2020 Edition

The many issues the Southeast Asia region faces today may initially seem isolated and disparate. But if we look close enough, we may find that they are deeply connected with each other, as if they were many heads of the same entity. What does it mean to be a woman and refugee at a time of ecological crisis? How does modernity and development impact traditional community practices? Only when we envision the “many-headed” nature of this demon can we deign to start thinking of ways forward.

View the PDF version of the Program here: SEAxSEA 2020 Program (PDF)

View the winners here: SEAxSEA 2020 winners.

Thursday, January 9, 2020
5:00 PM – Shorts Program I (Satires)

• Mohingar Tapwe!! (A Bowl of Mohingar) by Aung Thu Rein and Yuki Kitazumi (Myanmar, Japan)
• Rawuh (A Swollen Head) by Agung Kurniawan (Indonesia)

6:00 PM – Intermission

6:20 PM – Shorts Program II (Gender Issues)

• Abid (Devout) by Fachri Al Jupri (Indonesia)
• A Simple Love Story by Hnin Papa Soe (Myanmar)
• Lakon Piwulanging Jagad (Drama that Teaches the World) by Fakhrizal Gani (Indonesia)
• Si Astri maka si Tambulah (Astri & Tambullah) by Xeph Suarez (Philippines)

 

Friday, January 10, 2020
5:00 PM – Shorts Program III (Modernity & Development)

• The Playground by Purnawan (Indonesia)
• Viral Kids by Arjanmar Rebeta (Philippines)
• Layang-Layang (Adrift) by Ryo Maestro (Indonesia)
• Timang by Nady Afiqah (Indonesia)

5:50 PM – Intermission

6:10 PM – Shorts Program IV (Migration & Diaspora)

• Saturated by Carina Sadeli (USA)
• Of the Sea by Jordyn Romero (USA)
• Big Durian, Big Apple by Azalia Muchransyah (USA)
• To a Map of Manila by Adrian Alarilla (USA, Philippines)
• Chúng Tôi Nhẩy Đầm ở Nhà (We Dance At Home) by Julia Huynh (Canada)
• Meh’s Tammakhoung by Tiphasan Toeung and Joseph Mills (USA)
• Mixed by Khymaree Hughes-Ponelateat, Romeo Hernandez, Donavan Thach, Jelani Tolbert, Tommy Vong, and Joseph Mills (USA)

Coming Soon:

• The Mortician of Manila by Leah Borromeo