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L. to R.: Rocky Chin, Janet Yang, “Awesome Wang,” Sean Gallagher (photo by Brandon Leung) At the Opening Night Gala for the 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival at Asia Society, the producers of “Shanghai Calling” were giving away promotional t-shirts based on tweets about the movie. This tweet from @AABANY won the last remaining t-shirt: Props to Awesome Yang for producing #ShanghaiCalling. Terrific flick! @AsiaSociety pic.twitter.com/LssT3u6I “Awesome Wang” is the name of a character in the film. You’d have to see it to get the reference. “Awesome Yang” is actually a reference to Janet Yang, the film’s producer, who received the Asian American Media Award right before the film was screened. She is quite “Awesome” indeed. Click on the image to see photos from the gala.

L. to R.: Rocky Chin, Janet Yang, “Awesome Wang,” Sean Gallagher (photo by Brandon Leung)

At the Opening Night Gala for the 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival at Asia Society, the producers of “Shanghai Calling” were giving away promotional t-shirts based on tweets about the movie. This tweet from @AABANY won the last remaining t-shirt:

Props to Awesome Yang for producing . Terrific flick!

“Awesome Wang” is the name of a character in the film. You’d have to see it to get the reference. “Awesome Yang” is actually a reference to Janet Yang, the film’s producer, who received the Asian American Media Award right before the film was screened. She is quite “Awesome” indeed. Click on the image to see photos from the gala.

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On July 25, the 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) opened at the Asia Society and AABANY was there as a Community Partner.  The opening film was “Shanghai Calling,” a light-hearted comedy about Sam Chao, an ambitious Chinese-American lawyer (played by Daniel Henney), who finds himself shipped off to China to open his firm’s Shanghai office, a move that he takes reluctantly.  Besides having to adjust himself to an entirely new culture and a language he doesn’t speak, Sam lands in a legal hassle when a local manufacturer starts making and marketing a fancy new smartphone for which he secured what he believed to be an exclusive license agreement for one of his firm’s top clients. How Sam gets himself out of this mess, and makes news friends and finds love along the way, is what “Shanghai Calling” is all about.  The movie opens in China on August 10 and may be headed to the US next year. Both the opening night gala at Asia Society and the encore performance for the film on July 28 sold out. Before the screening, AAIFF presented its Asian American Media Award to the producer of “Shanghai Calling,” Janet Yang.  Among Janet’s credits are Executive Producer for The Joy Luck Club and Producer for The People vs. Larry Flynt.  The award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual to Asian American media.  Janet is in good company. Past recipients include Wayne Wang, Mira Nair, Michelle Yeoh and Andy Lau. After the screening, Janet, joined by Director Daniel Hsia and members of the cast engaged in a Q&A session moderated by AAIFF Program Director Martha Tien. For photos from the event, click on the image above. To see the full line-up from AAIFF go to http://www.asiancinevision.org.

On July 25, the 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) opened at the Asia Society and AABANY was there as a Community Partner.  The opening film was “Shanghai Calling,” a light-hearted comedy about Sam Chao, an ambitious Chinese-American lawyer (played by Daniel Henney), who finds himself shipped off to China to open his firm’s Shanghai office, a move that he takes reluctantly.  Besides having to adjust himself to an entirely new culture and a language he doesn’t speak, Sam lands in a legal hassle when a local manufacturer starts making and marketing a fancy new smartphone for which he secured what he believed to be an exclusive license agreement for one of his firm’s top clients. How Sam gets himself out of this mess, and makes news friends and finds love along the way, is what “Shanghai Calling” is all about.  The movie opens in China on August 10 and may be headed to the US next year.

Both the opening night gala at Asia Society and the encore performance for the film on July 28 sold out.

Before the screening, AAIFF presented its Asian American Media Award to the producer of “Shanghai Calling,” Janet Yang.  Among Janet’s credits are Executive Producer for The Joy Luck Club and Producer for The People vs. Larry Flynt.  The award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual to Asian American media.  Janet is in good company. Past recipients include Wayne Wang, Mira Nair, Michelle Yeoh and Andy Lau.

After the screening, Janet, joined by Director Daniel Hsia and members of the cast engaged in a Q&A session moderated by AAIFF Program Director Martha Tien. For photos from the event, click on the image above.

To see the full line-up from AAIFF go to http://www.asiancinevision.org.

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Join us for the Opening Night Screening of Shanghai Calling on July 25th

For members of AABANY: Individuals can get a 20% discount to SHANGHAI CALLING by going online and using the code AABANYAAIFF12.

There are also special group pricing:
10 tickets+ for a single program

Nonprofit community partners must group order through outreach@asiancinevision.org. Must purchase a minimum of 10 tickets for a 25% discount, plus $1.50 processing fee per ticket (saves approximately $3.50/ticket).

OPENING NIGHT GALA at the Asian Society
Featuring screening, Q&A, Gala Reception with chef’s tasting tables, open bar, raffle & silent auction, and Gala gift bag
General $75
AABANY members can take advantage of the 20% discount, but tickets must be ordered online by 9PM, July 24th.

There will be an encore screening of Shanghai Calling on July 28th at Clearview Cinema. The 20% discount applies to this screening as well as long as tickets are ordered online by 9PM, July 27th.

For more information about the screening, click here.
We also encourage you to visit www.asiancinevision.org/aaiff to see all the other great lineups available.

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