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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Reception \| USC East Asian Studies Center (College House, CLH 101)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	SCREENING: Blind Shaft \| USC Location LUCAS 108
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Q&A with Director LI Yang \| Moderated by Michael BERRY (LUCAS 108)

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008

9:00 am - 10:45 am	PANEL: FILM ART AND FILM CULTURE \| USC Davidson Conference Center \| Chair: Paul PICKOWICZ >> ZHU Ying : "New Year Film as Chinese Blockbuster: From Feng Xiaogang's Contemporary Urban Comedy to Zhang Yimou's Period Drama" >> CUI Shuqin : "Boundary Shifting: New-generation Filmmaking and Jia Zhangke's Films" >> Stephen TEO : "The Martial Arts Film in Chinese Cinema: Historicism and the National" >> Paul CLARK : "The Triumph of Cinema: Chinese Film Culture from the 1960s to the 1980s" >> CHEN Xihe : "Red Theories, Blue Theories, and Beyond: The Evolution of Cinema Studies and Theories in Mainland China"
10:45 am - 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am - 12:15 pm	PANEL: PREVIOUSLY UNDERREPRESENTED AND EMERGING TOPICS \| USC Davidson Conference Center \| Chair: Sheldon LU >> John LENT and XU Ying : "Chinese Animation Film: From Experimentation to Digitalization" >> QIN Liyan : "Transmedia Strategies of Appropriation and Visualization: The Case of Zhang Yimou’s Adaptation of Novels in His Early Films" >> ZHANG Yingjin : "Of Institutional Supervision and Individual Subjectivity: The History and Current State of Chinese Documentary"
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Lunch Break
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm	PANEL: FILM INDUSTRY AND ITS LOCAL AND GLOBAL MARKET \| USC Davidson Conference Center \| Chair: Robert ROSEN >> Seio NAKAJIMA and ZHU Ying : "Chinese Film as an Industry: One Hundred Years of Evolution" >> XIAO Zhiwei : "The Reception of American Films in China, 1897-1950" >> Stanley ROSEN : "Chinese Cinema’s International Market" >> WANG Shujen : "Film Piracy and the DVD/VCD Market: Contradictions and Paradoxes"
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Opening Reception \| University Club Banquet Room Welcoming Remarks: Howard Gillman, Dean of USC College, Anna H. Bing Chair

SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008

9:30 am- 10:45 am	PANEL: FILM INDUSTRY \| USC Davidson Conference Center \| Chair: Peter SHIAO >> David LEE, Managing Director, Xinhua Media Entertainment >> ZHANG Lihui, Vice President, China Government Relations & Business Development, Warner Bros. Entertainment >> ZHOU Tiedong, President, China Film Promotion International >> SONG Dai, Chairman and General Manager, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Ltd., Hong Kong
10:45 am - 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	PANEL: FILMMAKER PERSPECTIVES \| USC Davidson Conference Center \| Chair: Janet YANG >> FENG Xiaogang, Film Director >> LI Yang, Film Director >> Vivian WU, Actress & Film Producer
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Lunch Break
3:00 pm - 5:15 pm	SCREENING: The Banquet \| USC Norris Cinema Theater
5:15 pm - 6:15 pm	Reception \| University Religious Center Courtyard
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	SCREENING: The Assembly \| USC Norris Cinema Theater
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Q&A with Director FENG Xiaogang \| Moderated by ZHU Ying (Norris Cinema)