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The AAS Film Expo

The AAS Film Expo was established as an Association for Asian Studies conference program in 2011 by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) of the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies as part of an outreach initiative promoting documentary and independent films on issues reflecting contemporary life in Asia.

The upcoming AAS Annual Conference is scheduled March 24-27, 2022 in Honolulu, Hawai’i & online.

AAS 2022 FILM EXPO is being presented in-person only at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center, Theatre 320, Level 3.

AAS 2022 FILM EXPO features 18 films with 17 post screening Q&A’s

Click here to the AAS Film Expo brochure (https://cdmcd.co/nQpkwx)

All film screenings are open to the public (conference registration is not required).

 

PLEASE NOTE:

The Association for Asian Studies will continue to require that ALL ATTENDEES AND GUESTS are FULLY-VACCINATED and WEAR A MASK at all conference events. More Information here: https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/travel/covid-19-health-and-safety/

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annually hosts the premier North American conference of Asia scholars devoted to scheduled programs of scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, and panel sessions on a wide range of issues in research and teaching, and on Asian affairs in general.

Click here to visit the online conference program  (https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/AAS/) 

 

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2022 FILM TITLES

CHINA & INNER ASIA

Americaville
Directed by Adam James Smith.
2020.China/United States.80 minutes.
Country/Region Featured: China, United States

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THE MOUNTAIN PATH - my search for a hermit Zen master in China
Directed by Edward A. BurgerProduced by Agnes Lam.
2021. USA/ China. 96 minutes
Country/Region Featured: China

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Beethoven in Beijing
Directed by Jennifer Lin and Sharon Mullally
2021. USA. 86 minutes

Country/Region Featured: China

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Our Time Machine
Directed by Yang Sun & S. Leo Chiang
2020. China. 81 minutes

Country/Region Featured: China

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NORTHEAST ASIA

Zero as You Are
Directed by Miyuki Tokoi
2020. Japan. 84 minutes
Country/region featured: Japan

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Abandoned: The Stories of Japanese War Orphans in The Philippines and China
Directed by Hiroyasu Obara
2020. Japan. 98 minutes
Country/region featured: Philippines, China, Japan

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KIM IL SUNG's Children
Directed by Young Kim
2020. Korea. 85 minutes
Country/region featured: North Korea, Eastern Europe

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COMFORT
Directed by Emmanuel Moonchil PARK
2020. South Korea. 73 minutes
Country/region featured: South Korea, China

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Forget Me Not
Directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft
2019. Korea. 83 minutes
Country/region featured: South Korea

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Geographies of Kinship
Produced and directed by Deann Borshay Liem
2019. USA. 80minutes
Country/region featured: Republic of Korea, United States, Switzerland, Sweden

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SOUTH ASIA

DWANDHA (TheDuel): A Tale of Two Rebels
Directed by Udan Fernando
2019.Sri Lanka. 52 minutes
Country/region featured: Sri Lanka

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The Ice Cream Sellers
Directed by Sohel Rahman

2021.Bangladesh.75 minutes
Country/region featured: Bangladesh

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Baato
Directed by Lucas Millard and Kate Stryker
2020.Nepal/USA. 81minutes
Country/region featured: Nepal

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Kingdom of Archers
Directed by Robert Hixon Hanson
2021. USA. 87 minutes
Country/region featured: Bhutan

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SOUTHEAST ASIA & PACIFIC ISLANDS

Death of the One who Knows
Directed by Dana Rappoport
2020. France. 82 minutes

Country/region featured: Indonesia

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Now Is the Past – My Father, Java & the Phantom Films
Directed by Shin-ichi Ise
2021. Japan. 88 minutes
Country/region featured: Japan, Indonesia, and the Netherlands

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Banyak Ayam Banyak Rejeki (Many Chickens, Lots of Luck)
Directed by Önar Önarsson & Riboet Akbar. Produced by Koes Yuliadi & Dag Yngvesson
2020. Indonesia.102 minutes
Country/region featured: Indonesia / Yogyakarta and Central Java

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ASIAN AMERICAN

Far East Deep South
Directed by Larissa Lam. Produced by Baldwin Chiu
2020. USA. 77 minutes
Country/region featured: Mississippi, USA

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