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On Friday 26 and Saturday 27 of April the Department of Film and TV's Dr. Vladimir Rosas-Salazar organised a conference called Rethinking Latin America: New Journeys Across Film and Literature at the Faculty of Arts and online. People based in Spain, France, Peru, US, and UK presented and it was funded by an IAS Award. Speakers included Professor Niamh Thornton (University of Liverpool) talking about A Digital Diva: Rethinking María Félix Through her Online Transformations.

The Student Cinema society, one of the oldest societies at the University of Warwick has been shortlisted for two awards by Cinema For All, a leading organization dedicated to promoting community cinema. Warwick Student Cinema has been nominated for Best Student Cinema at the Film Society of the Year Awards. The committee is currently made up of several Film students (Daniel Kallin as President, Freya Clinton as Vice President, Marnie McCrudden as Films Officer, and Tomas Caldon as Events & Socials Coordinator) and many more students from the department are on the crew and come to the screenings.

Television/Death intertwines the study of death, dying and bereavement on television with discussion of the ways that television (and the TV archive) provides access to the dead. Helen introduced the book at this event and invited to collaborators to respond to the work, prior to a drink reception. The event was held Coventry Cathedral as this special place was one of the key locations for the events discussed in the final section of the book.

The novel is already garnering excellent reviews. The TV rights to the adaption have already been aquired, following a competitive auction for the rights to the novel.