Weihong Bao (University of California, Berkeley) Although the Chinese terms for “cinema” in its first two decades varied historically and differed by regions and practices,
Month: September 2022
Luke Robinson (University of Sussex) Midi Z is an ethnically Chinese, Burmese-born filmmaker, who is now a Taiwanese national. His “Homecoming Trilogy” is a trio
Ka Lee Wong (University of Southern California) In 2007, Namewee, a Malaysia-born singer and filmmaker mostly based in Taiwan, rose to popularity after publishing on
David Borgonjon (Columbia University) Departing from Thomas Lamarre’s account of platformativity as “the infra-individual intra-actions between platform and human, and individual and collective, a kind
Chrystal Ng (Nanyang Technological University) Established in 1987, the Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF, now SGIFF) has been providing filmmakers and cinephiles in Asia with
Bliss Cua Lim (University of California, Irvine) The lost history of the first, tragically short-lived National Film Archive of the Philippines (NFAP, 1981-1986) is entangled
Rajeev S. Patke, Yale-NUS College ABSTRACT Both the fact and the idea of an archipelago are premised on the fact and the idea of islandness.
Conchitina Cruz, University of the Philippines Diliman ABSTRACT Does cultural diplomacy work? According to a 2005 report of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy of
Ramon Guillermo, University of the Philippines Diliman ABSTRACT Taking off from the Philippine experience, this paper will take a preliminary look at how translational practices
Lawrence Lacambra Ypil, Yale-NUS College ABSTRACT Building on the recent issue of Cha Journal — Writing the Philippines (June 2018) where I served as the