THE 30TH ANNUAL New York Asian American International Film Festival will open and close with cultural mash-ups starring Hollywood names directed by cross-over directors, all screened at the Asia Society.

Presented by Asian CineVision, the nation’s longest-running festival of its kind kicks off July 19 with Justin Lin’s “Finishing the Game,” a mockumentary about Hollywood’s scramble to replace martial arts star Bruce Lee, following his death on the set of “Game of Death.” From the director of “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” and “Better Luck Tomorrow,” it stars James Franco (“Spider-Man”) and Roger Fan and promises to lampoon Hollywood race relations the way Robert Townsend did in “Hollywood Shuffle.”

The festival closes on July 28 with director Gina Kim’s Sundance Film Festival hit “Never Forever.” Starring Vera Farmiga (the break-out star of “The Departed”), Jung-woo Ha, and David McInnis, the film follows an American woman, married to a successful but sterile Korean-American lawyer, who begins an affair with an undocumented Korean immigrant in order to have a child.

This year’s impressive roster of 25 new features includes Chen Shi-Zheng’s “Dark Matter,” starring Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, and Liu Ye. Based on true events, the film follows a Chinese university student studying for his Ph.D. at a top American university who enacts a violent revenge when his career ambitions are crushed by his departmental colleagues.

The AAIFF will also present a retrospective of the works of acclaimed Hong Kong New Wave director Patrick Tam, as well as a one-on-one discussion with the man widely considered to be Wong Kar-Wai’s mentor. The retrospective includes four rarely seen films, including Tam’s first feature in 17 years, “After This Our Exile” (winner of five Hong Kong film awards and three Golden Horse awards).

To celebrate its anniversary, the AAIFF will also present a program of short films selected from its 30-year history, and a program curated by partner organization Women Make Movies.

For a complete schedule of films and showtimes, visit aaiff.org. •