FESTIVAL 2007 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) Friday, June 22nd - Sunday, July 8th Friday, June 22nd - Thursday, July 5th IFC Center 323 Sixth Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets New York City Thursday, July 5th - Sunday, July 8th Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues New York City www.subwaycinema.com Now in its sixth year, NYAFF is America¹s leading festival of popular Asian cinema. To date, the Festival has featured over 100 films from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand, including 6 International premieres, 17 North American premieres, 23 U.S. premieres, and over 50 New York premieres. Aachi & Ssipak (2005) 90 min | Trailer: Youtube In a world where energy has run dry, in a country where the government robs its citizens of hope, in a land where freedom is a four letter word...there is one substance more valuable than gold, more precious than oil, one thing that powers the entire planet, one thing that rules them all: your poo. City Of Violence (Jjakpae) (2006) 92 min | Trailer: Youtube Packed with sneak attack break dancers, BMX bandits, gibbering junkies and whipped into a frenzy by a hardcore funk-a-licious soundtrack, City Of Violence is so thoroughly 80’s that you’d expect to find it on a grindhouse double bill with Death Wish 2, not in a fancy pants film festival. Cruel Winter Blues (Yeolhyeol-nama) (2006) 118 min | Trailer: Twitch Sometimes Korean cinema feels like a long, unbroken string of interchangeable gangster movies. But occasionally one of these movies holds back, forcing the audience to come to it, like Cruel Winter Blues, a dramatic smackdown between three powerhouse actors who take this low-key, unconventional script in hand and tear it up. Dasepo Naughty Girls (Dasepo sonyo) (2006) 103 min | Trailer: Youtube What the world needs now is a candy-colored rain of kinky sex and carefree perversion to wash all its sins away and Dasepo Naughty Girls is a tsunami of sex, a hurricane of horniness, a tidal wave of titillation and it’ll leave you feeling minty fresh like you’ve just had a naughty shower. I'm A Cyborg But That's Ok (Saibogujiman kwenchana) (2006) 107 min | Trailer: Twitch Not many romantic comedies begin with a suicide attempt and end with its two lovebirds blissfully trying to detonate a nuclear device, but not many romantic comedies are directed by Park Chan-Wook, either. Miracle On 1st Street (1Beonga-ui gijeok) (2007) 113 min | Trailer: Youtube 1st Street sits on the run down fringes of Seoul where a small cluster of losers are barely hanging on to hope. When Pil-je comes around to "persuade" everyone to sell their little patch of broken down land to the thuggish real estate developers, he discovers that to people who don't have anything, home is everything. Never Belongs To Me (2006) 105 min | Trailer: Youtube In an era of slick, Korean blockbusters, the sci fi genre is hijacked at gunpoint by Nam Ki-Woong, director of such cult classics as Teenage Hooker Becomes Killing Machine in Daehakroh and Chow Yun-fat Meets Brownie Girl. The Show Must Go On (Wooahan Segye) (2007) Read my movie review 110 min | Trailer: Youtube Straight outta Cannes comes the premiere of this Korean gangster movie that pulls a masterful bait and switch on the audience, rapidly darkening from knockabout comedy to desperate drama in its second half. Traces Of Love (Gaeulro) (2006) 115 min | Trailer: Youtube "It’s all disappearing," a character says at the beginning of Traces Of Love, looking out over the Korean landscape, and over the course of this movie, it all does: love, life and happiness all go up like smoke.

FESTIVAL Mise-en-scene's Genres Film Festival (MGFF) Wednesday, June 27th, 4:40pm Saturday, June 23rd, 6:30pm Sunday, June 24th, 4:40pm IFC Center 323 Sixth Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets New York City www.mgff.org | www.subwaycinema.com The NYAFF has partnered with Korea's Mise-en-scene's Genres Film Festival (MGFF) to bring over their award-winning horror, comedy, melodrama, sci-fi and action short films, selected by MGFF's committee and jury members, including directors Park Chan-Wook (I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK), Ryu Seung-Wan (City of Violence), E. J-Yong (Dasepo Naughty Girls), Kim Dae-Seung (Traces of Love), Bong Joon-Ho (The Host) and Kim Jee-Woon (A Bittersweet Life). Now in its sixth year, MGFF is one of the most prestigious short film festivals in Korea, with the exclusive focus on genre short films. The Festival's main objective is to promote talented young Korean filmmakers, and to serve as their launching pad for careers in the film industry. MGFF has five genre categories: “A City of Sadness - Comments on Society? “A Short Film About Love - Focus on Relationships? “The King of Comedy - From Chaplin to Steven Chow? “The Extreme Nightmare - World of Horror & Fantasy?and “The 40000 Blows-Action & Thriller on Mean Streets." MGFF at NYAFF Program 1: 2006 MGFF Awarded Short Films - Part I (70min) Saturday, June 23rd, 6:30pm Screening hosted by E. J-Yong MGFF at NYAFF Program 2: 2006 MGFF Awarded Short Films - Part II (73min) Sunday, June 24th, 4:40pm Screening hosted by E. J-Yong MGFF at NYAFF Program 3: MGFF Favorites as selected by Bong Joon-Ho, Kim Jee-Woon, Ryu Seung-Wan, Jang Joon-Hwan, E J-Yong, And Park Chan-Wook (95min) Wednesday, June 27th, 4:40pm

