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  AAS 2021 - CALL FOR FILMS

  Nov 24, 2020 11:30 am |  131  Views

  Established as an Association for Asian Studies (AAS) conference program in 2011, AAS Film Expo is curated and organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS), a program of the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  Due to the continued uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the AAS 2021 Annual Conference is being presented March 21-26, 2021 in an entirely online format on an Eastern Standard Time schedule.

  Documentary and independent films on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia will be presented throughout the dates of the conference with on-demand, asynchronous viewing options. Access to the films will be offered for registered attendees of both the free and paid areas of the virtual conference. Films will only be available to view during the six days of the conference.

• CALL FOR FILMS - AAS Film Expo 2020

  Oct 30, 2019 10:30 am |  63  Views

  The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annually hosts the premier North American conference of Asia scholars devoted to scheduled programs of scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, and panel sessions on a wide range of issues in research and teaching, and on Asian affairs in general. The upcoming AAS conference is scheduled on March 19-22, 2020 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

  AAS Film Expo was established as a conference program in 2011 by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS), a program of the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Documentary and independent films on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia are projected in a dedicated screening room with a schedule running from Thursday through Saturday. An “on demand” screening area allows additional viewing opportunities for attendees who miss scheduled screening times.

  We welcome the submission of films related to Asia produced by scholars and independent filmmakers. Criteria utilized in the selection process include timeliness, broad appeal to the scholarly community, and examples of new field work. All films presented in the conference are promoted in a special AAS Film Expo booklet which includes contact information for distributors or filmmakers who self-distribute. In addition to the Film Expo booklet distributed to conference attendees, film listings are included in the AAS Annual Conference Program Addendum and on the AEMS website: http://aems.illinois.edu. When possible, short post-screening Q&A’s are arranged with filmmakers or film representatives in attendance or via online video conferencing. We can not offer funding to attend the screening.

• AsiaLENS: Drokpa: Nomads of Tibet

  Oct 30, 2019 9:45 am |  60  Views

  AsiaLENS Screening
  Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 7pm
  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL
  

  Drokpa: Nomads of Tibet
  Directed by Yan Chun Su. 2016. 79 minutes.

  Post-screening discussion with Hilary Brady Morris,
  PhD Candidate, Musicology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  Presented as part of International Week.

  The grasslands of the Tibetan plateau are home to the source of Asia’s major rivers. Nearly half of humanity depends on this water for survival. Tibetan nomads, known as DROKPA have roamed on this land for thousands of years. Set in the high plateau of eastern Tibet, Drokpa is an intimate portrait of the lives and struggles of an extended family of Tibetan nomads whose life in on the cusp of irreversible change as once lush grasslands are rapidly turning into deserts, revealing the unprecedented environmental and sociopolitical forces that are pushing the Tibetan nomads to the edge of their existence.

• AAS 2019 FILM EXPO | MARCH 21-23 | Denver, Colorado

  Mar 9, 2019 9:45 am |  277  Views

• Mar 12 | AsiaLENS Screening | The Song Collector

  Mar 9, 2019 9:30 am |  45  Views

  The Song Collector
  Directed by Erik Koto.
  2016. 54 minutes.

  Introduction and post-screening discussion with Stefan P. Fiol Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.

  Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 7pmSpurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium, 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL

• CALL FOR FILMS - AAS Film Expo 2019

  Oct 4, 2018 9:00 am |  1,046  Views

  The upcoming AAS conference is scheduled for March 21-24, 2019 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
  

  For more information, please download the AAS Film Expo Submission Form.

  *** DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOVEMBER 12, 2018 ***

• Oct 11 | AsiaLENS screening | Art In Smog

  Oct 4, 2018 8:00 am |  20  Views

  Art In Smog
  with filmmaker Lydia Chen
  
  Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 7:00 pm
  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL

  Vivid art merges with intimate interviews to evoke the human pursuit of meaning. This film illustrates the rise of China over 25 years as experienced by international artists Su Xinping and Xia Xiaowan, painter and antiques expert Mushi, fearless curator Cui Cancan, and painter Chen Hui. The pursuit of art takes them from quiet lives in the 1990s to the extremes of the 2000s, as documented in footage shot in 1991 and 2016.

• AsiaLENS featured story at readbuzz.com

  Sep 11, 2018 8:30 am |  26  Views

  AsiaLENS embraces Asian storytelling

  by Taylor Cygan,  September 10, 2018

  The AsiaLENS film series has long been a staple at the University of Illinois, providing viewers with international films often unknown or fairly inaccessible to those stateside.

  Go to readbuzz.com article

• Sep 13 | AsiaLENS screening | Forgive - Don't Forget

  Sep 11, 2018 8:00 am |  39  Views

  Forgive - Don't Forget
  Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 7:00 pm
  Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL

  During Japan's surrender at the end of World War II, numerous swords were confiscated by American Officers. To better understand the past and build a bridge between cultures in the present, a filmmaker attempts to return one of these surrendered swords to its original owner.

• CALL FOR FILMS - AAS Film Expo 2018

  Sep 14, 2017 9:45 am |  2,879  Views

  The upcoming AAS conference is scheduled for March 22-25, 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington D.C.
  

  For more information, please download the AAS Film Expo Submission Form.

  *** DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOVEMBER 10, 2017 ***