Visual Talk: Cinematic Crossings - Expanding the Map of Southeast Asian Cinema
Community & Wider Programmes • Free
30 Sept 2026 (Wed) • 18:00 • Birkbeck Cinema
Courtesy of Merve Kalafat Yılmaz / Unsplash
Where is Southeast Asia? How far can we stretch its (imagined) borders? This visual talk explores the cinematic connections linking Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, tracing the movement of filmmakers, performers, stories and production histories across borders, seas and cultural industries. Join Suyin Haynes on a journey through space — across the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong — and across time, spanning seven decades of film history. Together, we’ll discover unexpected connections between these cinemas, and rethink the map of Southeast Asia through the routes, encounters and exchanges that have shaped its films.
Presented by Suyin Haynes.
Suyin Haynes is a Malaysian British London-based writer, researcher and sometime film programmer whose work explores Southeast Asian cinemas and visual culture.
