Past Conference

Explore our archive below to revisit the vibrant history of ASEACC. Discover the past programs, thematic discussions, and featured voices that have shaped over two decades of critical discourse and collaborative exchange within the Southeast Asian film community.

Singapore

Where Big Budget Meets

No Budget

3-4 May 2004

Bangkok, Thailand

Southeast Asian Cinemas

At The Borders

15-16 Aug 2005

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Theory & Practice: Southeast Asian

Cinemas & Filmmaking

14 – 17 Dec 2006

Jakarta, Indonesia

Ethics, Social, Justice, And

Collective Responsibility

17-19 Dec 2007

Manila, The Philippines

States of

Independence

27 – 29 Nov 2009

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Circuits of Exchange (with)in

Southeast Asian Cinemas

1 – 4 Jul, 2010

Singapore

The Politics, Practices, and Poetics

of the Archive

19 – 22 Jun 2012

Salaya, Thailand

Codes, Kitsch, Camp: Genre in/and

Southeast Asian Cinemas

7 – 10 Jul 2014

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Time, Space, and the Visceral in

Southeast Asian Cinema

9 – 22 Jul 2016

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The Politics of Faith, Spirituality,

and Religion in Southeast Asian Cinemas

23 – 26 Jul 2018

Los Baños, Laguna Philippines

SEA The World! Southeast Asian

Cinemas & Global Film Theory

29 – 31 Aug 2023

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Sustainable futures: ecologies, kinships &

communities in Southeast Asian Cinemas

14 – 16 Aug 2025