3rd and final conference of this whirlwind Southeast Asia adventure - 2nd Association for Curators and Programmers of Asian Cinema conference.
I'm surprised when I was asked to moderate a session because what do I know about curating or programming? Turns out asian cinema curation and programming needs #DigiPres too! (surprise surprise 😎)
Shout out to the two Thai Film Archive hosted conferences
1. 3rd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference (GAVA) https://fapot.or.th/gava2026/index.html
2. Association for Curators and Programmers of Asian Cinema (ACPAC) 19-21 June https://acpacnet.org/annual-conference-2026/
Sanchai, Deputy Director of Thai Film Archive, shared that they have received a lot from the wider professional community in the institution's initial founding years. That's why they are happy to give back to the community. One way is by hosting international conferences. Important for the region because no academic institutions or ecosystem - learning on the job and via professional convenings like conference is the only way.
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