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The IDF Forum is a platform to collect, discuss and recap contemporary documentary filmmaking and academic research at the West Lake International Documentary Festival. Through open, inclusive, and forward-looking academic discussions, it explores the essence of documentary filmmaking and addresses cutting-edge issues. The IDF Forum aims to promote academic consensus within the global documentary community through intellectual exchange, and encourage industry insiders and practitioners to contribute to the society with the utmost sincerity, innovation, and professionalism. A series of academic events including seminars, open and closed-door dialogues, lectures, and interviews will be held during the 6th edition of the West Lake International Documentary Festival.

 

The call for papers for the IDF Young Scholar Forum is currently open.

 

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Industry Lecture | Telling China’s Non-fiction Stories to the World
Host TAN Zheng, Film ArtHost: Ruby CHEN, China Academy of Art
Guest : Vikram Channa, established documentary director and producer
Date : 2021-10-25 09:30:00
Address : Nanyuan Conference Room, Nanshan Campus, China Academy of Art
Introduction :

Guest Speakers:

ZHOU Jiali, China Academy of Art

PAN Zhiqi, Communication University of Zhejiang

Academic Roundtable | Session II Memory in history
Host TAN Zheng, Film Art
Guest : ZHANG Xianmin, Beijing Film Academy
Date : 2021-10-24 13:30:00
Address : Nanyuan Conference Room, Nanshan Campus, China Academy of Art
Introduction :

Panelists:

ZHAO Yigong, Communication University of China

DU Haibin, China Academy of Art

WANG Xiaolu, China Film Art Research Center

ZHANG Kankan，Zhejiang University

Li Hsin KUO, National Chengchi University

Academic Roundtable | Session I History in memory
Host LI Xiaofeng, Tongji University
Guest : ZHOU Jiali, China Academy of Art
Date : 2021-10-23 13:30:00
Address : Nanyuan Conference Room, Nanshan Campus, China Academy of Art
Introduction :

Panelists:

DONG Bingfeng, China Academy of Art

CONG Feng, documentary filmmaker

WANG Yinjie, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

CAI Xiao, Shanghai University of Engineering Science

YANG Guozhu, Shandong University of Arts

HAN Xiaoqiang, Southwest University of Political Science and Law

 

Academic Lecture | Session I Image storytelling in ancient Chinese books and records of China
Host ZHANG Xianmin, Beijing Film Academy
Guest : LI Song, Expert Committee of the National Public Cultural Service System Building
Date : 2021-10-23 18:00:00
Address : Nanyuan Conference Room, Nanshan Campus, China Academy of Art
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Introduction: Ancient books make unbroken continuity of a civilization possible. A country’s athenaeum is the accumulation of its history and the source of development.  The vision and technology of cultural inheritance have also been developing as the society progresses.  Evolved from literature, the art of image has always been inherent in the "writing" of a nation’s history.  Image played an irreplaceable role in the overall working paradigm of “Chinese Festivals” and “One Hundred Chinese Epics”. The two projects of compiling ancient books and records took over a hundred work teams more than a decade to complete. Within the overall academic and formatting framework, image recordings as cultural narratives in the context of interdisciplinary collaboration, offered a great opportunity to explore and practice, in terms of academic and talent development, as well as for the systematic recording of a society, culture and people’s lives.