Asian American Film Festivals

Erin Franziska Högerle

Erin Franziska Högerle

Asian American Film Festivals

Frames, Locations, and Performances of Memory

In: Media and Cultural Memory / Medien und kulturelle Erinnerung, 28

De Gruyter | 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110696530

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Responding to a lack of studies on the film festival’s role in the production of cultural memory, this book explores different parameters through which film festivals shape our reception and memories of films. By focusing on two Asian American film festivals, this book analyzes the frames of memory that festivals create for their films, constructed through and circulated by the various festival media. It further establishes that festival locations—both cities and screening venues—play a significant role in shaping our experience of films. Finally, it shows that festivals produce performances which help guide audiences towards certain readings and direct the film’s role as a memory object. Bringing together film festival studies and memory studies, 'Asian American Film Festivals' offers a mixed-methods approach with which to explore the film festival phenomenon, thus shedding light on the complex dynamics of frames, locations, and performances shaping the festival’s memory practices. It also draws attention to the understudied genre of Asian American film festivals, showing how these festivals actively engage in constructing and performing a minority group’s collective identity and memory.

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Erin Högerle, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	I
Acknowledgements Free access PDF PDF	V
Contents Free access PDF PDF	VII
List of Figures Free access PDF PDF	IX
List of Tables Free access PDF PDF	XI
List of Abbreviations Free access PDF PDF	XIII
1 Introduction: Why Asian America, Film Festivals, and Memory? Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
2 Memory in Asian American Cinema Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	22
3 The Film Festival as Memory Network Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	83
4 Framing Memory: Festival Narratives Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	128
5 The Mise-en-Scène of Memory: Film Festivals’ Curation of Space Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	182
6 Performing Memory: Film Festival Actors and Communities Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	226
7 Conclusion: The Present and Future of Asian American Film Festivals Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	271
8 Appendix Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	277
Bibliography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	295
Filmography Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	325
Index of Terms Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	329
Index of Film Festivals Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	333
Index of Locations Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	335
Index of Organizations Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	337

Asian American Film Festivals

Frames, Locations, and Performances of Memory

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