Event Photos

November 2-4, 2006
Doculens Asia Film Series Conference
DocuLens Asia is a fall film series and forum conceived and planned by the Institute for Advanced Study's Asian Film Collaborative—a group of faculty from various departments at the University of Minnesota who share an interest in Asian cinema. DocuLens Asia provides scholars, students and the public in the Twin cities metro area with a unique opportunity to witness new and exciting achievements in Asian documentary filmmaking. Further information can be found under or www.doculensasia.umn.edu

Christine Marran (Asian Languages and Literatures, UM), Sumiko Haneda (filmmaker, Japan) and her assistant, Tokue Sato, prepare for DocuLens and the showing of Haneda's film, "Tale of the Scroll"

Ray Jing (filmmaker, Tainan National College of the Arts, Taiwan) was the keynote speaker for the conference, here with Ann Waltner (Director, Institute for Advanced Study and Professor of History, UMN), Leo Chan-jen Chen (Instructor, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, UMN) and Tai-Li Hu (filmmaker, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Ray Jing films a conversation between Christine Marran and Shohini Ghosh (filmmaker, Jamia Millia Islamia - Central University, New Delhi)

Jason McGrath (Asian Languages and Literatures, UMN) and Weihong Bao (Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Ohio State University) watching the Homecoming week parade during a break period

Samantha Goodner (Fulbright Scholar, China) and Qi Wang (Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA) ham it up for the camera

Livia Monnet (filmmaker, University of Montreal) and Markus Nornes (Department of Screen Arts and Cultures and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan)

Shohini Ghosh and Bali Sahota (Asian Languages and Literatures, UMN)

Interview of Sumiko Haneda

Christine Marran and Tokue Sato