BERLIN · for its third edition in october 2011, the ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN will show works that take a critical look at traditional bonds of belonging among Asian subjects. this year's theme: imagine(d) kinships.
this theme was chosen because of changes taking place in our world. globalization entails social transformation and the shifting of idea(l)s of nationality, family, kinship, and sexuality and gender roles. paradigms for identification are changing and individuals frequently find themselves unable to inhabit formerly assigned places, relations, functions, and desires. addressing not only the movement of particular bodies across national borders but also the migration of identity concepts as they are negotiated in current film images from Asia, our aim is to point to this precariousness of everyday life in the era of globalization.
the festival takes place october 26-30, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (map).
this theme was chosen because of changes taking place in our world. globalization entails social transformation and the shifting of idea(l)s of nationality, family, kinship, and sexuality and gender roles. paradigms for identification are changing and individuals frequently find themselves unable to inhabit formerly assigned places, relations, functions, and desires. addressing not only the movement of particular bodies across national borders but also the migration of identity concepts as they are negotiated in current film images from Asia, our aim is to point to this precariousness of everyday life in the era of globalization.
the festival takes place october 26-30, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (map).
see the full program here, and follow the festival on facebook.
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