The Asian Cinema Research (ACR Lab) is a network of Asian cinema and media researchers working in Singapore and beyond. The ACR Lab aims to make Singapore the hub of film studies in Southeast Asia and to forge strong alliances with the world’s leading film studies institutions and film festivals.
About the Event “Japanese Cinema from Multiple Perspectives” International Online Symposium. Organised by Nagoya University & University of Warwick Date: 5-7 March 2021 To find out more,
About the Event “Excavated Footage, US Archives, and Alternative Historiography” Conferenc Virtual Workshop organized by Mark J Williams (Dartmouth College) and Han Sang Kim (Ajou
There Is No Such Thing As Documentary
Date: 26, 27 February 2021
As the concluding programme of the exhibition Trinh T. Minh-ha. Films., this four-part conference brings together scholars and practitioners across filmic, anthropological and curatorial disciplines, addressing notions of multivocality, performativity, and truth in fiction, through Trinh’s practice as a filmmaker and theorist.
The South Korean Film Industry
Date: 12-16 April 2021
This two-day international conference will provide the first detailed scholarly overview of the South Korean film industry. Academic experts from Asia-Pacific, the UK, Europe, and North America will be invited. I have been invited to organize this academic event. University of Michigan’s Nam Center for Korean Studies hosts this conference in conjunction with the Asian Cinema Research Lab in Singapore.
Asian Cinema And The Cultural Cold War
Date: 20-22 May 2021
This three-day ‘virtual’ academic event will showcase ongoing research dealing with film cultures, international politics, and industries in Asia – East, Southeast, and South – during the height of the Cultural Cold War. The purpose of the conference is to create a space for scholarly exchange across disciplines, bringing together scholars working with the various archives and other sources related to the history and culture of postwar Asian cinema, decolonization, international politics, and US hegemony and cultural diplomacy in the Cold War era.
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718