Watch the Trailer:
Release Date: Only in theaters November 8th
Note: Please arrive at least 30 minutes early, as admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis. Paid parking is available in Lot 3 and visitors can purchase permits at the pay station.
FILM SYNOPSIS
On a deep undercover assignment in Taipei, DEA agent John Lawlor was doing everything right… until he fell in love with his informant, beautiful Josephine “Joey” Kwang, one of the Asian underworld’s best transport drivers. Compromised and cover blown, John was forced to flee. Now, years later, John is back in Taipei for the weekend. But is he here to finish the job? Or to win back Joey’s love?
GEORGE HUANG, Director & Professor - UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Screenwriter and director George Huang began his Hollywood career working as an assistant at Paramount Pictures, Universal, Warner Brothers, Disney and Columbia. Huang has also worked on dozens of film and TV projects including S.W.A.T., Spy Kids, Machete and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His wide range of experiences include Rock the Vote ads, a comedy channel on YouTube, actor Elijah Wood’s audition reel for The Lord of the Rings, and a Nike short film starring basketball star Kobe Bryant. He has worked with acclaimed directors Robert Rodriguez and Luc Besson as well as many first-time filmmakers and students. Huang’s most recently produced screenplay is Final Recipe, a South Korean-Chinese-Thai co-production directed by UCLA TFT Professor Gina Kim and starring Michelle Yeoh.
GINA KIM, Professor - UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Los Angeles-based Gina Kim is one of the few South Korean filmmakers to produce works in Hollywood and her home country. Her award-winning films reimagine cinematic storytelling across different genres and platforms, developing a unique transnational perspective centered on female protagonists. Her five feature-length films and works of video art have screened at more than 150 prestigious international film festivals and venues including Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Sundance, as well as such arts venues as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Her work has been theatrically released to critical acclaim in Europe, Asia and the United States. In 2016, Final Recipe was wide-released in China in more than 3,240 theaters. The Hollywood Reporter noted how the director “conjures a non-exotic piece out of a territory-trotting narrative, where every place is made to seem like home.” Prior to its release, Final Recipe was selected as the opening film in the Culinary Cinema sections of the Berlin and San Sebastian international film festivals.
This event is presented by the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television and UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, and co-sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Department, UCLA Asia Pacific Center and UCLA Taiwanese Student Association.