Program:
The first Annual Boston University Asia Film Week is on from Monday, November 8, to Friday, November 12, 2010! It’s a great theme with exciting films for this year “Becoming Asia: Asians talking about Asians.” Screenings will be from Nov. 9-12 in the afternoons and evenings. The Asia Film Week program features a student symposium, lunch talks with Sushi and Dim Sum, and performances of Korean music and Indian dance. The event is sponsored by the BU Center for the Study of Asia, in collaboration with The Chinese Students and Scholars Association, BU Asia Student Association, BU Korean Students Association, and the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature. All events are free and open to the public.
Program:
BOSTON UNIVERSITY ASIA FILM WEEK
Nov. 8 MONDAY OPENING EVENT: STUDENT SYMPOSIUM AND RECEPTION
The Howard Thurman Center (775 Commonwealth Avenue)
4:00-6:00 pm Student Symposium: “Becoming Asia: Diversity, Cooperation, and Beyond”
6-7:30 pm RECEPTION
“Becoming Asia: Asians Talking about Asians” November 8-12, 2010
Nov. 9 TUESDAY
1:00 -2:30 pm ASIAN DANCE Location: TBA
3:00- 5:00 pm INDIAN FILM VIEWING “DR. KOTNIS” Dir. by V. Shantaram
Introduced by Sunil Sharma (BU) Geddes Language Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue) Room 533 B
6:00 – 9:00 pm “CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA” Dir. by Nikhil Advani
Introduced by Richard Delacy (BU) CGS 527 (871 Commonwealth Ave., 5th Floor.)
Nov. 10 WEDNESDAY
1:00 – 2:30 pm SUSHI LUNCH TALK: “SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW”
Speaker: Sarah Frederick (BU) Japanese Language House (206 Bay State Road)
3:00 – 5:00 pm JAPENESE FILM VIEWING “THREE RESURRECTED DRUNKARDS” Dir. by Nagisa Oshima
Introduced by Charles Warren (Harvard and BU) Geddes Language Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue) Room 533 B
6:00-9:00 pm “THE BURMESE HARP” Dir. by Kon Ichikawa
Introduced by Suzanne O’Brien (BU) CGS 527 (871 Commonwealth Ave., 5th Floor.)
Nov. 11 THURSDAY
1:00 – 2:30 pm LIVE KOREAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE Korean Lunch BU Central
3:00- 5:00 pm KOREAN FILM VIEWING “A BAREFOOT DREAM” Dir. by Kim Tae-Gyun
Introduced by In Seul Hwang (BU) Geddes Language Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue) Room 533 B
6:00-9:00 pm “LOST MEMORIES” Kim Ji-Woon (Director)
Introduced by Jaemin Roh (BU) CGS 527 (871 Commonwealth Ave., 5th Floor.)
Nov. 12 FRIDAY
1:00-2:30 Dim Sum Lunch Talk “FOLLOWING THE SPICE ROAD: CHINESE FOOD CULTURE”
Speaker: Hsiao-Chih Chang (BU) Chinese Language House (172 Bay State Road)
3:00 – 5:00 pm CHINESE FILM VIEWING “THE DEVIL ON THE DOORSTEP” Dir. by Jiang Wen
Introduced by Catherine Yeh (BU) Geddes Language Center (685 Commonwealth Avenue) Room 533 B
6:00 – 9:00 pm “THE CITY OF SADNESS” Dir. by Ho Hsiao-Hsian Introduced by TBA
CGS 527 (871 Commonwealth Ave., 5th Floor.)
SPONSORED BY
Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, in collaboration with The Chinese Students and Scholars Association,BU Asia Student Association, BU Korean Students Association, and Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature