Framing Asia: Palestine in Focus


DATE
Tuesday February 11, 2025
TIME
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
COST
Free
Location
Asian Centre Auditorium

Join us for the second event of the screening series, Framing Asia, organized by graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies. This event includes a screening of two films, followed by a discussion and Q&A section with one of the directors and panelists (all details listed below). Snacks will be provided.

Films:

  • Return to Palestine (dir. Sawsan Qaoud, 2024; 47 min)
  • A short film by Palestinian Canadian film director Rame Ibrahim

This is an in-person event. The deadline to register is February 6, 11:59PM.

Date & Time:

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)

Doors open at 5:30PM

Location:

Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver

Panelists:

  • Rame Ibrahim, MFA, film director and founder of Barbed Wire Productions
  • Leen Issa, film and video creator
  • Alia Hijaab, multidisciplinary artist and Masters student in Library and Archival Studies (UBC)

Moderator: Sarah Shamash, PhD, Assistant Professor of Critical and Cultural Studies at Emily Carr University

About Framing Asia: Framing Asia is a series of community film screenings and programming initiated by a group of graduate students in UBC’s Department of Asian Studies. For any queries about the series, please write to us at framingasia@gmail.com

Student organizers: Fahad Naveed (PhD student, Asian Studies), Ying Han (MA student, Asian Studies), Skyler Wolf (MA student, Asian Studies) and Farimah Mahmoodi (MA student, Asian Studies)

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies and the UBC Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund. It is supported by the Indigenous Asia Initiative Steering Committee and the Anti-Racism and Racial Justice Committee.