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2015 AAS Film Expo

AAS Film Expo 2015: Fleeting Past, Present Asia will take place March 26 - 28, 2015 in Mayfair, Level 2 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, located at 301 East North Water Street, Chicago, IL.

All screenings are free and open to the public.

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.

Schedule by Date:

Thursday, March 26, 2015

1:00 PM	Dal Puri Diaspora	80 min		India/Trinidad/ Canada
2:30 PM	Songhua	29 min		China
3:10 PM	Jeepney	60 min	Q&A	Philippines
4:20 PM	The Road to Fame	83 min	Q&A	China
5:55 PM	END
	BREAK Keynote Address, 6-7PM
7:30 PM	Lifelines	16 min		India
8:00 PM	Pad Yatra - A Green Odyssey	72 min		Himalayas
9:25 PM	END

Friday, March 27, 2015

8:30 AM	Papuans: Between Two Worlds	55 min		Papua New Guinea
9:35 AM	Valley of the Heroes	56 min		Tibet
10:40 AM	The Feast of Kurban Bayram	52 min		China
11:45 AM	Cambodia's Other Lost City: French Colonial Phnom Penh	29 min	Q&A	Cambodia
12:25 PM	Saving Mes Aynak	62 min		Afghanistan
1:35 PM	Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt	52 min		Japan
2:40 PM	The Land of Many Palaces	60 min	Q&A	China
3:50 PM	Losing Ground	30 min	Q&A	Mongolia
4:30 PM	The Myth of the Buddha's Birthplace	36 min	Q&A	India
5:05 PM	END
	BREAK Presidential Address & Awards 5:30-7:30PM
7:45 PM	A Looming Past	54 min		India
8:50 PM	Cotton Road	72 min	Q&A	USA/China
10:10 PM	END

Saturday, March 28, 2015

8:30 AM	Living Stateless ("Di Ambang" in Bahasa Malaysia)	42 min	Q&A	Malaysia
9:20 AM	Bottle Masala in Moile	38 min	Q&A	India
10:10 AM	Bitter Honey	82 min	Q&A	Indonesia, Bali
11:40 PM	The Play (Oyun)	70 min	Q&A	Turkey
1:00 PM	Spilled Water	54 min	Q&A	China
2:10 PM	Reiterations of Dissent	59 min	Q&A	South Korea
3:20 PM	21 Years and After	44 min		Hong Kong
4:15 PM	Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful	58 min	Q&A	Japan
5:25 PM	Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll	106 min	Q&A	Cambodia
7:25 PM	My Way	72 min	Q&A	Hong Kong
8:50 PM	Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World	39 min	Q&A	South Korea
9:40 PM	END

Schedule by Region:

China & Inner Asia

Songhua	28 min		Thu, 3/26/15	2:30 PM
The Road to Fame	83 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/26/15	4:20 PM
Valley of the Heroes	53 min		Fri, 3/27/15	9:35 AM
The Feast of Kurban Bayram	52 min		Fri, 3/27/15	10:40 AM
Saving Mes Aynak	62 min		Fri, 3/27/15	12:25 PM
The Land of Many Palaces	60 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/27/15	2:40 PM
Losing Ground	30 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/27/15	3:50 PM
Cotton Road	72 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/27/15	8:50 PM
The Play (Oyun)	70 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	11:40 AM
Spilled Water	54 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	1:00 PM
21 Years After	44 min		Sat, 3/28/15	3:20 PM
My Way	72 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	7:25 PM

Northeast Asia

Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt	52 min		Fri, 3/27/15	1:35 PM
Reiterations of Dissent	59 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	2:10 PM
Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful	58 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	4:15 PM
Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World	39 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	8:50 PM

Southeast Asia

Jeepney	60 min	Q&A	Thu, 3/26/15	3:10 PM
Papuans: Between Two Worlds	55 min		Fri, 3/27/15	8:30 AM
Cambodia's Other Lost City: French Colonial Phnom Penh	29 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/27/15	11:45 AM
Living Stateless ("Di Ambang" in Bahasa Malaysia)	42 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	8:30 AM
Bitter Honey	82 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	10:10 AM
Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll	106 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	5:25 PM

South Asia

Dal Puri Diaspora	80 min		Thu, 3/26/15	1:00 PM
Lifelines	16 min		Thu, 3/26/15	7:30 PM
Pad Yatra - A Green Odyssey	72 min		Thu, 3/26/15	8:00 PM
The Myth of the Buddha's Birthplace	36 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/27/15	4:30 PM
A Looming Past	52 min		Fri, 3/27/15	7:45 PM
Bottle Masala in Moile	88 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/28/15	9:20 AM

Last updated February 27, 2015