The Coventry East Asian Film Society promotes and celebrates cultural diversity by raising cultural awareness of South East Asian cinema for all students in the department of Media and Communication at Coventry University.
The society screens movies from throughout the South East Asian region, which includes China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, etc., under the banner ‘Coventry Close Encounters’.
“With the independent distribution scene in North America and Europe struggling in the current economic conditions (the collapse of Tartan DVD as the obvious example), the distribution of even major East Asian movies is often heavily delayed or simply fails to materialize. In short, availability, access and more importantly an awareness and appreciation of the wide range and diverse films of the East Asian cinemas can be unfortunately somewhat limited. In light of this, CEAFS will select a programme of films with a focus on contemporary South East Asian films that are currently unreleased and unavailable in the UK.”
Films are screened on a weekly basis in the Ellen Terry Building on Wednesdays at 2pm. The screenings also provide a forum for critical discussion and debate on East Asian Film. The screenings launched on 21st October 2009.
Screenings are free and everyone is welcome.
“Whilst the appreciation of East Asian film is paramount, the goal is to facilitate and encourage international students to have a better experience at Coventry University and to offer a space to promote social interactions and relations among all our students.”
Website: mcopenmediacoventry.org/cueafs
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