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Tom Hemingway and James MacDowell's video essay selected in Sight & Sound best-of list

A video essay by the department’s Tom Hemingway and James MacDowell was chosen by two contributors to Sight & Sound's best-of 2024 poll. Their video is about Bo Burnham's Netflix comedy special INSIDE, authenticity and YouTube aesthetics. The list also includes James' picks for best video essays of the year. The video essay can be viewed on YouTube here.
Fri 10 Jan 2025, 10:42 | Tags: awards, engagement, practice, Publications, Research impact

Stephen Gundle to take part a panel discussion at the BFI to launch 'Visconti and His Cinema: Decadence and Decay'

On Thursday 9 January Stephen Gundle will take part a panel discussion at the BFI to launch 'Visconti and His Cinema: Decadence and Decay', a season of the major films by the Italian film director.
Tue 07 Jan 2025, 10:28 | Tags: engagement Italian Producers News staff

FTV’s Hande Çayır publishes pedagogical article and launches new film on documentary sceening platform Guide.Doc.tv

FTV’s Hande Çayır publishes reflection piece on inclusive pedagogy in the latest issue of The Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice
Hande Çayır’s reflection piece has been published in the latest issue of The Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice. The article shares strategies found to be effective by a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for creating inclusive seminars, emphasising the importance of understanding diverse student needs, valuing feedback, and fostering a collaborative and supportive learning environment.
FTV’s Hande Çayır’s experimental film Tiny Little Things is now available on the documentary streaming platform GuideDoc.tv
Set in Brighton, the 20-minute film presents the visual diary of a woman from Turkey, offering an intimate glimpse into her journey. It has been showcased at platforms, including the European International Film Festival, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Art Beats Festival, and Shortfilmwire+ Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Network.

Stephen Gundle to give the 2024 Leconfield Lecture at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on 6 November

His topic is 'Two Faces of the Italian Film Industry: Dino De Laurentiis and Suso Cecchi D'Amico'.
The producer De Laurentiis was one of the architects of the rise of Italian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, while Cecchi D'Amico, who for many years was the only working female screenwriter, authored over a hundred screenplays, including most of Visconti's films.

FTV Organisers of Samizdat Film Festival Celebrate its Return

 

Samizdat Film Festival (https://samizdatfest.co.uk/) in Scotland, co-founded and ran by Ilia Ryzhenko, misha (irek) yakovlev and PhD students at other universities will run for its third year from 1st until 5th October in Glasgow and, for the first time ever, in Edinburgh on 19th October.

Named after the practice of clandestine dissemination of censored and forbidden texts in Communist states, Samizdat Film Festival is an audience-focused film festival based in Glasgow. The festival takes place annually at CCA Glasgow, online, on the streaming platform Klassiki, and for the first time this October in Edinburgh. With a diverse programme of meticulously curated retrospectives and new films, as well as special events (online panel discussions, silent films with a score performed live, showcases of short films). Samizdat is Scotland’s first festival of cinema from Eastern/Central Europe, Central, North and North-Easy Asia, and the Caucasus.

Tue 24 Sept 2024, 13:26 | Tags: engagement Events Postgraduate staff

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