CONCERT Nah Youn Sun: Cross Cultural Jazz Tuesday, June 26th, 8:00pm Frederick P. Ross Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center Time Warner Center Broadway at 60th Street New York City $55, $75, $100, $125 www.jalc.org | www.jsartscompany.com Nah Youn Sun's music goes straight to the heart, driven by a variety of cultural influences which transport you from the Occident to the Orient. Featuring Nah Youn Sun, vocals; Benjamin Moussay, piano; Yoni Zelnik, double bass; David Neerman, vibraphone; Robin Laurent, drums.

BRIEFING CACF Community Briefing on Child Welfare Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) Wednesday, June 27th, 9:30 ?11:30am Chinese-American Planning Council 165 Eldridge Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets New York City www.cacf.org | elee@cacf.org The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) cordially invites you to a community briefing to share with you our latest report: Connecting the Dots: Improving Neighborhood-Based Child Welfare Services for Asian Pacific American Families. All guests will receive a copy of the report on the child welfare system. Connecting the Dots is CACF’s second report on the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), New York City ’s child welfare system. The report critically analyzes the needs of Asian Pacific American families, the barriers to accessing child welfare services, and the opportunities to develop collaboration with the Asian Pacific American community. The report also offers timely, feasible recommendations to reduce child abuse and neglect in the Asian Pacific American community. The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) is the nation’s only pan-Asian children’s advocacy organization. CACF works to improve low-income and immigrant families?access to education, mental health, and child welfare services. The community briefing will feature a: Presentation of key findings and recommendations from the report Panel discussion with a parent and representatives from the NYC Administration of Children’s Services (ACS) and a community based organization Q&A session following the presentation and panel discussion

PANEL DISCUSSION Immigration Reform Korean Americans for Political Advancement (KAPA) Thursday, June 28th, 6:30 - 8:00pm Korean American Association of Greater New York 149 West 24th Street, 6th Floor between 6th and 7th Ave New York City baek.jim@gmail.com | jmkyoo@yahoo.com Korean Americans for Political Advancement presents Immigration Reform, a panel discussion. After a preliminary setback earlier in June, the Senate is once again considering legislation to transform the nation’s immigration laws. What are the prospects for reform this time? What major changes are being proposed? What’s at stake for Korean Americans and other local immigrant communities? How best can Korean Americans and other New Yorkers get engaged on this critical issue? Join KAPA, our co-sponsors and local experts to examine these and other timely questions. S.J. Jung - President of the Board of Directors of YKASEC Avideh Moussavian - Director of Immigration Policy & Advocacy at the New York Immigration Coalition KAPA was founded last year by a group of Korean American New Yorkers to promote a progressive agenda of civil rights, immigrant rights, and economic justice, for Korean Americans and the broader community, through political action and education. Our goal is not simply to elect Korean or Asian American candidates to office, but to mobilize the Korean American community to maximize our political influence in support of candidates and allies who share our agenda for equal access to affordable housing, health care and education, and increased funding for immigrant social services.

PRESENTATION Project Bridge 2006 - 2007 Final Presentation The Korea Society Thursday, June 28th, 6:30pm The Korea Society 950 Third Avenue Eighth Floor New York City www.koreasociety.org The Korea Society requests the pleasure of your company at the Project Bridge 2006?007 Final Presentation, where Eight New York City students selected for the yearlong intercultural outreach program will give final presentations on their experiences in Korea. Every year, the Korea Society, in conjunction with the Los Angeles-based Pacific Century Institute, coordinates Project Bridge: a yearlong intercultural outreach program for high school juniors and seniors. For Project Bridge 2006-2007, sixteen students were selected from New York City and Los Angeles to take part in a yearlong series of bi-weekly meetings, a weekend retreat and culminate in a joint 10-day study tour to Korea. The participants will meet regularly for educational workshops focusing on topics such as Korean language, history, folktales, architecture, modern Korea and the 1992 riots in Los Angeles-known in Korean as Sa-I-Gu. The objective of these activities is to help the participants gain insight into Korea, learn leadership skills and develop intercultural understanding.

SPORTS OUTING New York Mets Korean Night Friday, July 13th, 7:10pm Shea Stadium 7 Train to Willets Point / Shea Stadium Flushing, Queens www.mets.com Join the New York Mets as they celebrate their annual Korean night as they play the Cincinnati Reds.