Conference Program: The Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies, Zoom Webinar, March 1-May 12, 2021

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Webinar Registration (In accordance with the Copyright Ordinance of Hong Kong, please do not photograph and/or video record the film screenings. Violation of copyright laws will result in legal action.)   Panel 1: 9:00am-11:45am, March 1 (Monday, Hong Kong time), Keynote Speeches, chaired by Daisy Yan Du, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR 9:00-9:15am:  Opening … Continue reading Conference Program: The Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies, Zoom Webinar, March 1-May 12, 2021 →

Conference Program: The Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies, May 11-14, 2020

会议, 学者, Inaugural Conference 2020, Program

Lecture Theater (G/F), Lo Ka Chung Building, Institute for Advanced Study, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST   May 10 (Sunday)  2:00-7:00pm: Registration at the Lobby of Conference Lodge, Lee Shau Kee Campus    May 11 (Monday) 8:00-8:30am: Registration at the Lobby of Conference Lodge, Lee Shau Kee Campus 9:00-10:50am: Keynote Speeches, chaired by Daisy Yan Du, Hong … Continue reading Conference Program: The Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies, May 11-14, 2020 →

Childhood Memories: Chinese Animation and the Shanghai Animation Film Studio from the Eyes of an Animator’s Son

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 By Yan Shuchen; translated by Eva Chang (Panel Chair) Yan Shuchen is the son of Teacher Yan Shanchun. He graduated from the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law in 1990. From 1990 to 1993, Yan Shuchen worked at the People’s Procuratorate in the Jing’an District of Shanghai. Since 1993, he has been working in … Continue reading Childhood Memories: Chinese Animation and the Shanghai Animation Film Studio from the Eyes of an Animator’s Son →

An Authentic Animator

Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

Download PDF By Yan Dingxian; translated by Nick Stember (Panel Chair) Thank you, Teacher Duan, for your wonderful speech. I believe everyone has learned a lot. Our next speaker will be Teacher Yan Dingxian. He was born in 1936 and graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1953. That same year, he joined the Shanghai … Continue reading An Authentic Animator →

Walking Our Own Path and Making Innovations in Chinese Animated Filmmaking

Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

Download PDF By Duan Xiaoxuan; translated by Nick Stember (Panel Chair) Thank you, Ms. Mochinaga, for your wonderful speech. It was very moving. It really took us back to that special historical era. The next speaker is Teacher Duan Xiaoxuan. Teacher Duan was born in 1934, and first entered the Chinese animation industry at the Northeast … Continue reading Walking Our Own Path and Making Innovations in Chinese Animated Filmmaking →

Mochinaga Tadahito and Animated Filmmaking in Early New Socialist China

Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

By Mochinaga Noriko; translated by Nick Stember and Yan Chen                                                (Panel Chair) We’re going to have five speakers today, so we will invite them to talk one by one first, then followed by … Continue reading Mochinaga Tadahito and Animated Filmmaking in Early New Socialist China →

Welcome Speech

Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

By James Lee; translated by Nick Stember  (Panel Chair) Honored guests, good afternoon! I am Professor Daisy Du Yan from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where I conduct research in Chinese animation. First, I would like to thank Professor Billy Kee-long So, Chair of the Division of Humanities, and Professor James Lee, … Continue reading Welcome Speech →

Report on Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism

Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017 Reports

By Hang Wu In April 2017, I worked as a student assistant for the Animators’ Roundtable Forum held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and had the valuable opportunity to get to know the renowned animators involved. Mochinaga Noriko, daughter of Mochinaga Tadahito, shared with me some old photos taken and developed … Continue reading Report on Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism →

Lotus Lantern and the Making of the First Commercial Animated Feature Film in Mainland China──An Interview with Animator Chang Guangxi

会议, Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017 Interviews

By Amber Xu The 1980s, an era of reform and opening up in China, witnessed unprecedented predicaments and challenges for the Shanghai Animation Film Studio and Chinese animation at large. One crucial change was that animated filmmaking at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, a state-owned enterprise during the socialist decades (1949-1976), had to go into … Continue reading Lotus Lantern and the Making of the First Commercial Animated Feature Film in Mainland China──An Interview with Animator Chang Guangxi →