AFFD Opens Today!

Tonight is the opening night for your favorite festival. We kick things off at the Magnolia Theatre early today with Johnnie To's SPARROW playing at 2:00 p.m. Following that at 4:00 p.m. we will have TALENTIME, one of the final great films from the late Yasmin Ahmad.

AFFD Opening Night Happy Hour/Reception at Social House in West Village will be 6-7 p.m. This event is open and free to the public. Buy yourself a special AFFD drink and then walk a few steps over to the theater and watch AU REVOIR TAIPEI, a cute romantic comedy with its share of gangsters, cops, mistaken identities and lovelorn innocents. This movie has won many awards around the world and is an excellent choice for kicking off this year's festival.

After the film Pinkberry will provide a free yogurt snack to patrons at the Magnolia.

At 9:10 tonight is when the action really heats up with the brilliant and epic crime thriller I CORRUPT ALL COPS (ICAC). This film stars legendary talents like Tony Leung, Anthony Wong and Eason Chan, how could you go wrong with this one - this movie is incredible and one of our favorites.

After ICAC we kick it into robogear with the Dallas Premiere of ROBOGEISHA, if you like films like TOKYO GORE POLICE and MACHINE GIRL then you cannot miss this one. Before the film tonight we will also be having a costume contest and a robot... how could we resist?