"Seeing China" Documentary Film Workshops

CALLFORWORKSHOPPARTICIPANTS
DEADLINE:15APRIL2012

“SeeingChina:DocumentaryFilmsfromtheYunnanMultiCultureVisualFestival(Yunfest)”
Workshops&FilmScreenings
UTSChinaResearchCentre

WorkshopDates&Themes:
4June2012–ActivismandAesthetics
5June2012–DocumentaryasaResearchMethod

PublicFilmScreenings:
1-2June2012
7-8June2012

Organizers:DrJennyChioandProfessorWanningSun
Contact:Jenny.Chio@uts.edu.au

IndependentdocumentaryfilmproductioninsidethePeople’sRepublicofChinahasflourishedinthepasttwentyyearsandshowsnosignofabating,despiteincreasedpublicandpoliticalattentiontoChinesefilmmakersandtheirprojects.“SeeingChina”willexploretherangeofcontemporarypracticesindocumentaryfilmmakinginChinatodaywithscreeningsofrecentdocumentaries,mostselectedfromtheYunfestcatalogue.Twoday-longworkshopsattheUniversityofTechnology,Sydney,ledbyChinesefilmmakers,scholars,andtheleadcuratorofYunfest,willprovideanopportunityforresearcherstoexploredocumentaryfilmmakinginChinaasasocial,cultural,andpoliticalphenomenon.AlistoffilmstobescreenedwillbeavailableontheUTSChinaResearchCentrewebsiteinApril2012(china.uts.edu.au);filmsunderconsiderationincludePetition(ZhaoLiang,2009),Apuda(HeYuan,2010),andWhentheBoughBreaks(JiDan,2010).

Wearenowinvitingscholarsandpostgraduatestudentstoparticipateintheworkshopseriestobeheldon4-5June2012atUTS.Weareespeciallyinterestedinbringingtogetheradynamic,interdisciplinarygroupofparticipants(fromfieldssuchas–butnotlimitedto–ChinaStudies,MediaStudies,Anthropology,Sociology,FilmStudies,andJournalism),andwewelcomeacademicsaswellasfilmmakerstoapply.Allworkshopparticipantsarehighlyencouragedtoattendthefilmscreenings,whichwilltakeplacebeforeandaftertheworkshopdates.LimitedtravelfundingwillbeavailabletosupportECRsandpostgraduatestudentstravelingfromoutsideSydney.WorkshopswillbeheldinEnglish;someknowledgeofMandarinChineseishelpful,butnotrequired.

Thefirstworkshop,on4June2012,willinvestigatethecurrentconditionsofindependentdocumentaryfilmproductionandcirculationinChinatoday,withafocusonthequestionofactivismandaestheticsindocumentaryfilmmaking.ThisworkshopwillbejointlyledbyDrYiSicheng(Yunfestcurator),MrHeYuan(filmmaker),andDrLukeRobinson(LecturerinFilmandMediaStudies,UniversityofNottingham).Thesecondworkshop,on5June,willexploredocumentaryasaresearchmethodandwillincludespecialscreeningsofstudentworkfromChina.MrLiXin(LecturerinMediaProduction,YunnanArtsInstitute)andDrJennyChio(PostdoctoralResearchFellow,UTS)willleadthisworkshop.Allparticipantswillbeexpectedtoparticipateinbothworkshops,inordertoencouragethegreatestpossibleexchangeofideasandtodevelopresearchcollaborationopportunities.

WehopetofacilitateintensiveconversationsondocumentaryfilmpracticeinthecontextofcontemporaryChina,culturalstudies,andmediaproduction.Tobeconsideredforthisworkshopseries,applicantsshouldsubmitby15April2012:
1)Astatementofyourcurrentresearchinterests/productionprojectsandhowyouwillbenefitfromparticipationintheworkshopseries(500-800words)
2)Yourfullcontactandaffiliationinformation,includingemail,phonenumber,andmailingaddress.

PleaseemailyourstatementsandinformationtoDrJennyChio(Jenny.Chio@uts.edu.au)asaWordorPDFattachment.Participantswillbenotifiedby1May2012,atwhichtimewewillalsocirculateafewkeybackgroundreadingsinpreparationfortheworkshops.

“SeeingChina:DocumentaryFilmsfromtheYunnanMultiCultureVisualFestival(Yunfest)”issupportedbyaSpecialProjectsResourcesgrantfromtheANUCentreonChinaintheWorldandtheUTSChinaResearchCentre.

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