THIS WEEK: QUEERLY CHINESE CINEMAS !!

Sun May 4 16:05:29 EDT 2003

Dear KineJapanners,

This is not Japanese cinema at all, but I hope you'll forgive the
indiscretion given the rare nature of this event.

Jonathan

The Workshop on Genders and Sexualities in Asia and
the Lesbian and Gay Studies Project
at the University of Chicago
are proud to announce a queer series for Spring:

Queerly Chinese Cinemas

The Lesbian and Gay Studies Project in conjunction with the Workshop on
Genders and Sexualities in Asia is delighted to announce a visually perverse
and frankly queer 4-day program on "Queerly Chinese Cinemas," May 8-12 at
the University of Chicago.  Directors Cui Zi En and Yau Ching will be
visiting the campus to introduce their film work and to discuss the role of
lesbians, gays, and queers in new kinds of cinematic radicalism in China and
Hong Kong.  Yau Ching, a prison activist, queer professor at Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, and a dynamic figure in the independent film scene,
will present her newest film, Ho Yuk (Let?s Love Hong Kong), about female
desire and sexuality set in a future Hong Kong. Yau will also lead a
discussion of her experimental film work.  Then, Cui Zi En, the PRC?s
leading gay activist and only ?out? academic, joins us from the Beijing Film
Academy.  Known as a prominent screenwriter, actor, director, and novelist,
Cui will present and discuss his recent work including, Enter the Clowns,
The Old Testament, and Man Man Woman Woman as well as lead a discussion on
recent queer activist cinema in the People?s Republic of China.  Queerly
Chinese Cinemas is supported by the Franke Institute, the Center for Gender
Studies, the Film Studies Center, the Center for East Asian Studies, the
Mass Culture Workshop, Cinema and Media Studies, and the Chicago
Experimental Film Club.

THURSDAY 8 MAY

Event One: Screening: Ho Yuk (Let's Love Hong Kong)
(2002) (35mm film print, 86min)
Director: Yau Ching

BEST NEW PERFORMER NOMINEE, Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan
Singapore International Film Festival
Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival
San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Fukuoka Asian Film Festival, Japan

Time: 6:30pm
The Film Studies Center Auditorium
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall 307,
University of Chicago
Presented in association with the 2003 School of the Art Institute of
Chicago Queer film and Video Festival

FRIDAY 9 MAY

Event Two: Brownbag Lunch with Yau Ching
LETS LOVE HONG KONG:
Female Sexuality, Experimental Films, and the Future of Hong Kong

Featuring: Yau Ching,
Video artist, experimental filmmaker, activist, and professor at Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Yau Ching discusses and shows her experimental
film-work addressing varied elements of gender, sexuality, and Hong Kong
identity.

Time: 12:00 to 1:30 pm
Place: Film Studies Seminar Room
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall 310,
University of Chicago

Presented in association with the Mass Culture Workshop & The Center for
Gender Studies

Event Three: Double-Feature Screening:

Time: 7:00-10:30 pm
Place: Film Studies Center Auditorium
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall 307,
University of Chicago

a. The Old Testament
(2002)(Digital Video, 74 min)
Director: Cui Zi En
53rd Berlin International Film Festival. PANAROMA/TEDDY
The 1st China Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Beijing, PRC.

b. Man Man Woman Woman
(1999)(VHS, 90min)
Director: Liu Bingjian
Screenplay: Cui Zi En
FIPRESCI Award, The52nd Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland.

SATURDAY 10 MAY

Event Four: Double-Feature Screening:

Time: 7:00-10:30 pm
Place: Film Studies Center Auditorium
5811 S. Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall 307,
University of Chicago
Cobb Hall 307 University of Chicago

a. Enter the Clowns
(Digital Video, 86 min)
Director: Cui Zi En

NEW CHINESE CINEMAS, UCLA, 2002
San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 2003
Asian American Film Festival, 2003, New York
21st Vancouver International Film Festival
The Third Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea

b. Welcome to Destination Shanghai
(2002)(Digital Video, 86min)
Director: Andrew Y.S. Cheng

Berlin International Film Festival, 2003

MONDAY 12 MAY

Event Five: Cui Zi En Workshop
Chinese Queers and Cultural Activism
Cui Zi En curates and discusses a series of clips from recent queer and
activist Chinese film and video.  (The Positive and Negative Aspects of
Public Toilet, Feeding Boys Ayaya, Shanghai Panic, Mass, Snake Boy, Box, My
Camera Doesn't Lie, and other queer films from China) This event is a
meeting of the Workshop on Genders and Sexualities in Asia.

Time: 4:30pm-6:20pm
Place: The Center for Gender Studies Conference Room
5733 S. University Ave. Room 101
University of Chicago

If you have questions about the event, please write to event programmers
Po-Chen Tsai (ptsai at uchicago.edu) and Jonathan M. Hall
(jmhall at uchicago.edu).

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