Poetic Refuge: Migration and the Films of Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

November 4, 2020 | 11:00AM - 12:30PM

Asian Institute, Southeast Asia Seminar Series, Southeast Asia

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"Poetic Refuge: Migration and the Films of Phuttiphong Aroonpheng" was the fourth seminar for the Mediating Race, Reimagining Geopolitics, JHI-UTM Seminar 2020-2021, co-hosted by the Department of Visual Studies, the Southeast Asia Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, the UTM Collaborative Digital Research Space, University of Toronto, the Toronto Film and Media Seminar and Objectifs.

* Screenings details for Manta Ray will be provided on Oct 31st to the first 100 registrants based in Canada.

* The film "Ferris Wheel" can be screened for free until November 4th here: https://objectifsfilmlibrary.uscreen.io/programs/ferris_wheel_

Both films will be available from Oct 31st to Nov 4th.

Sponsor: Southeast Asia Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Department of Visual Studies, Jackman Humanities Institute, UTM Collaborative Digital Research Space, University of Toronto; Toronto Film and Media Seminar, and Objectifs.

Asian Institute, Southeast Asia Seminar Series, Southeast Asia

Dasha Kuznetsova asian.institute@utoronto.ca

Speakers

Selmin Kara

Associate Professor of Film and New Media, OCAD University

Elizabeth Wijaya

Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies and Director, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto

Arnika Fuhrmann

Associate Professor of Asian Studies, Cornell University

Jacques Bertrand

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Collaborative Master’s Program in Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies at the Asian Institute, University of Toronto

Ishita Tiwary

Horizon Post Doctoral Fellow at the Mel Hoppenheim school of Cinema, Concordia University

Mai Meksawan

Producer of Manta Ray

Ornwara Tritrakarn

Graduate student, Cornell University