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Cultural Studies, Cinema Studies and Gender Studies programs<BR>
With the ARC Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network present<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'>A film screening and talk by avant-garde queer filmmaker from the Beijing Film Academy<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="7"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:29.0px'><B>Cui Zi’en </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="7"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:29.0px'><B><FONT FACE="新細明體">崔子恩<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:21.0px'>Monday November 27<BR>
3:30 – 6:30 pm<BR>
Old Geology, Theatre 2
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</B></SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>3:30: Screening: <I>Night Scene</I> </SPAN></B></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="新細明體">《夜景》</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> 2004<BR>
</FONT></SPAN></B><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'>A young Chinese man finds his entire perception of life altered after discovering that his father is a homosexual. When the accidental discovery of his father's homosexuality leads Yangyang to his father's partner Xiaoyong, Yangyang begins to question his own sexuality before falling for the handsome Haobin. When Yangyang discovers that his newfound lover is a street hustler, their fledgling relationship is put to the ultimate test.
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'>~ Jason Buchanan, <I>All Movie Guide
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<B>5:00: Talk: “The dynamism of the gay movement in China and the obstacles it faces”</B> <BR>
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W6"><B>《中国同性恋</B></FONT><B><FONT FACE="ＭＳ 明朝">运</FONT><FONT FACE="AR PL ZenKai Uni">动</FONT><FONT FACE="ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W6">的</FONT><FONT FACE="AR PL ZenKai Uni">动</FONT><FONT FACE="ヒラギノ明朝 Pro W6">力和阻力》</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">(in Mandarin with English translation)<BR>
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<B>Cui Zi'en</B> </FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:13.0px'>is a director, film scholar, screenwriter, novelist, and outspoken queer activist and scholar based in Beijing. He earned an MA in literature from the Chinese Academy of Social Science and serves as an assistant research fellow at the Film Research Institute of the Beijing Film Academy. He has published nine novels in China and Hong Kong, one of which, <I>Uncle's Past</I>, won the 2001 Radio Literature Award in Germany. He is also the author of six books on criticism and theory and writes columns for four magazines. In 2002, Cui Zi'en received a Felipa Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and a California State Assembly Award in the United States. Frequently referred to as a "queer auteur," Cui Zi'en is also one of the most avant-garde digital-video (DV) makers in Chinese underground cinema. His major films include the internationally renowned titles <I>Enter the Clown</I> (2002) and <I>The Old Testament</I> (2002).<BR>
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<B>Enquiries</B>: Fran Martin: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>f.martin@unimelb.edu.au<BR>
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