Director Justin Lin's FINISHING THE GAME opens the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (VC FILM FEST 2007) this Thursday May 3.
THU, MAY 03 - 07:00 PM | Directors Guild of America, Theater 1, Los Angeles
Egos fly and collide as hard and high as the karate kicks in this scathingly smart swipe at racial stereotypes and movie-biz hypocrisy. This new feature film by Justin Lin (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, Festival 2002; THE FAST & THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT) is a wickedly conceived comedy spoof about the search for the "new Bruce Lee."
JUSTIN LIN's solo directorial debut, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, premiered at Sundance in 2002. He was named one of Variety's "10 to watch" and was honored with a John Cassavetes Award nomination at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2003, Lin established his production company, Trailing Johnson Productions, and produced and co-directed the documentary SPOTLIGHTING. His other directing credits include ANNAPOLIS and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT. Lin holds an MFA in film directing from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television and serves on the board of directors of Visual Communications.
Southern California's largest Asian American film festival launches the celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.
From comedy and drama to documentaries and shorts,
VC FILM FEST shares the stories of Asian Pacifics in America and abroad.
Justin Lin's FINISHING THE GAME opened the VC FILM FEST tonight at the Director's Guild of America in West Hollywood.
SYNOPSIS:
Egos fly and collide as hard and high as the karate kicks in this scathingly smart swipe at racial stereotypes and movie-biz hypocrisy. This new feature film by Justin Lin (BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, Festival 2002; THE FAST & THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT) is a wickedly conceived comedy spoof about the search for the "new Bruce Lee."
JUSTIN LIN's solo directorial debut, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, premiered at Sundance in 2002. He was named one of Variety's "10 to watch" and was honored with a John Cassavetes Award nomination at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2003, Lin established his production company, Trailing Johnson Productions, and produced and co-directed the documentary SPOTLIGHTING. His other directing credits include ANNAPOLIS and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT. Lin holds an MFA in film directing from UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television and serves on the board of directors of Visual Communications.