Today was our first screening of "My Life in China" at the Enzian with the director Kenneth Eng. We met Kenny at about 2:15 after he checked in to the filmmaker's registration booth, and he was very welcoming and nice, like we had already met before and were a part of his family. 4 out of the 5 members of our group showed up for the meeting, with Alex being absent due to a prior engagement at Megacon.

We talked about marketing strategies and where we had posted the postcards promoting his film, as well getting to know one another at the same time and enjoying each others company in the blistering hot Florida sun. Kenny and the Producer both flew in from California the night before so the weather was a bit of a shock here for them.

The basic goal of getting people to see the film, was the push to get as many in the Asian community and Non-Asian community to see the screenings, especially the second screening next week (Fri 4/17). Kenny had actually arranged a meet and greet for this coming Tuesday at a YES center with the chamber of commerce in Orlando, and there was also talk of media coverage with the Orlando Sentinnel with his producer helping out in the PR scheme of things.

Besides also handing out postcards, our group was able to get the Dunkin' Donuts coupons, but as I (Matt) took a closer look our promotions, the coupons were printed with the expired versions of what they were for. Kyle then took the coupons back to get new ones, and this hiccup will be corrected shortly.

We were all very excited to see the poster for our film in the main window of the Enzian as seen from the outside. Once people started to arrive, they immediately recognized the director and wanted to take pictures with him and the producer next to the poster. Kenny was also generous enough to give out free tickets to those wishing to see the film, but also to our delight, the line for the first showing of his film at 4:15pm today (Sat April 11), was really long. Inside the screening there were hardly any open seats available. All in all today was a very successful week and next week promises to be even greater an experience. Enjoy the pictures

-Matt