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With the success of Film Expo 2011, the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) was invited back to organize film screenings for this year's Association for Asian Studies annual conference in Toronto. 

AAS Film Expo 2012: Asia in Current Motion will take place March 15 - 17, 2012 in the City Hall Room of Sheraton Centre Toronto, located on the second floor.

All screenings are free and open to the public.

This program is supported by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois, of which AEMS is an outreach arm, and the Association for Asian Studies.


screening schedule

Schedule by Date:

Thursday, March 15, 2011

2:15 PM

Follow Your Heart

89 min

 

China

3:55 PM

Mumbai: Traffic

60 min

 

India

5:05 PM

Making Mao

52 min

 

China

6:00 PM

BREAK

 

 

 

7:30 PM

The Fruit of Our Labor

30 min

Q&A

Afghanistan

8:10 PM

Resilience

75 min

Q&A

Korea

Friday, March 16, 2011

8:30 AM

Families of Philippines

30 min

 

Philippines

9:10 AM

Die For Japan

20 min

 

Japan

9:40 AM

Mizusawa in Japan's History

15 min

Q&A

Japan

10:05 AM

A Quiet Revolution

60 min

 

Singapore

11:15 AM

SUBVERSES
China in Mozambique

45 min

 

China

12:10 PM

Dancing With The Goddess

70 min

 

India

1:30 PM

Into the Current:
Burma's Political Prisoners

55 min

Q&A

Burma

2:35 PM

Woman Rebel

37 min

Q&A

Nepal

3:20 PM

The Water Cries

25 min

 

China

3:55 PM

Beijing Besieged By Waste

72 min

Q&A

China

5:10 PM

BREAK

 

 

 

8:30 PM

Alms

24 min

 

China

9:05 PM

Bön: Mustang to Menri

52 min

 

 India

Saturday, March 17, 2011

8:30 AM

Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!

75 min

Q&A

India

9:55 AM

The Insular Empire

59 min

Q&A

Guam/Marianas

11:05 AM

Google China Standoff

48 min

Q&A

China

12:05 PM

Is This The Mahabharata?

37 min

Q&A

India

12:55 PM

A Grandpa from Brazil

60 min

Q&A

Japan

2:05 PM

When China Met Africa

60 min

 

China

3:15 PM

Light Up Nippon

28 min

Q&A

Japan

3:55 PM

In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee

63 min

Q&A

Korea

5:05 PM

Diary of an Ethnologist in China

45 min

 

China

6:00 PM

BREAK

 

 

 

7:45 PM

Kites and Monsters

22 min

 

Indonesia

8:15 PM

I AM

71 min

Q&A

India

 


Schedule by Region:

China

Follow Your Heart 89 min   Thu, 03/15/12 2:15 PM
Making Mao 52 min Thu, 03/15/12 5:05 PM
SUBVERSES China in Mozambique 45 min Fri, 03/16/12 11:15 AM
The Water Cries 25 min   Fri, 03/16/12 3:20 PM
Beijing Besieged By Waste 72 min Q&A Fri, 03/16/12 3:55 PM
Alms 24 min Fri, 03/16/12 8:30 PM
Google China Standoff  48 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 11:05 AM
When China Met Africa 60 min Sat, 03/17/12 2:05 PM
Diary of an Ethnologist in China 45 min Sat, 03/17/12 5:05 PM

Japan

Die For Japan 20 min Fri, 03/16/12 9:10 AM
Mizusawa in Japan's History 15 min Q&A Fri, 03/16/12 9:40 AM
A Grandpa from Brazil 60 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 12:55 PM
Light Up Nippon  28 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 3:15 PM

Korea

Resilience 75 min Q&A Thu, 03/15/12 8:10 PM
In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee 63 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 3:55 PM

Southeast Asia

Families of Philippines 30 min Fri, 03/16/12 8:30 AM
A Quiet Revolution (Singapore) 60 min Fri, 03/16/12 10:05 AM
Into the Current: Burma's Political Prisoners 55 min Q&A Fri, 03/16/12 1:30 PM
The Insular Empire (Guam/Marianas) 59 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 9:55 AM
Kites and Monsters (Indonesia) 22 min Sat, 03/17/12 7:45 PM

South Asia

Mumbai: Traffic 60 min Thu, 03/15/12 3:55 PM
The Fruit of Our Labor  30 min Q&A Thu, 03/15/12 7:30 PM
Dancing With The Goddess 70 min Fri, 03/16/12 12:10 PM
Woman Rebel 37 min Q&A Fri, 03/16/12 2:35 PM
Bön: Mustang to Menri 52 min Fri, 03/16/12 9:05 PM
Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! 75 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 8:30 AM
Is This The Mahabharata?  37 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 12:05 PM
I AM 71 min Q&A Sat, 03/17/12 8:15 PM

 


 

 

Last updated March 20, 2012
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