5th ANNUAL SOUTH EAST ASIAN CINEMAS CONFERENCE:

STATES OF INDEPENDENCE
November 18th - 23rd, 2008,
Ateneo School of Humanities, Quezon City, Manila. Philippines
Mogwai Film Bar, Cubao X
NOTE: SCHEDULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
18. & 19. NOV 2008 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Screenings of films related to papers and topics that will be covered during the
conference
Venues: Ateneo de Manila, and Mogwai Film Bar, Cubao X

20 NOV 2008 (Thursday)

8:00 9:00
Registration
9:00 9:15
Welcoming Address:
Dr. Luz C. Vilches
Dean, School of Humanities, Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University
Dr. Tilman Baumgrtel
ASEACC Manila Organizing Committee
University of the Philippines
9:15 10:00
Keynote:
Kidlat Tahimik
Independent Film Director
10:00 10.15
Coffee Break
10:15 12.15
Panel 1: Contemporary Philippine Independent Cinema
Moderator:
Dr. Nicanor Tiongson, University of the Philippines
Panelists:
Jasmine Trice, University of Indiana/Isis International;
Diego Maranan, University of the Philippines:
CinemaSpace, Cyberspace: Mapping New Technologies of the Philippine Moving
Image
Gary C. Devilles, Ateneo de Manila University:
The Pornography of Poverty in Serbis and Tribu

Elvin Amerigo Valerio, De La Salle University Dasmarias:

The Cinema of the Other Other: National and Cultural Identity in Filipino Alternative
Cinema
Katrina Stuart Santiago, University of the Philippines:
Acts of Defiance: Or When Superstars Lend Themselves to the Notion of
Independence
12.15 1.15
Lunch
1.15 2.00
Panel 2: A programmers prcis: Philip Cheah
Moderator :
Alexis Tioseco, Criticine.com
Panelist:
Philip Cheah, former director of the Singapore Film Festival
2:00 3:00
Panel 3: Dialogues with film makers I
Moderator: Mervin Espina, Film Programmer Philippines
A Q&A with Lav Diaz
3:00 - 3:15
Coffee Break
3:15 4:15
Panel 4: Film Archiving Think Tank: Challenges and Ideas
Moderator :
Alexis Tioseco, Criticine.com
Panelists:
Tan Bee Thiam, Asian Film Archive, Singapore
Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr, Del La Salle University, President SOFIA
Additional speakers to be announced
4:15 6:00
Panel 5: The other Independents: B-Movies and Grindhouse Films from the
Philippines
Moderator:
Dr. Tilman Baumgrtel, University of the Philippines
Panelist:
Andrew Leavold, Griffins University Brisbane:
Independent B-Movies from the Philippines

Followed by an Q&A with

Bobby Suarez, BAS Film, Independent Filmmaker
6:00
Opening Cocktails, sponsored by the School of Humanities, Ateneo de Manila
University

21. November (Friday)

8:00 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 10:00
Panel 6: Islamic Cinema in Indonesia
Moderator:
Ann Vogel, Singapore Management University
Panelists:
Tito Imanda, Binus Business School, Binus University International, Jakarta Indonesia:
Islamic Cinema in Indonesia: Gods Words Using Market or the Other Way Around
Muria Endah Sokowati, Muhammadi University Yogikarta
Viewers Reception on Islamic Movie
10:00 10:15
Coffee Break
10:15 11:15
Panel 7: Writing on Indie Film
Moderator:
TBA
Panelists:
Dr. Roland Tolentino, University of the Philippines
Dino Manrique, Pinoyfilm.com
Oggs Cruz, Lessons from the School of Inattention Blog
Ben Slater, free-lance writer, Singapore
11:15 12:15
Panel 8: Independent Film in Malaysia
Moderator:
TBA
Panelists:
Wan Zawawi Ibrahim, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, KL:
The Indian Story in Malaysia: Positioning the films of Malaysian Indie film maker
Deepak Menon in the National Cinema discourse

Davide Cazzaro, University of London:

Moviemakers in/and the City: the Case of Kuala Lumpur (KL)
12:15 1:30
Lunch
1:30 3:00
Panel 9 Indie Cinema and Audiences
Moderator:
Kiri Dalena
Panelists:
Veronica Isla, University of Asia and the Pacific:
On the reception of Microcinemas in the Philippines
Patrick Campos, University of the Philippines:
Independent as discussed, defined, refined in the Cinemalaya Film Congress
Aristotle J. Atienza, Ateneo de Manila University:
From the Sinehan to the Cineplex: Movie Theatres, audiences and the neoliberal
project
3:00 3:15
Coffee break
3:15 6:00
Film screening
Presented by Paul Rausch, University of Hawaii
B. S. Rajhans: Aloha, Malaysia 1950
a musical set in Hawaii, featuring Malay superstar P. Ramlee and
choreography by Philippine dancer Edith Castillo
8:00 pm
Cocktails hosted by Green Papaya Art Project

22. November (Saturday)

8:00 9:00
Registration
9:00 10:30
Panel 10: Aesthetics of Indie Cinema
Moderator:
Benedict Olgado, Loyola Film Circle Ateneo de Manila University
Panelists:
May A. Ingawanij, Westminster University:
Sounds from life and the redemption of experience in Apichatpong Weerasethakuls
films

Nathalie Boehler,Universitt Zrich, Switzerland:

Exploring the Impact of Regional Storytelling in Contemporary Thai Film
Alvin B. Yapan, Ateneo:
The Aesthetic of the Meandering Camera: An Analysis of three Filipino Independent
Films
10:30 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 11:45
Panel 11: The Global and the Local
Moderator:
Dr. Raul Pertierra, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University
Panelists:
Budi Irawanto, Gadjah Mada University, Yogikarta:
Entrapped Inside the Box: A Snapshot of Contemporary Indonesian Independent
Documentary
Ma Ran, University of Hong Kong:
Circulating a Minor Asian Cinema: Brandnaming Dahuang Pics at the International
Film Fest Circuit
11:45 1:00
Lunch
1:00 2:30
Panel 12: Gender Issues in Independent Cinema
Moderator:
Danton Remoto, Ateneo de Manila University
Panelists:
Kimberly Twarog, University of California Los Angeles:
What Makes a Film Feminist? Reviewing Feminist Tactics in Nia Dinatas Chants of
Lotus and Love for share
Roberto Reyes Ang, New York University:
Recontextualizing Sexual Identities: The Validation of the Non-feminine Homosexual
in Philippine Movies
Novi Kurnia, Gadjah Mada University:
Punished by the History: The Representation of Communist-affiliated Women in
Yogyakarta Independent Cinema
2:30 2:45
Coffee Break
2:45 3:45
Panel 12: Political Film Collectives

Moderator:
Rolando Tolentino
Panelists:
Jewel Maranan, Tudla Productions
Vincente Silarde, Southern Tagalog Exposure
Bonifacio Ilagan, Asia Vision Media Foundation
3:45 5:00
Panel 13: Dialogues with Film makers II: The Aesthetics of Poverty
Moderator:
Teddy Co
Panelists:
Khavn de la Cruz, Philippines
Jim Libiran, Philippines
Bing Lao, Philippines
5:00 - 5:30
Closing Remarks
Dr. Benedict Anderson, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
5:30 6:00
Plenary of resolutions for the next conference
8:00 pm
CLOSING EVENT featuring music and sound performances by film artists
With Tengal, Pow Martinez and Teresa Barrozo
Venue: Mag;net Katipunan