AAS 2017 Film Expo will be presented March 16 - 19, 2017 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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 16, 2017

12:30 PM	People Are The Sky	94 min	Q&A	N. Korea / USA
2:15 PM	Re: Orientations	68 min	Q&A	Canada
3:35 PM	Tell The Prime Minister	104 min	Q&A	Japan
5:30 PM	Touch Taiwan - Legend that Echoes in the Mountains	14 min	Q&A	Taiwan (R.O.C)
5:55 PM	BREAK until 7:30pm Screening
7:30 PM	Tharlo	123 min		Tibet / China
9:40 PM	END SCREENINGS

Friday, March 17, 2017

8:30 AM	A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness	40 min		Pakistan
9:20 AM	Sonita	91 min		Iran/Germany/ Switzerland
11:00 AM	The Silk Road of Pop	53 min	Q&A	China
12:05 PM	The Song Collector	54 min	Q&A	India
1:10 PM	Drawing the Tiger	96 min	Q&A	Nepal/USA
2:55 PM	This Island is Ours	52 min	Q&A	Japan / S. Korea
3:55 PM	The Apology	104 min	Q&A	Japan/S. Korea / Philippines/ China
5:50 PM	Living With Memories, Part 1 - The House of Sharing	72 min		S. Korea
7:10 PM	This Kind of Love	43 min	Q&A	Burma/Thailand
8:00 PM	END SCREENINGS

 

Saturday, March 18, 2017

8:30 AM	My Own City	56 min	Q&A	India
9:35 AM	Under the Sun	110 min		N. Korea
11:35 AM	Stateless	57 min	Q&A	Philippines / USA
12:40 PM	Guangzhou Dream Factory	65 min	Q&A	China / Ghana
1:55 PM	Bulkland	61 min	Q&A	China
3:05 PM	So Long Asleep: Waking the Ghosts of War	60 min	Q&A	Japan / S. Korea
4:15 PM	Living through March 11, 2011	97 min	Q&A	Japan
6:00 PM	Paths of the Soul	115 min		Tibet
8:05 PM	END SCREENINGS

 

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Schedule by Region:

China & Inner Asia

Touch Taiwan - Legend that Echoes in the Mountains	14 min	Q&A	Thurs, 3/16/17	5:30 PM
Tharlo	123 min		Thurs, 3/16/17	7:30 PM
The Silk Road of Pop	53 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/17/17	11:00 AM
Guangzhou Dream Factory	65 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/18/17	12:40 PM
Bulkland	61 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/18/17	1:55 PM
Paths of the Soul	115 min		Sat, 3/18/17	6:10 PM

Northeast Asia

People are the Sky	94 min		Thurs, 3/16/17	12:30 PM
Tell the Prime Minister	104 min	Q&A	Thurs, 3/16/17	3:35 PM
This Island is Ours	52 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/17/17	2:55 PM
The Apology	104 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/17/17	3:55 PM
Living With Memories - pt. 1. The House of Sharing	72 min		Fri, 3/17/17	5:50 PM
Under the Sun	110 min		Sat, 3/18/17	9:35 AM
So Long Asleep: Waking the Ghosts of War	60 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/18/17	3:05 PM
Living Through March 11, 2011	97 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/18/17	4:15 PM

South Asia

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness	40 min		Fri, 3/17/17	8:30 AM
Sonita	91 min		Fri, 3/17/17	9:20 AM
The Song Collector	54 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/17/17	12:05 PM
Drawing the Tiger	96 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/17/17	1:10 PM
My Own City	56 min		Sat, 3/18/17	8:30 AM

Southeast Asia & Pacific Islands

This Kind of Love	43 min	Q&A	Fri, 3/17/17	7:10 PM
Stateless	57 min	Q&A	Sat, 3/18/17	11:35 AM

Asian Diaspora

Re:Orientations

68 min

Q&A

Thu, 3/16/17

2:15 PM

 

 

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AAS Film Expo 2017

Curator

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

Film Reviewers

Tim Liao
Director, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

Angela Williams
Associate Director, Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

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

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

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

Duane Johansen
Outreach Coordinator, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

 

 

Last updated Feb 10, 2017