Kowloon Documentary

Saying this North Shore stalwart has a devoted following is an understatement. Over the course of 70 years, @kowloon_restaurant has taken some locals from cradle to grave. On this week's ep, we're joined by @mona.xia and @erinramirez , the filmmakers behind @kowloondocumentary , to talk about what makes this Mai Tai mecca so special. #kowloon #saugusma #explainbostontome #northshore #routeone #bostonculture

Kowloon! is now available to watch on @vimeo as a Vimeo Staff Pick🎉! After an 11 month festival run around the US, Canada and Australia, our team is beyond excited to share this film with the public! Hip Hip Hooray for Kowloon! Click on the link in the Kowloon Documentary bio to watch the film & play, like, follow and share your favorite Kowloon memories and laughs in the comments section with our team. Big shoutout to the Staff Picks team at Vimeo for providing us with a platform to share this labor of love and the Wong’s story 🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏼🫶🏽🦖 #kowloon #restaurant #chinesefood #family #americandream

October will be a busy month for our little short film with festivals around the country and Canada offering us a slew of new homes. Get a chance to see “Kowloon!” on the big screen in LA, New Orleans, San Francisco, Nova Scotia and Boston (for our hometown premiere!!) 😮😮 🎉🎉🤩 Katch Kowloon Saturday October 26th @5pm in the TCL Chinese Theater @americanfilminstitute AFI Fest Or see us in NOLA at @neworleansfilmsociety ’s New Orleans Film Festival Thursday Oct. 17th at 5:45pm at The Broadway Theater We’ll also be touring New England at the @nhff with screenings both Saturday Oct. 19th and Sunday Oct. 20th as well as at the @bostonaafilm in the Emerson Paramount Center for our Boston Premiere! Come support your favorite restaurant at this special Kowloon-sponsored event! For any folks in Canada, we’ll also be at @devour_fest screening at the world’s largest food film festival (yuuummm) 😮😮🍽️ a follow up to our recent Canada Premiere @ciffcalgary and our Aussie Premiere @heartofgoldshortfilmfestival 🫶🏽🫶🏼 That’s it for now! Follow us along as we post screening and ticket links. 🎟️ Our team’s hoping to catch some hungry Super Fans this month at a theater in your town!! #kowloondocumentary #kowloonrestaurant #chineserestaurant #chinesefood #yummm #restaurant #film #filmfestival

UPCOMING AUGUST SCREENINGS: “Kowloon!” will be having its NYC Premiere this Friday Aug. 2nd at the @asiancinevision Asian American International Film Festival ❕❕❕Thank you for having us AAIFF! Stop by our 8:30pm screening at Regal Union Square to catch the film and say hi to our crew 🎥 Following NY we’ll be screening in Vermont Aug. 21st-25th for Middlebury’s @middfilmfest for our second New England screening!!! Exact screening dates still to be decided but keep an eye out for more details coming soon👁️ #kowloon #NYC #restaurant #chinesefood #filmscreening #movie #kowloondocumentary

Have you had a chance yet to check out our first review on @filmthreat ?? If not, head over to the link in our bio to read Jason Delgado’s first account of the film after our Palm Springs International ShortFest screening last month where our film team won a Special Mention Award for Best Documentary Film!! Let us know what you think! Thanks Film Threat and Jason for this amazing feature!! 🦖 + 🍊 …”[Kowloon!] compare[s] America’s largest Chinese restaurant to The Happiest Place on Earth. Kowloon, just outside of Boston, has been around since 1950 and is able to serve an astonishing 1200 people.”

UPCOMING JUNE SCREENINGS: Katch Kowloon! this June at Palm Springs International Shortfest (@psfilmfest ) where the film and all its cast were nominated for the Best of Fest and Best Documentary Short awards!! Wahooooooo! Screening will be taking place on June 20th @2pm PST in the A Dose of Reality block… Also on June 20th (@10am EST), we’ll be screening at the Nantucket Film Festival (@nantucketfilmfestival ) for all our New England-based super fans. Come check out our film as we officially celebrate our New England premiere. w/ more screenings to come this summer season, fall and more!! 2x hips and a hooray for Kowloon!!!!!!! And keep an 👁️ out for more updates soooon! #kowloon #kowloondocumentary #chinesefood #boston #saugus #chineserestaurant #june #film #screenings

Check out these “Behind The Scenes” shots of our Kowloon Documentary team as we were weaving, breathing and eating all around the restaurant last June..! Did anyone catch us? #1: Our cinematographer @gezess dipping into Orange Chicken and nearly drinking a Kowloon Scorpion Bowl with his camera work! Wowza that camera got close! #2: Kowloon co-owner Bobby Wong in action #3: Long-term employee and manager, John Chang, sharing his story of starting at Kowloon when he was 15-years-old — forty years ago! #4: Donald Wong using Qigong to heal our co-director/producer @erinramirez and all his pain points during the shoot #5: Geoff @gezess using an iconic Kowloon napkin to diffuse his camera light #kowloon #saugus #superfan #documentary #chineserestaurant #boston #chinesefood #kowloonrestaurant #indiefilmmaking

What is a KOWLOON SUPER-FAN? According to your famed Saugus restaurant, a Kowloon Super Fan is someone who comes to the Kowloon restaurant at least once a week, who owns at least 3 Kowloon merchandise items, and has been to at least 100 Kowloon events in their lifetime! Now that’s a lot of Kowlooning! Maria @marivee12 pictured above, is a proud and true Kowloon Super Fan who was recently interviewed for the Kowloon Documentary. Thank you, Maria for your participation and involvement in the Kowloon Documentary, coming your way sooooon! Prove your Kowloon Super Fan worthiness by sending us your wackiest, quackiest photos taken at Kowloon via @kowloondocumentary Direct Message for a chance to be featured on the @kowloon_restaurant Instagram Story... We encourage your silliest and most authentic selves. 🦖 + 🔸 #kowloon #saugus #superfan #documentary #chineserestaurant #boston #chinesefood #100 #merchandise 🥡

Our little film is making it around the U.S., stop-by-stop. Kowloon! will be having its L.A. premiere at the VC Film Fest @vcmediaorg (formerly LAAPFF) May 5th at 11am. Come through if you can and support us by following @kowloondocumentary for more updates!! Following L.A., catch screenings in Chicago at the Asian American Showcase @faaimchicago and others down the line… before we make our way to New England, Saugus and more! Thankful for Visual Communications, the Asian American Showcase and all who are on this journey with us 🙏🏼🙏🏽🫶🏽✨ #kowloooon #vcfilmfest @kowloondocumentary @kowloon_restaurant