Slideshow
Q&A with AN UNFINISHED FILM Filmmaker Lou Ye, Co-Presented by Asia Society
Friday, March 14
7:00
Moderated by Asia Society Film Curator Inney Prakash
NOTE: This screening is SOLD OUT.
A standby line will form at the box office 30 minutes prior to showtime.
Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. Across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, the Society provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future. Founded in 1956, Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution headquartered in New York City with offices in Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Manila, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington, DC and Zurich.
Lou Ye was born to a theatrical family in Shanghai in 1965. He spent his childhood in theatres and studied at Shanghai School of Fine Arts before working as an animator at Shanghai Animation Studio. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1989, majoring in directing. His films have been selected by all the major international festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Taipei Golden Horse Awards, Chinese Independent Film Festival, Asian Film Awards) and awarded various prizes.
Inney Prakash is a film programmer and critic based in New York City. He is the founder and director of Prismatic Ground, an annual film festival which will hold its fifth edition in April/May 2025, and currently serves as Curator of Film at the Asia Society Museum.
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