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Ticketing Info for Forum Panel Sessions
Registration for the forum panel sessions are required.
For the Educator’s Workshop and the Film Curriculum: Case Studies panel sessions, tickets are $15 each. Each ticket to the rest of the panel sessions is $5 for adult and $4 for students. All tickets are available at The Substation box office
from 1 September 2005 onwards. Opening hours: Monday to Friday
12 - 8.30 pm, Tel: 65-6337 7800. For enquires, please email
forum@asianfilmarchive.org.
For details on how to get a free pass to the panel sessions
on Pen-ek Ratanaruang and Eric Khoo, please refer to their
write-ups below.
Schedule is correct at the time of printing. Films and sessions
may be cancelled or rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Rating to be advised.
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Asian
Filmmakers and the Call of Social Memory
Producers of national cinemas are deeply aware
of the “need” for film to serve as pop cultural
inscriptions of social, cultural, political, and
national memories. These inscriptions are
discursive in the sense that they are
constrained by various social, cultural,
political, and ideological forces delimiting
their nature and scope. What constitutes these
forces, and what is their impact on Asian
national cinemas? How do Asian filmmakers work
with, within, or around these forces to inscribe
their work with varied notions of social memory,
be they institutionally sanctioned or critically
alternative forms?
Chaired by Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Chair of Asian
Film Archive. Panel: Prof. Roland Tolentino,
Director of University of Philippines Film
Institute; Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied,
University of London’s School of Oriental and
African Studies; Anchalee Chaiworaporn, Founder
of Thai Cinema; Anwardi Datuk Jamil, film critic
and director; Prof. Eloisa May P. Hernandez, University
of the Philippines in Diliman.
Abstracts
Film as Social History by Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied
Modern Malay Cinema:
Social memory or selective memory by Anwardi
Datuk Jamil
Imelda Memories of
Dictatorship and dictatorship of memories by
Eloisa May P. Hernandez
The Fatherland,
Nationalist Films and Modernity in South Korea,
Taiwan and the Philippines by Roland Tolentino |
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The Educator’s Workshop
Film can be an exciting educational text and
tool for the classroom. Most teachers are
beginning to realize that not only can cinema be
used outside of the film class, but that
students also respond very well to this medium
in various classroom situations. This session
hopes to bring together those interested in the
pedagogical use of film in order to share ideas
on how one can use film more effectively and in
more creative ways. What are some of the
techniques of including film in your lesson
plans? How can film play a role in students’
research projects?
Chaired by Vijay Chandran, Head of Advanced
Diploma Film Programme, Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Panel: Herman Van Eyken, Head of new Film School
(BA), LaSalle-SIA, College of the Arts; Jeanine
Tan, University of Melbourne; Emmeline Yong,
Founder of Objectifs (Centre for Film and
Photography).
Abstracts
Film Education in the
Primary and Secondary Classroom by Jeanine Tan |
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The Film Curriculum: Case Studies
This session complements the “The Educator’s
Workshop” in terms of offering a practical
hands-on presentation and discussion of using
film as part of one’s teaching. A number of case
studies on the use of short films will be
presented followed by a discussion on the
educational practices one could deploy around
these films.
Chaired by Yuni Hadi, Film Curator,
inaugural Singapore Shorts DVD Compilation.
Panel: Francis Lau, filmmaker and General Paper
teacher at Raffles Junior College; other local filmmakers include Wee Li Lin, Tan Pin
Pin, Han Yew Kwang and Sun Koh. |
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Preserving Film Heritage
The work of archiving films is a complex one.
How does one negotiate the kinds of film to
archive? What forms of technical expertise and
hardware are required? What is involved in film
history and archival education? What role does
an archive play in the cultural education of a
society or a nation? What is the role of an
archive or library in the creation of social
memory? What is the relationship between an
archive and the national censors? What is the
state of film archival in Asia and what are the
challenges in the dawn of digital cinema?
The panel session will end at 11.30am and be
followed by a half-hour visit to the National
Archives of Singapore at Fort Canning. Due to
space constraints, this will be limited to first
15 people who registered.
Chaired by Irene Lim, deputy director, National
Archives of Singapore. Panel: Benjamin McKay,
Charles Darwin University, Australia; Chalida Uabumrungjit, archivist and Project Director,
Thai Film Foundation.
