Southeast Asian Cinema: What’s in a Name?

Ticket Price: Free with Registration

3 Dec, Tue / 7:30PM / 90 min

National Gallery Singapore, Auditorium

Events will be free seating and on a first come, first served basis. Kindly arrive 10 minutes before your event starts.

Taking a cue from Donald Emmerson’s influential 1984 article on the etymology of ‘Southeast Asia’, this panel troubles the deceptively simple term, ‘Southeast Asian cinema’. The term has been increasingly used to describe a category, a position, a community and a type of branding especially on the international film festival circuit.

It is timely to probe into the different ways in which Southeast Asian cinema can be approached and understood, as well as to critically examine its potential and limitations. Join us in unpacking its meaning and finding out what exactly is Southeast Asian about Southeast Asian cinema.

This panel is supported by funding from Nanyang Technological University Start-Up Grant (03INS001316C420) and MOE-T1 Seed Funding (04MNP003000C420).

Moderator

Yeo Min Hui

Writer and Assistant Professor

School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University

Panellists

Lai Weijie

Producer, E&W Films

Richard Bolisay

Film Critic and SGIFF Programmer

 

May Adadol Ingawanij

Writer, Curator, Professor of Cinematic Arts, CREAM, University of Westminster

Philippa Lovatt

Writer and Lecturer in Film Studies, University of St Andrews, UK