Visual Documentary Project (VDP)

The “Visual Documentary project” was started in 2012 by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University. The project aims to promote documentary filmmaking in Southeast Asia to complement the growing literature that exists on the region. From 2014, the Japan Foundation Asia Center (JFAC) is a co-organizer and helps widely promote the richness of Southeast Asian cultures to people in Japan. The project has linked up with numerous film schools in Southeast Asia to help strengthen the documentary filmmaking networks in the region. To date the project has received over 1000 documentaries over an nine year period. Each year we have a theme and this year's is Love in Southeast Asia