CALL FOR FILMS
AEMS at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS)
We are pleased to announce that at the next joint AAS-ICAS meeting in Honolulu March 31-April 3, the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) will be organizing the non-stop video screenings held in conjunction with the meeting. This year all screenings will be held in a state-of-the-art 300 seat theater at the conference site, and we hope to be able to invite some of the filmmakers for Q&A. We are interested in films related to Asia which you may want to suggest. Films produced in Asia are welcome, but they must have English narration or subtitles.
About twenty to thirty videos will be selected for scheduled showings. Criteria utilized in the selection process include timeliness, broad appeal to the scholarly community, and examples of new field work. All films included in the program will be listed in the AAS Annual Meeting Program Addendum and described in handouts or brochures that will be available at the meeting. We will also supply a list of distributors and contact information. Films the length of a typical class period (40 minutes or less), or which have segments the length of a class period, are encouraged (but are by no means necessary).
If you have seen a film you would like to recommend, please let the filmmaker (or AEMS) know. Filmmakers wishing to apply can find the instructions and application form here: http://www.aems.illinois.edu/downloads/AAS_Submission.pdf . The deadline is for submission December 10th, 2010.