Annual Southeast Asian Cinema Conference

4th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference
ETHICS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY

Jakarta, Indonesia 17-19 December 2007

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Bangkok 2005

Kuala Lumpur 2006

The 4th Southeast Asian Cinemas conference (2007) emphasizes the intersection of theory, practice, and ethics. How do we, as film scholars, position ourselves within this debate/discourse? What ethical responsibilities should filmmakers have towards their subjects of representation? Is there a role for the film scholar as public intellectual? How might we begin to approach and discuss the ethics and politics of film criticism? What might film curators take into consideration when they select and preserve films for the archive?

Each year, the conference has included film practitioners in recognition of the crucial role they have played in increasing film education and discourse in the region. We have previously provided space for independent filmmakers and screenings of their works, focused on curriculum development, the importance of film archival work, and highlighting alternative cultures of cinema. This year, the conference seeks to include workshops that bring together film activists and film critics from within the region.

The three-day conference includes film screenings and panels on:
• Film Activism/ Censorship
• Gender and Sexuality in Southeast Asian Cinemas
• Framing Rural and Urban Spaces
• Conversation with Independent Filmmakers
• Mobile Cinemas: Piracy, Funding, and Festivals
• Ways of Looking: Film Criticism and Intertextuality
• Nation and Nationalism
• Negotiating the Local and the Global
• Indonesian Films: Representation and Reform
• Conversation with Independent Filmmakers