Lecture Introduction

Professor Dai Jinhua will take the video work False Memory — Electrician as the starting point to explore how digital technologies have transformed the relationship between images and reality, and the phenomenon of “images without truth”. Combining films such as Forrest Gump and Odyssey, the lecture will discuss what images present and what realities remain unseen. Drawing on examples including Oppenheimer, Barbie and Ne Zha 2, it reflects on the significance of cinema to society and communities amid technological disruption and global changes.

Speaker Biography

Dai Jinhua is Professor and PhD Supervisor of Peking University
Areas of research: Chinese film history, popular culture, feminist literature

Lecture Details

Date & Time: Saturday,  November 21, 2026, 15:00-18:00

Venue: Macau University of Science and Technology, Building N, Room N101

Note: The event will begin with the award ceremony for the 3rd  "The Lotus Cup Reading Composition Competition" (3:00–4:00 PM). Participants should arrive on time at 3:00 p.m. The lecture will start immediately after the ceremony.