The 21st and 22nd April this year sees the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) and the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) once again host their Student Film Festival and International Symposium, as they have since 2008.
Visitors will have the opportunity to listen to presentations and panel discussions by famous directors, producers and academics. In addition, selected newcomers will showcase their talent at the fourth international student short narrative and animated film competition.
The program for the festival includes screenings of short films by international university students as part of the International Student Film Festival, while the International Film Symposium shall offer the chance to listen to presentations and discussions around the theme of the festival; “Longing and Inhibition in Film”. Furthermore, a featured director will introduce one of his or her films followed by a panel discussion. The festival will close with the Student Film Festival Awards Ceremony.
Topics for screenings and presentations will range from the repression of longings to changing or overcoming them. A focus will be acts of destruction against oneself in the face of our inability to satisfy our longings, as well as limitations in fulfilment. These issues will be explored from different critical perspectives, offering the possibility of excursions into areas such as love, intimacy and attraction; or the longing for recognition, social status and materialism, while questions of creative fulfilment and self-improvement shall also be tackled. Last but not least, visitors will be able to enjoy film submissions covering the themes of the discussions.
For further information, contact Marshall D. Willman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, English, NYIT Nanjing
Email: mwillman@nyit.edu
Location: Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) Library, 4th Floor Auditorium, Xianlin Campus, 9, Wenyuan Lu, Xianlin
