AFFD Announces First Selections For 2010

The Asian Film Festival of Dallas announced the first four films that will screen at the 2010 festival, including the hotly-anticipated sequel to 2009’s Audience Award winning film, a romantic charmer, a genre shocker, and a star-studded crime drama.

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The four films – “Ip Man 2,” “Au Revoir Taipei,” “Robogeisha,” and “I Corrupt All Cops,” represent the wonderful diversity that the AFFD celebrates. This year’s festival runs July 23-29.

With a full slate of Asian films coming, organizers will be making several announcements to stoke enthusiasm for the upcoming festival.

“These first four selections are just a sampling of the types of films we’ll be bringing to viewers, and we’re proud of the scope of our selections. From family-friendly features to horror films, samurai epics, anime, comedy, drama, and documentaries, there’s something for everyone, no matter what type of film you love,” said Crystal Decker-Norwood, AFFD Director of Programming.

Social media users can follow AFFD on Facebook and Twitter to get advance information on film announcements, and special events leading up to festival week. “It pays to follow us on these sites,” Decker-Norwood said. “We’ll be sneaking titles here and there, doing some advance events. The fans are going to be thrilled.”

Passes are currently on sale through AFFD.org.

Here are the details on the first four films on the 2010 AFFD slate:

• Ip Man 2 (Hong Kong – Director: Wilson Yip)
  Hong Kong film star Donnie Yen reprises his role as Ip Man in this semi-autobiographical sequel following the adventures of the grandmaster of Wing Chun.
  Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Sammo Hung
• Au Revoir Taipei (USA – Director: Arvin Chen)
  Brokenhearted Kai yearns to be with his girlfriend, who’s left for Paris. Accepting a dubious offer from a local gangster to deliver a mysterious package, he embarks on a wild night with Susie, a sweet but lonely girl from the local bookstore.
  Cast: Jack Yao, Amber Kuo
• Robogeisha (Japan – Director: Noboru Iguchi)
  Sibling rivalry turns to mechanized mayhem as two sisters are kidnapped and transformed into murderous cyborg assassins. Naturally, an evil CEO is to be blamed for the mess.
  Cast: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Asami, Kiguchi Aya
• I Corrupt All Cops (Hong Kong – Director: Jing Wong)
  Cleverly titled with the abbreviation “ICAC,” “I Corrupt All Cops” is partly about the establishment of Hong Kong’s anti-corruption force, the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Spanning roughly a decade with three parallel plot threads, this gripping crime drama unfurls in the 1960s and 1970s, when the heroic Commission swept in and began systematically driving out all of the corruption in the Hong Kong police force.
  Cast: Eason Chan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Anthony Wong