Chinese stories pack the screens at festival

CHICAGO - A packed audience enjoyed the preview showing of Chinese dark comedy Dying to Survive, a teaser for the ninth season of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema film festival in Chicago that kicked off on Aug 28.

Asian Pop-Up Cinema, organizer of the eponymous film festival, presented the film at a theater in downtown Chicago.

"The word 'nine' rhymes with 'forever' in Chinese," Sophia Wong Boccio, founder and executive director of Asian Pop-Up Cinema, says.