{"id":66259,"date":"2017-09-25T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=66259"},"modified":"2019-03-12T14:17:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T00:17:19","slug":"acm-looking-china-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/25\/acm-looking-china-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Student documentaries inspired by China exchange showing at conference"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Students in the Looking China program. Austin Lau, John Gilmore and Casey Lapidus, center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the summer, Austin Lau, Casey Lapidus and John Gilmore from the Academy for Creative Media<\/a> (ACM) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> experienced a new opportunity for immersion in filmmaking and Chinese cultural exchange. Looking China<\/em>, a three-week intensive documentary production program, draws students from around the world to make 10-minute documentaries on topics revolving around a new theme each year. This year\u2019s theme was “Craftsmanship, Inheritance and Innovation.”<\/p>\n

The ACM<\/abbr> students\u2019 films will be screened at a conference on Wednesday, September 27, 7 to\u20138:30 p.m., in Moore Hall\u2019s Tokioka Room (room 319). A behind-the-scenes documentary made during the summer program will also be shown. At the end of the screening there will be a Q&A. The organizers of Looking China<\/em> will be visiting UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa for a small conference in conjunction with the Confucius Institute and the East-West Center.<\/p>\n

Looking China<\/em> adds to ACM<\/abbr>\u2019s long-standing program SMART<\/abbr> Exchange with Shanghai University and Shanghai International Film Festival. While the program is co-hosted by universities in cities all over China, the ACM<\/abbr> students were fortunate to be part of a group of 10 students from Australia, New Zealand and France that participated through Looking China\u2019s home institution, Beijing Normal University.<\/p>\n

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Still from Casey Lapidus\u2019 film.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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