Every year, the audience at the New York Asian Film Festival votes on its favorite films by filling out a ballot after every screening. We’ve just totaled the votes and the winner of the NYAFF 2009 Audience Award is:
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Runner-up:
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These five films all tied for third place with roughly the same number of votes:
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VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL
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And a very special mention for HOUSE, which garnered a HUGE number of votes for a 30 year old film.
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And that’s all she wrote for 2009. A big “thank you” to all the distributors and sponsors who helped make this happen, but an even bigger, even more enormous, industrial-sized THANK YOU to every single audience member who bought a ticket. You guys are the reason we do this festival and every ticket you bought was a way of saying “Yes! We want more Asian movies in New York City!” And you were heard, because it looks like we’ll be back next year. Your generosity, your support, your unbridled enthusiasm and your hunger for fun are what keep this festival alive and what makes it special. You’re not “just” the audience: you’re the reason this festival exists. We couldn’t do it without you. And we wouldn’t want to anyways.
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It’s kind of funny that my top four favorite movies of the festival each got in third place.
This was hands down, the BEST NYAFF ever! I saw more films this year than ever and loved every single one of them. Please check out my website and consider having me perform at your next fund raising event.
Thanks so much you guys for my #1 favorite event of the whole year!
Cheers!
Amy
Thank you New York Asian Film Festival. Another fine job at picking a great selection of movies to show in 2009. Cannot wait for what is there for 2010.
The magic hour completely deserves to win. It was my favorite of them all. There were a lot of good films this year! I can’t wait for next year!