Community screenings present a unique opportunity to introduce local publics to lesser-known film cultures. They provide a framing through which foreign cinema makes sense in relation to local concerns as … Read more
Considered the father of independent cinema in the Philippines, Kidlat Tahimik has been making movies for over five decades. He is known for his unwavering support of personal cinema and indigenous culture … Read more
March 2023 saw the 18th edition of Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival (BFMAF), an annual festival based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, showcasing new cinema and artists’ moving image works. The concentrated, wildly explorative, international … Read more
‘Re-imagining Local Film Histories through Critical and Creative Practice’ is a collaboration between filmmaker Mark Lyken and the Department of Film Studies to produce a film and exhibition about The … Read more
The PhD students in the Department of Film Studies are an active group, and continue to be, even under a global pandemic. Lucy Szemetová, a 1st year PhD student, for instance, has conducted a two-month fellowship at the Blinken Open Society Archives (Budapest, Hungary) where she has also secured a post. And she has hosted a free screening of The Free University (2019).
Dr. Kirsty Sinclair Dootson talks to Michael Cowan about her research on the global history of Technicolor.
As my PhD project involves a study of Hong Kong New Wave cinema, I longed for a trip to Hong Kong where I oculd have access to many established scholars … Read more
by Maria Fernanda Miño PGR Representative – Department of Film Studies Film & Beyond Interdisciplinary Retreat Facilitator Any research related to the study of film is by nature an interdisciplinary … Read more
Dina IORDANOVA @ Astra Film Festival, Sibiu, 2018 Widely shared perceptions of the region formerly referred to as ‘Eastern Europe’ (and nowadays consisting of variously positioned entities, variably known … Read more
by Andrea Gelardi @ Cineteca di Bologna In 2018, the Fife based Russell Trust awarded a research grant to my doctoral project entitled “Locally Rooted, Internationally Involved: the Case … Read more
