TEA HOUSE SALON

Industry
420 mins

Storyline Partners and CAAM are piloting a revolving tea salon inspired by cultures and traditions from West Asia to East and Southeast Asia, where, historically, these third spaces housed conversations and cultural discourses in their times. A space where we highlight industry partners that are leading the charge in developing dynamic content and elevating creatives in front of and behind the camera.

Agenda

Saturday, May 10

10:00 AM Welcome In partnership with Storyline Partners

CAAM and Storyline Partners envision the “tea house” to be a roving salon for reflection, and conversation for future CAAMFest and independent film festivals across the United States. We see an immediate need to provide a relaxed, informal, and reflective environment for filmmakers and festival goers, rooted in the ethos of hospitality of the MENASA and Asian Tea House. The Tea House is more than a physical edifice for gathering, it is a welcoming living room, just like your grandparents for respite (journaling and informal meetings ), curated creator-led conversations, and relaxation, all rooted in the warmth of a cup of tea.

Featuring Sanaz Alesafar, Executive Director at Storyline Partners & Sapana Sakya, CAAM

10:10 AM Japanese Tea Ceremony with Omotesenke Domonkai

Japanese tea ceremony and hospitality is centered on several terms such as chanoyu zashiki (茶湯座敷, sitting room for chanoyu), sukiya (place for poetry and aesthetic interests), and kakoi (囲, divided space). In the spirit of this ethos, the space will be an aesthetically serene environment to take space before, during and after, the scheduled cultural programming.

11:00 AM The Bitterroot Case Study

12:15 PM Break for Bites

In partnership with APFE’s David Magdael

1:00 PM Paging the Comedy Ward: A Dose of NBC’s “St. Denis Medical”

In partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal

2:30 PM Japantown Art Activations

Origami Art with Paper Tree and Shibori Workshops

Take a break from the media arts and sign up to learn from Japantown’s local artists about Origami and Shibori.