2013 Sunset Cinema Series

Date: Fridays, Aug 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2013
Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM
Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000,
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan

Free Admission


  • Registration available each Monday the week of each screening, starting at 9:30AM.
  • No on-site admittance without prior registration and confirmation by e-mail or phone.
  • Please do not arrive early than 5PM.

Why spend your Summer sunsets at home, when you can visit  AAARI, and experience some of the best films that Asians have to offer from around the globe? This four session workshop will guide viewers on a retrospective study through some of Asian American / Asian cinema’s most beloved and highly acclaimed films from the past decade.


Series Lineup
(All films shown in their native language with English subtitles.)

Date Movie
Aug 2 Life of Pi (USA)
Aug 9 The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam)
Aug 16 A Simple Life (Hong Kong)
Aug 23 Outsourced (USA)

Warning: Some films may contain content not suitable for children.


Workshop Instructor: Vinit Parmar
Workshop Coordinator: Antony Wong
Technical Assistance: Zhui-Hui Wu

Author Bio

Presented By:

Vinit Parmar is fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati, and French. Educated in medicine, law, film and theater, he began practicing law in New York City and has worked in the areas of corporate, banking, commercial real estate, insurance, landlord tenant, family, immigration, criminal, and entertainment, including copyright and contracts. In film, he works as a sound mixer and editor for a variety of genres in both documentary and fiction films, many of which have received regional and national awards and accreditation, and other awards or nominations at festivals such as Sundance, Slamdance, United States Super8 Film + Digital Video Festival, and the Fringe Festival. Vinit enjoys teaching full time as an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College’s Film Department, and he writes, produces, directs, shoots, and edits short films and documentaries.