BAAFF Opening Night - Forge

SOLD OUT 

(Limited tickets may be available at the door)

Forge 

Thurs., Oct. 16, 7:00PM EST​ Coolidge Corner Theatre
Opening Night | Narrative | 112 Minutes | English | Boston Premiere
Directed by Jing Ai Ng

Q&A with Director Jing Ai Ng, Actor Andie Ju & Brandon Soo Hoo

In Miami, siblings Raymond and Coco Zhang run a profitable art forgery ring. When the Zhangs cross paths with millionaire Holden Beaumont, they're coerced into creating counterfeit masterpieces as a front for his old American family's art collection, only to become entangled in a web of deception.

Advisory - Strong language

Director’s Bio - Jing Ai Ng - Raised between Malaysia and Miami, she brings a global perspective to her storytelling. Her most recent short, DELTA, won a Gold Screen at the Young Director Awards at the Cannes Lions 2023. She is set to shoot her debut feature, Forge —a Miami art forgery film—in the summer of 2024. 

She was selected for The Thousand Miles Project in 2022, a talent incubator established by Pachinko showrunner Soo Hugh and Universal Content Productions. She participated in Film Independent's Screenwriters Lab, where she developed her art crime feature script FORGE. Her short FLECK won the Grand Prize at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Student Film Awards and was shortlisted at the Cannes Lion Young Director Awards in 2020. She was featured in the SHOOT Magazine New Director’s Showcase. Jing recently graduated from the American Film Institute Conservatory with a MFA in Directing. She also directs commercials and music videos as part of the directing duo PAJAMAS, a collaboration with Portlynn Tagavi.