Monday, April 29, 2019

Guest lecturing and Screening at Stanford

I was extremely honored to begin my week of screenings and lectures on Monday (April 22) at Stanford University Medical School’s Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center for a group of medical students. The first public screening was of the rough cut of my new documentary "Sending Off" the following day (April 23) INFO.



The event was sponsored by Stanford University's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC), the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Medicine and the Muse, and Camera as Witness. Pictured below with Dr. Audrey Shafer (professor, medical doctor and director of Medicine and Muse), Dr. Matsumoto Yoshiko (professor of East Asian Languages, Cultures and Linguistics) and Jasmina Bojic (director of Camera as Witness and the United Nations Association Film Festival.

 
 

I was extremely honoured to be invited to lecture at classes on Wednesday and Thursday including “Japanese Through Film” with Professor Matsumoto Yasuko, “Growing Up and Older in Japan” with Professor Matsumoto Yoshiko, and “Medical Humanities and the Arts” with Dr. Audrey Shafer. On Thursday evening, the East Asian Studies Workshop held a screening of my film “A2-B-C” (2013).


A wonderful close to the week at Stanford, was a screening on Friday of my 2014 documentary “-1287” INFO.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to have presented so many screenings and guest lectures this week and for the support of Stanford University‘s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC), the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Medicine and the Muse, and Camera as Witness. 


 
(adapted from the Facebook entries I posted during the week) 

Friday, April 19, 2019

Screenings and Lectures at Stanford University

It has been a while since I have posted to my blog.  Following a brief period of quiet reflection, I have been working away on preparations for several upcoming screenings (both in Japan and abroad) along with the World Premiers of two (!) new documentaries (more on those very soon).

And now, tonight I will be flying to California where I have the honour of having been invited to Standford University to present a week of screenings and lectures.  In addition two public screenings (details below) and two private departmental screenings, I will be giving guest lectures to several classes, including "Japanese Through Film", "Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan", and "Medical Humanities and the Arts".  The focus of my lectures will be different for each class, but all will be based on my work documenting health and medical themes in Japan and include clips of my films.

I am extremely honoured for this opportunity to share my work at this prestigious institution and grateful for the support of several departments, including The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC), the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Medicine and the Muse, and Camera as Witness.

The first public screening will be on Tuesday, April 23rd, at 16:30 and will feature a rough cut of my new feature documentary 「おみおくり〜Sending Off〜」ahead of the World Premier next month (details of which I am extremely excited to publish once the press embargo is lifted in early May).  Details about the screening at Stanford are HERE, while more on the film (including a link to the trailer) is HERE.



The second public event will take place on Friday, April 26, at 15:30, and will be a screening of my film "-1287" (2015). More on that film, including the trailer, is on the website HERE, while details of the screening event at Standford are HERE.
There is much more news about upcoming screenings, premiers and announcements coming very soon!  Thank you all so much for your continued support and encouragement.

Peace,
Ian
Tokyo, Japan