June
In collaboration with National Film Archive of India.
Special screening of Maya Darpan (Kumar Shahani, 1972, remastered 4K print).
Introduced by film director Behroze Gandhy.
At Close-Up Cinema, London, on Saturday 8 June, 3pm-6pm.
15 May
A special programme of contemporary short films from South Asia.
In collaboration with Flatpack Festival, Birmingham.
Mockingbird Cinema, 15 May, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Followed by Q&A with film directors Shunn Lei Swe Yee and Saw Eh Doh Poe.
4 April
Special screening of short and medium-length contemporary documentaries from Myanmar.
Date: Saturday 16 March 2024, 3-5pm
Place: Close-Up Film Centre, London
Followed by Q&A with film director Saw Eh Doh Poe and producer Lindsey Merrison.
Special screening of Many Months in Mirya (Renu Savant, India, 2017)
3 February 2024, 2pm
Close-Up Film Centre, London
Followed by Q&A with the director, programmers and online distributors.
Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University
18-20 January 2024
Open to film scholars, independent filmmakers and programmers.
Attended by scholars from South and East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Ahmedabad, 27-29 July 2023
Network members organised a day-long panel on VOD in South and East Asia. Themes explored: hyperlocal platforms, representation of women, and censorship. External respondent included Abhishek Jain, founder of Gujarati independent streaming platform OHO and Pritha Jha, founder of Peace and Equality Cell.
Abhishek Jain and Prita Jha in conversation with Ashish Rajadhyaksha, South Asian Cinema and VOD network members, and conference delegates.
online, 24 March 2023
Network members gave an update of VOD developments in their country, drawing attention to the proliferation of hyperlocal streaming platforms offering content in regional languages.
London, 16-18 September 2022
Network members met at University of East London campus over 3 days. The issues emerged at the 1st meeting were taken up again and discussed further. The meeting resolved to focus on the presence and operation of local, language-specific VOD platforms (rather than on global, corporate ones), and to map the VOD connections between different countries within South Asia. This to pursue the network’s main research question: can VOD technology enable dialogue within South Asia and among diverse identities of the South Asian diaspora?
online, 15 May 2022
First, introductory meeting, online. Network members described the presence, operation and audience access of streaming platforms in their respective country, VODs relation to the state, and discussed shared issues and differences across the region. A transcript of the discussion was circulated to all members in preparation of the network’s 2nd meeting, in-person in London in September 2022.
Stratford Picture House, 14 May 2022
Public free screening of short and medium length films by independent women filmmakers from across South Asia. Part of Tongues on Fire: UK Asian Film Festival. Followed by Q&A with the filmmakers and network members.
