film-festival/

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  3. Kang Dong Won offered to star in new French film

    Actor Kang Dong Won is currently attending the '70th Cannes Film Festival' in France.

    According to a film representative on May 22, Kang Dong Won has received an offer to star in a small French movie and is looking to meet and discuss with affiliates at the luxurious festival. The actor is hoping to cross the boundaries between Asia and Europe through this event.

    http://www.allkpop.com/article/2017/05/kang-dong-won-offered-to-star-in-new-french-film

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  4. Joo Won says he wishes to act alongside look-alike star Kang Dong Won once he returns from the army

    Actor Joo Won appeared on the upcoming May 17 airing of Arirang TV's 'Showbiz Korea', expressing his wishes to act alongside look-alike star Kang Dong Won.

     

    Joo Won mentioned his feelings prior to entering the military after wrapping up his shoot for his new drama 'My Sassy Girl'. "My schedule has been so hectic lately. I think my overall thoughts for the army has been constantly shifting," he opened up.

    When asked whom he would like to work with once he returns from his military duties, Joo Won mentioned Kang Dong Won, saying, "I've heard that I look a lot like Kang Dong Won sunbaenim and he knows so as well. So I think it would be fun to act like brothers."

    Joo Won left for his mandatory military service on May 16 in the Gangwon Province and will officially begin his duties after completing basic 5-week training.

    http://www.allkpop.com/article/2017/05/joo-won-says-he-wishes-to-act-alongside-look-alike-star-kang-dong-won-once-he-returns-from-the-army

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  5. Best Buddy’s night out: Kang Dong Won and Bae Jeong Nam

    Updated May 11th 2017 GMT

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    [Dispatch] The two model turned actors, Kang Dong Won and Bae Jeong Nam were having a night out in Itaewon together. They both attended mutual friend’s bar opening party.

    Check out these two buddy’s night out!

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    Bae Jeong Nam recently starred in the movie “The Sheriff in Town” and it is told that Kang Dong Won is the one who has recommended Bae Jeong Nam to the producers for the role.

    In a recent interview, Bae Jeong Nam mentioned Kang Dong Won saying, “He’s like a little uncle to me. I have known him since I’ve started my career as a model, we were in the same agency. He always take a good care of me like a big brother.”

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    You can also check out their fashion. These two are known for their great fashion sense.

    Even in all black fashion, they both look great!

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    https://www.koreadispatch.com/2017/05/11/best-buddys-night-out-kang-dong-won-and-bae-jeong-nam/

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  6. @goguma1 yep! he's sooo cute...

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    Bae Jung Nam talked about his best friend 'Kang Dong Won' [google trans]

    "When I was young, I had a hard time with Kang Dong Won. My little uncle" (Interview)

    2017-05-04 10:53:34
    [NewsNG Bhyoji reporter / photo Lee Jae-ha]

    Bae Jeong-nam showed gratitude for his close brother Kang Dong-won.

    Bae Jeong-nam, who appeared on the movie 'The Sheriff in town' (director Kim Hyung-ju), announced on May 4 that he met Shin-Cheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul and started modeling. It is already known that Bae Jeong-nam, who worked at a clothing store in Busan, made his model debut with Kim Min-joon. The agency that was introduced was 'The Men Management' which belonged to top models such as Kang Dong-won at that time.

    Bae Jeong-nam had a special friendship with Kang Dong-won when he was in Seoul and was in trouble. He said, "I was the first person to see a good-looking person to live," he recalled when he first saw Kang Dong-won in his agency's office.

    He said, "I lived in the office because I did not have a house at the time, I had a lot of hard work." Kang Dong-won had a part time job at a golf course because he did not have a tuition fee at the university. "Kang Dong-won really takes care of me a lot, I feel like he is a small uncle," he said.

    Even Kang Dong-won thanks for the opportunity to appear in the 'sheriff'. "I have a picnic with Kang Dong-won in a tent at the Han River, and then I met a film clerk of The Sheriff, and then the producer's representative said,"Chunmora has a role to play, I suddenly thought that he was a fraud, and then he came to me and met the director."

    "I was very excited to go to the 'sheriff' meeting with Kang Dong-won, and I saw the audition as my brother told me, and fortunately my boss liked me very much. There are many people I need to pay off their debts."

