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Community film project puts LGBTQIA+ end-of-life stories in the spotlight

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:25:00 GMT

A powerful new community film project from The University of Warwick is inviting LGBTQIA+ people in the Midlands with a terminal diagnosis, and those close to them, to share their stories on camera.

Lights, Camera, Death

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:58:00 GMT

How did it make you feel when your favourite television character died right in front of your eyes?

Whether it’s the death of Ned Stark in Game of Thrones, or Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street, the portrayal of death on TV hits audiences on a personal level and sparks conversations about how we deal with death, dying and bereavement.

Experience Coventry as you never have before at new University of Warwick exhibition

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:15:16 GMT

Coventry and Warwickshire residents are getting a second chance to see and experience artworks created as part of the Sensing the City project, previously shown in The Herbert in 2020.

BIFA longlists Lucy Brydon’s Body of Water for three awards

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:17:26 GMT

Body of Water, the debut feature film by director and screenwriter Lucy Brydon — who also teaches at her alma mater, the University of Warwick — has been longlisted for three British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

‘Lost’ Duke Ellington concert film found after over 50 years.

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:44:03 GMT

A filmed concert by legendary jazz musician Duke Ellington, considered by him to be his most important, has been found after being unseen and thought lost for over fifty years and will be shown to an audience for the first time since originally broadcast thanks to a project led by the University of Warwick.

Screening Rights Film Festival to open in Coventry and Birmingham

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:58:17 GMT

The fourth annual Screening Rights Film Festival, organised by Dr Michele Aaron of the University of Warwick's Department of Film and Tevlision, is to open this week in Coventry and Birmingham, showcasing films that explore themes relating to social justice.

The spies who loved him – what do real intelligence officers think of James Bond?

Fri, 25 May 2018 11:16:38 GMT

As a new art exhibition opens at Bletchley Park celebrating the James Bond series and exploring Bond creator Ian Fleming’s links to the secret world of intelligence and espionage, two University of Warwick academics reveal what real spies think of Fleming’s famous creation.

Teletubbies creator Anne Wood receives Honorary Doctorate

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:11:12 GMT

Last week children’s television producer and founder of Ragdoll productions Anne Wood was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick.

‘This-That’ hits the big screen at Portobello Film Festival

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:28:17 GMT

This-That, a film made by University of Warwick alumni Jacob Barua and Constantine Gras in 1989 during the last year of their studies on the Film and Literature course is set to be screened at 19:40 on the 10^th September at the free Portobello Film Festival in London.

The spectacle of TV explored in new book

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:41:12 GMT

From beautiful landscapes to Embarrassing Bodies a new book by a University of Warwick academic examines what makes us stop and stare at the TV.