Official Artist
Kenneth Bi
Director
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We just attended the Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG) at the 2008 TIFFCOM/Tokyo International Film Festival. There were 34 projects (features and documentaries) chosen to participate. Our project is called . Other participating projects included Pang Ho Cheungs , Zero Chous
Tokyo Project Gathering opening reception
TPG meetings in progress. The organizers arranged meetings for directors/pr...Read more
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, which focuses on East Asian filmmakers, opens this year with
. The Opening Gala Screening will take place on Wednesday 12th November, 2008, 7 pm at Toronto's Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West.I will present the film and attend the Q&A session after the screening.Read more
The Drummer will be released in theaters Germany on January 1, 2009.
The Portal - selected for 2008 Tokyo Project GatheringOct 21 - 24, Tokyo, Japan
Rosa and I attended New Yorks Asian American International Film Festival where The Drummer screened on the closing day. The festival took place at the Asia Society on the Upper East side.
Many old friends came to the screening. Rob Tinworth, editor of my first 35mm feature
, came from Rhode Island where he has relocated. Jean Tsien, award-wi...Read more
The Drummer will be screening at the
Melbourne International Film Festival
The screening times areFri 25 Jul7:00 PM...Read more
(For Kenneth Bi) Did you have Jaycee Chan in mind for the lead role from the beginning? I did have Jaycee in mind to begin with. I needed a young actor who could have the capacity for goodness and anger. Jaycee has both those qualities that the character demanded. His anger was not obvious at first but it came out little by little.I sent Jaycee the English scrīpt of The Drummer about a year before production began. He turned it down. I was not given an explanation. When we got our financing togethe...Read more
NEW YORK ASIAN AMERICAN INTL FILM FESTIVALThe Drummer will be screening at New York's Asian American International Film Festival on July 19th, Saturday at 4:15pm.The venue isThe Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (@ 70th Street)
New York, NY 10021Kenneth Bi, writer/director, will be in atten...Read more
was the opening film for the "Year of the Dragon" section at the Munich Film Festival. Jaycee Chan and I were invited to present the film at the festival.
Wir Lieben Kino means We love cinema...
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When I was a little boy, my parents' friend, the actor Kenneth Tsang took his son and me to Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong. We parked at the rooftop parking. As we walked towards the shopping mall, I saw Bruce Lee walking out by himself. He was in his trademark sunglasses, denim jacket and jeans and he had a bag slung over his shoulder. He greeted Kenneth Tsang warmly. I expected him to be all tough and mean like his on screen persona but he was very nice and smiled ...Read more