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Writing About Film
Film criticism in the news media contributes
significantly to one’s social memory about
specific cinemas. This session will deliberate
on various aspects of journalistic approaches to
viewing and writing about film. How does one
enter the profession of film journalism? What
are some of the salient modes of criticism that
film journalists deploy? What are the latest
trends in writing about film in the media? What
are the alternatives to the mainstream press
where one could get published? How can film
writing contribute to the development of Asian
film cultures?
Chaired by Ong Sor Fern, Film Correspondent
Life! Straits Times. Panel: Ben Slater, author
of an upcoming book on Saint Jack; Joanne Soh, a
film journalist, First Magazine; Anchalee
Chaiworaporn, FIPRESCI member and correspondent
to Cannes Critics Week; Alexis Tioseco, film
critic, indiefilipino.com.
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Focus on Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Pen-ek Ratanaruang's works include Invisible Waves (2005), Last
Life in the Universe (2003), Transistor Love
Story (2001), 6ixtynin9 (1999) and Fun Bar
Karaoke (1997) and have garnered international
critical acclaim. This session will account for
his success by mapping some of the major
thematic and critical concerns of his work. The
director will also let us in on the new
Invisible Waves and will enter into discussions
with the audience. Chaired by Assistant
Professor Kenneth Chan.
Ask for one free pass to this panel session if
you purchased, at the same time, tickets for all
4 screenings to Pen-ek Ratanaruang's
retrospective. First come first served. Subject
to availability. |
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Transnational / Transcultural Asian Cinema
The relative youth of Asian Cinema, vis-à-vis
the cinemas of the United States and Europe, has
led to a culturalist concern to develop national
cinemas. But with the impact of globalization
and late capitalist modes of production and
distribution, Asian cinema cannot but be
overdetermined as transnational forms, or what
film scholars are now calling “transcultural”
products. What does it mean then when a
Singaporean film, for instance, is to be called
“transcultural” despite its “Singaporean”
features? What aesthetic, political, social, or
cultural impact does the conception of
transnationalism and transculturalism have on
Asian cinema? What are the theoretical trends
motivating or emerging from these conceptions?
Are there significant critical opportunities or
risks that these movements offer or portend?
Chaired by Prof Wee Wan-Ling, National Institute
of Education, Nanyang Technological University.
Panel: Professor Chua Beng Huat, Asia
Research Institute, National University of
Singapore; Daniel Yun, CEO of Raintree Pictures;
Pen-ek Ratanaruang, filmmaker.
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Roundtable: The
Independent Film Industry in Asia
The myth of the poor starving artist often rings
true in the context of independent filmmaking,
particularly in Asia. This session seeks to map
the terrain for both the aspiring filmmaker and
the established auteur. What kinds of financial
resources are available for filmmaking? What are
the creative hurdles and peaks that one should
focus on? How does one define an audience for a
film? What strategies should an aspiring
filmmaker have to ensure the successful
completion, promotion, and distribution of her
film? What censorship issues should the
filmmaker be concerned about? What challenges
face the independent film industries in Asia?
How does one build a community in this industry?
Chaired by Jacqueline Tan, Lecturer, Ngee Ann
Polytechnic. Panel: Singapore filmmaker
Tan Pin Pin; Tan Chih Chong, Managing Director of Sitting
in Pictures and producer of The Outsiders/Forever
Fever;
Alexis Tioseco, film critic, indiefilipino.com; Chalida Uabumrungjit, Project
Director, Thai Film Foundation. |
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Focus on Eric Khoo – Forum on Asian Cinema
Eric Khoo has emerged as one of Singapore's
premier filmmakers, taking to the world stage at
Cannes this year. While Singapore prides itself
in having another cinematic voice to represent
the country, Khoo has also tapped into
alternative aspects of Singaporean life to fill
the cinematic screen. This session will
deliberate on why his films resonate with both
Singapore and international audiences,
particularly in light of Khoo's artistic
choices; and how these narrative and thematic
choices interact with the concept of national
representation and identity. The director
himself will be present to talk about and to
respond to the reception of his films. Chaired
by Assistant Professor Kenneth Paul Tan.
Ask for one free pass to this panel session if
you purchased at the same time, tickets for all
3 screenings to Eric Khoo's retrospective at the
same time. First come first served. Subject to
availability. |
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