DocuAsia Forum
A Chinese Documentary Night
Date May 5
Time 6:30 pm — 9:30 pm
Venue Room 1800 at Harbor Centre (SFU’s Downtown Campus)
Free to the public
This year marks the inauguration of DocuAsia, a public screening and forum on Asian independent and documentary films. This event is a project of David Lam Centre and also part of New Asia Film Festival.
The first DocuAsia will put a spotlight on CNEX. Following an introduction on Chinese independent documentary movement by Professor Shuyu Kong from Department of Humanities, SFU, Mr. Ben Tsiang, the founder and CEO of CNEX will describe the production and exhibition activities that CNEX has been engaged in recent years. Two documentaries from CNEX, Brave Father (Fuqin, 2007) and Game Dream (Youxi shiguang, 2008) will be shown after the talks. Both are North American premieres.
CNEX is a non-profit organization founded by a group of professionals from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It is devoted to the production and promotion of documentaries related to the Chinese people and Chinese culture. Through a wide variety of programs, CNEX aspires to create a sustainable strategy for Chinese documentary production, for supporting filmmakers, and for enhancing cultural exchange between China and the rest of the world.
About Ben Tsiang (Guest Speaker, Founder and CEO of CNEX)
Bitten by the entrepreneur bug, Ben became one of the co-founders of the leading Chinese portal Sina while at Stanford University. His interest in design and culture, however, never waned as he studied engineering and built Sina into one of the first Chinese internet success stories. In 2006, Ben founded CNEX as a platform for innovative documentary making. Within a short period of 3 years, he has produced nearly 20 films, among which Umbrella was officially selected at the 64th Venice International Film Festival and won awards worldwide. Ben holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Taiwan University and a Masters from Stanford University.
About David Lam Centre
David Lam Centre is committed to fostering intercultural dialogue through its support of academic research and publication and through a wide variety of community activities. This process entails the building of bridges between the academy and the broader public domain and between Asia and Canada.