    Meanwhile, the film 'Sheriff', which was unveiled on May 3, is a local investigative drama in which a great former detective Daeho (Lee Sung-min), who is a local sheriff, is suspected of drug trafficking as a successful businessman Jong Jin (Cho Jin-woong). Bae Jeong Nam and other actors Lee Sung Min Cho Jin-woong Kim Sung-kyun Lim Hyun-sung Kim Hye-eun Kim Jae-young and others went hot. Bae Jeong Nam is a member of air-conditioning equipment, I took the role.

    http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201705040947316710

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  7. JIFF, Kang Dong Won 1st public appearance, bows and apologizes again.

     

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    Naver

    [+9628, -599] The initial response was bad...If you had admitted  it and apologized, it would have been suppressed early. It is a bitter reality, but I hope to see you in a good work as a better young man in the future.
     
    [+9189, -1237] There is no sin to be held against the offspring who apologized and tried to fix it
     
    [+7516, -757] Apologize and reflect on it. I will watch your steps but I think you are a trustworthy person from what I've seen so far. I will cheer on you.
     
    [+5493, -453] There is no paternity system but saying that you admire him is wrong. I'm glad you apologized
     
    [+4161, -586] I will support you in the future. Show me a good look.
     
    [+842, -35] Living in an independent land, we can never forget the independence activists
     
    [+728, -31] This is why it's important to think of your offspring before you act on anything
     
    [+545, -39] This shouldn't be exclusive to celebrities. Everyone from celebs, public officers and the general public should be strict on this. Reflect and serve to live well.
     
    [+529, -97] It's important to move on from this. Honestly I've never seen anyone hate on Kang Dong Won for no reason before.
     
    [+435, -6] I think it would be good if we cared more about the offspring of the independence activists in this country.
     
    [+419, -19] YG's disadvantages: Responses as slow as 3G
     
    [+311, -32] Now you know how to behave yourself, don't you?
     
    [+502, -123] He apologized again and again and seemed to be reflecting... I look forward to your work in the future
     
    [+412, -89] Good for you to apologize. Give me a good look in the future.
     
    [+366, -71] I thought it was much better than those actors who still did the CFs
     
    [+317, -63] Not knowing is not a sin...  Please do a lot of good work in the future and turn this around
     
    [+244, -46] I'll cheer for you cause the descendants did nothing wrong... Still the offspring of the independence activists are lamenting that they're living a hard life
     
    [+148, -18] The offspring who apologize are innocent. The crazy ones are the offspring of the pro-Japanese who ask for them to get back
     
    [+105, -6] You can't choose your family but if there is a problem there's no need to hide, you need to talk about it.
     
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  8. Kang Dong Won Publicly Apologizes For A 2nd Time For Controversy Regarding His Pro-Japanese Family History

     

    During an appearance after a screening of his movie “Master,” actor Kang Dong Won gave a heartfelt public apology for his recent controversy involving his pro-Japanese family history.

    The actor said, “Before we begin, I have something that I would like to say. At the beginning of this year, I was involved in a controversy and have been wanting to give a public apology regarding the matter at an official event like today’s.”

    He continued, “I am reflecting on history and truth and am educating myself on the matter currently as well.”

    Previously, Kang Dong Won was only able to apologize via official statement through YG Entertainment, making this his second official apology but his first public one. In March, the actor was swept up in a controversy about his great-grandfather, Lee Jong Man, who is listed in a pro-Japanese biographical dictionary because of his involvement in certain projects during the Japanese colonial period.

    Hopefully, this will be the last time the actor has to apologize for the controversy.

    Source (1)

    https://www.soompi.com/2017/05/03/kang-dong-won-publicly-apologizes-2nd-time-controversy-regarding-pro-japanese-family-history/

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  9. Kang Dong Won to make his first public appearance since controversy surrounding ancestry

    Following the news surrounding his family history, actor Kang Dong Won will be attending the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), making it his first public appearance since the incident.

    On April 20, a representative of JIFF stated that the actor will greet fans at the event to promote his film 'Master' on May 3.

    JIFF will be holding its 18th annual festival this year from April 27 - May 6. Instead of stepping on the red carpet, Kang Dong Won decided to sit with guests this time around, causing many to wonder how he would act before the masses.

    Meanwhile, Kang Dong Won recently caused a stir with his unexpected ancestral ties regarding his great grandfather back in March.

    http://www.allkpop.com/article/2017/04/kang-dong-won-to-make-his-first-public-appearance-since-controversy-surrounding-ancestry

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    KDW sent food/coffee truck to 'Sheriff' filming location. (starring Jo Jin Woong, Lee Sung Min and his close friend Bae Jung Nam) :)

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    Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned Fanmade Poster? :wub:

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    http://rawhand.co.kr/ourworks_detail.php?id=72&page=6

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