Community Screenings of Palestinian Cinema

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

PhD student Ilinca Vanau at BFMAF

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

PhD Update: Lucy Szemetová

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).