The Visual Documentary Project (VDP) announces its winners for VDP 2019. The project aims to use visual forms of expression to supplement growing academic research that exists in Southeast Asian societies and help promote the richness of Southeast Asian cultures to people in Japan through the medium of documentaries.
Each year VDP holds a call for documentaries from the region on different themes and promotes exchanges between directors, researchers, and citizens. Below is this year’s theme and screening schedules:
VDP 2019
Theme
JUSTICE – Documentaries that deal with any issues or areas relating to justice in Southeast Asia.
KYOTO Screening:
Date & Time: December 12, 2019 [13:00 doors open]
Venue: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Inamori Memorial 3rd floor, Large Meeting Hall
Language: Japanese / English Translation
Organizer: Center for Southeast Asia Studies
Co-organizer: The Japan Foundation Asia Center
TOKYO screening:
Date & Time: December 14, 2019 [13:00 doors open]
Venue: Tokyo Women’s Plaza
Language: Japanese / English Translation
Organizer: The Japan Foundation Asia Center
Co-organizer: Center for Southeast Asia Studies
VDP 2019 selected five works from five countries (Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam).
Through Songs, We Share Stories
Director: Dony Putro Herwanto
Location: Indonesia
24min
An Unquiet Land
Director: Nguyen Thi Khanh Ly
Location: Vietnam
28min
Screaming Goats
Director: Thunska Pansittivorakul
Location: Thailand
22min
That Night
Director: Jeremy Luke Bolatag
Location: Philippines
20min
Unsilent Potato
Director: Sein Lyan Tun
Location: Myanmar
22min