Conference Announcement: Film and Cinema in Singapore

Conference date: 6 Oct 2011 - 7 Oct 2011 

Venue: Singapore; venue to be confirmed

Organisers: Jointly organised by Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University

Call for papers - deadline 2 April 2011

This conference will serve as a platform for both scholars and practitioners to review existing paradigms in addition to charting new approaches and directions into the study of film and cinema in Singapore. Suggested themes include, but are not limited to:
- Historical Evolution
- Geographies of Cinema
- Audience Reception
- Archiving Film
- Cultural and Media Policies and Politics
- Cultural Economy and Film Industry
- Semiotics
- Film Genres (Mainstream/Independent Films)
- Film & Visual/Installation Arts
- Cinematography
- Filmmakers & Artistes
- Film Research 

For more information: 

http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1122

This is not necessarily Japan-related, but it is always good to see what's going on at film and cinema conferences.