AAS 2018 Film Expo will be presented March 22 - 24, 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.  Screenings are located in the Taft Room on the Mezzanine Level with on-demand screenings available next door in the Taylor Room.

All conference screenings are free and open to the public.

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This program is supported by the Asian Educational Media Service, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois and the Association for Asian Studies.

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Schedule by Date:

Thursday, March 22, 2018

12:30 PM	The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg	93 min	Q&A	China
2:10 PM	Art In Smog	75 min	Q&A	China
3:35 PM	Democracy Road	60 min	Q&A	Myanmar
4:45 PM	Out Run	57 min	Q&A	Philippines
5:50 PM	BREAK until 7:30pm Screening
7:30 PM	Vanished Archives	119 min	Q&A	Hong Kong
9:40 PM	END SCREENINGS

Friday, March 23, 2018

8:30 AM	North Korea: Beyond the DMZ	60 min	Q&A	North Korea
9:40 AM	Blue Butterfly Effect	94 min	Q&A	South Korea
11:25 AM	Human Error	56 min	Q&A	Japan
12:35 PM	Above the Drowning Sea	92 min	Q&A	China
2:20 PM	Finding KUKAN	75 min	Q&A	China/USA
3:45 PM	For the Love of a Man	82 min	Q&A	India
5:20 PM	Women at the Water's Edge: Lives of women in climate changed Sundarbans	23 min	Q&A	India
5:55 PM	Sent Away Boys	40 min	Q&A	India
6:45 PM	A Normal Life: Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler	55 min		India
7:50 PM	END SCREENINGS

 

Saturday, March 24, 2018

8:30 AM	Tang Prize - Confucius of the West	46 min	Q&A	China / USA
9:25 AM	The Man Who Built Cambodia	37 min	Q&A	Cambodia
10:15 AM	Tashi and the Monk	40 min		China (Tibet)
11:05 AM	Sittwe	20 min	Q&A	Burma
11:35 AM	The Buddha Mummies of North Japan	21 min		Japan
12:05 PM	CHIDRA	40 min	Q&A	India
1:00 PM	The Last Bhopa: Epic of Pabu Rathore	19 min	Q&A	India
1:35 PM	Mrs. B., A North Korean Woman	71 min		S. Korea / China
2:55 PM	Paper Lanterns	60 min	Q&A	Japan / USA
4:10 PM	Forgive - Don't Forget	71 min	Q&A	Japan / USA
5:35 PM	Home of my Heart	40 min	Q&A	Hong Kong
6:25 PM	Comrade Kim goes Flying	77 min	Q&A	North Korea
7:55 PM	END SCREENINGS

 

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Schedule by Region:

China & Inner Asia

The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg	93 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/22/18	12:30 PM
Art In Smog	75 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/22/18	2:10 PM
Vanished Archives	119 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/22/18	7:30 PM
Above The Drowning Sea	92 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	12:35 PM
Finding KUKAN	75 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	2:20 PM
Tang Prize - Confucius of the West	46 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	8:30 AM
Tashi and the Monk	40 min		Sat, 3/24/18	10:15 AM
Home of My Heart	40 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	5:35 PM

Northeast Asia

North Korea: Beyond the DMZ	60 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	8:30 AM
Blue Butterfly Effect	94 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	9:40 AM
Human Error	56 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	11:25 AM
A Normal Life: Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler	55 min		Fri, 3/23/18	6:45 PM
The Buddha Mummies of North Japan	21 min		Sat, 3/24/18	11:35 AM
Mrs. B., A North Korean Woman	71 min		Sat, 3/24/18	1:35 PM
Paper Lanterns	60 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	2:55 PM
Forgive - Don't Forget	71 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	4:10 PM
Comrade Kim goes Flying	77 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	6:25 PM

South Asia

For the Love of a Man	82 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	3:45 PM
Women at the Water's Edge: Lives of women in climate changed Sundarbans	23 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	5:20 PM
Sent Away Boys	40 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/23/18	5:55 PM
CHIDRA	40 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	12:05 PM
The Last Bhopa: Epic of Pabu Rathore	18 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	1:00 PM

Southeast Asia

Democracy Road	60 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/22/18	3:35 PM
Out Run	57 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/22/18	4:45 PM
The Man Who Built Cambodia	37 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	9:25 AM
Sitte	20 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/24/18	11:05 PM

 

 

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AAS Film Expo 2018

Curator

Jason Finkelman
Director, Global Arts Performance Initiatives
Event programming, Asian Educational Media Service

Film Reviewers

Robert L. Cagle
Assistant Professor, Media and Cinema Studies
University Library Cinema Studies Specialist

Yuchia Chang
Associate Director, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

Misumi Sadler
Acting Director, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Mara L. Thacker
Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies Librarian International and Area Studies Library

Priscilla Tse
Lecturer, East Asian Studies, John Hopkins University

Matthew S. Winters
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated March 8, 2018