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Dept. alumnus and successful independent producer James Cotton gives workshop on getting into the UK film industry
One of the Department’s former students, James Cotton, visited us on Tuesday 10th March to deliver a workshop on getting into the UK film industry. James is now a successful independent producer and brought a wealth of experience and insight to current students studying Film and Television Studies. The evening was part of a rolling series of informal alumni events designed to bring the Department’s students, past and present, together to discuss job and career planning and experience.
Dr. Helen Wheatley's Keynote at Doing Women's Film and Television History Conference 2014 available online
In April 2014 Dr. Helen Wheatley gave one of the keynotes at the Doing Women's Film and Television History Conference 2014 at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. This was the Second International Conference of the Women's Film and Television History Network. Videos of the keynotes are now available online on the conference webpage.
Dr. Louis Bayman speaks about the Oscars on Sky News
Dr. Louis Bayman appeared on Sky News to speak about the Academy Awards Cerremony recently. He spoke about this year's contenders, historical tendencies in nominations and voting, biopics and trends in Hollywood production, and he correctly predicted the winner of this year's Best Picture award. To see a clip of his appearance CLICK HERE.
Prof. Stella Bruzzi to give Keynote at 'Interstices: The In-betweeness of Ethics', Chapman University, California
Prof. Stella Bruzzi will give a keynote address at 'Interstices: The In-betweeness of Ethics' at Chapman University, California, on 24 February.
Dr. Michael Pigott shows new video works at 'Me, Myself and Others: A Cinematic Approach to Latin American Encounters' conference at University of Lincoln
Dr. Michael Pigott is presenting two new video works - Riachuelo Crossing (2014) and Villa 21 (2014) - at the 'Me, Myself and Others: A Cinematic Approach to Latin American Encounters' conference being held at the University of Lincoln on Saturday 21st February.
This day-long research event, sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), the University of Leicester and the University of Lincoln, brings together scholars who have been working on different projects on the theme of Otherness and Encounters in Latin American Cinema, with practitioners working within and outside the film industry. For more information on the event CLICK HERE
The videos constitute preliminary work for a larger research project - Buenos Aires: Porous City - which is a practice-led investigation into the critical relationship between filmmaking and the city. Drawing upon Patrick Keiller’s notion of ‘filmmaking as spatial critique’ the project seeks traces of the film-image in the real locations of Buenos Aires, and uses the camera as a tool for the investigation of urban space.
Still from Riachuelo Crossing (2014)
Still from Villa 21 (2014)
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