Films at the Gate 2024

🎬 Join ACDC at our 18th Annual 3-day Kung Fu Film Festival! 📽

Films at the Gate, an event organized and run by ACDC youth, revives the tradition of the Chinatown movie house. The festival enlivens Chinatown, bringing together people of all backgrounds and ages, while also introducing kung fu films to a new generation and restoring a tradition of shared, public experience of Chinese-language films in Chinatown. 

Films at the Gate is a FREE event, open to all! Since 2006, Films at the Gate has been a grassroots event attracting over 700 attendees annually to Chinatown’s under utilized spaces.

📍Where: The Chinatown Gate in Boston along the John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road

📅 When: Friday, August 23rd - Sunday, August 25th from 5:30 - 9:30 PM 

Films and Performances🎭

Friday, August 23:

Kids from Shaolin | (1984) 103 min PG-13 | Directed by Hsin-yan Chang | Presented in Mandarin with English Subtitles Romance blossoms between the children of two rival martial arts families, one practicing Shaolin and the other Wudang. Watch as they unite to fight a gang of bandits threatening their village!

Saturday, August 24:

The Young Master | (1980) 101 min PG-13 | Directed by Jackie Chan | Presented in Cantonese with English Subtitles A talented martial arts student goes after his exiled brother, only to be mistaken for a fugitive and entangled in a case of mistaken identity. Follow Jackie Chan in his innovative tale!

Sunday, August 25:

Shaolin Soccer | (2001) 85 mins NR | Directed by Stephen Chow | Presented in Cantonese with English Subtitles All the world's problems could be solved with a little kung fu! Follow a young Shaolin follower as he forms a soccer team with six kung fu masters. Will their martial art skills win them the $1 million grand prize?

Sponsoring Films at the Gate

Films at the Gate promotes community development for Chinatown residents and businesses by endorsing Chinatown as a site of cultural activity. Every contribution counts, whether you are a kung fu film fan, love supporting the Chinatown community, or want to support our youth who run this annual event. Promotion at this event can include advertising, social media and event website listings, as well as speaking opportunities with advance notice.

Levels:

🎤 Presenting - $5,000

  • Opportunity for greeting on stage; full-color page program ad (7.5”H x 4.5”W); logo on screen; listing in publicity materials and website

𓅯 Crane - $2,500

  • Full page B/W program ad (4.5”W x 7.5”H); logo on screen; listing in publicity materials and website

🙏🦗Mantis - $1,000

  • 2/3 page B/W program ad (4.5”W x 5”H); logo on screen; listing in publicity materials and website

🐅Tiger $500

  • 1/3 page B/W program ad (4.5”W x 2.5”H); listing in publicity materials and website

Program Ad:

  • Full-page - $300 (4.5”W x 7.5”H)

  • 1/2-page - $200 (4.5”W x 5”H)

  • 1/3-page - $100 (4.5”W x 2.5”H)

If you’re interested in sponsoring FATG, providing an in-kind donation, or purchasing an ad in the program, please submit the form below to reina.matsumoto@asiancdc.org no later than Friday, August 9!

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Supporters

🎤 Presenting - $5,000

𓅯 Crane - $2,500

🙏🦗Mantis - $1,000

🐅Tiger $500

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