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

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.


New Faculty of Arts Building puts collaboration and engagement at the heart of a new campus ‘cultural quarter’

On 6th December, the new Faculty of Arts Building will open its doors to students, staff and the public. The £57.5m eight storey building, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and constructed by Bowmer + Kirkland, brings together a diverse and international mix of minds from all walks of life, creating the optimum environment for generating a universe of ideas.


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

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.

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

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.

Mon 15 Oct 2018, 14:58 | Tags: Film & Television, Film & TV, Film and television studies

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

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

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

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 10th September at the free Portobello Film Festival in London.

Tue 06 Sep 2016, 11:28 | Tags: community, Film and television studies, Campus news, Arts

The spectacle of TV explored in new book

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.


Dr Helen Wheatley discusses TV pioneer on BBC Radio 4

Dr Helen Wheatley television Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick spoke to Matthew Banister about the life and career of the late Sylvia Peters on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word programme.


Film studies ‘is a necessary part of life’ according to award-winning producer

The award-winning producer of the films City of God and The Constant Gardener, believes that the study of film is more than just an academic discipline. Donald Ranvaud made the comment after being conferred with an honorary doctorate during one of the University’s 2016 graduation ceremonies.


Secrets of the Projection Box to be revealed at Flatpack Film Festival

As film reels have made way for digital files, cinema craft has changed. Researchers from the University of Warwick, working with photographer Richard Nicholson are giving members of the public privileged access to a realm most cinema-goers never venture, the projection box.

Wed 06 Apr 2016, 16:26 | Tags: film, Exhibition, Academic staff, Film and television studies, Arts

Stop motion celebrated like never before at the V&A Museum of childhood

Dr Rachel Moseley, Director of the Centre for Television History, Heritage and Memory Research at the University of Warwick has identified new documents and ideas that have contributed to the creation and curation of ‘Clangers, Bagpuss & Co.’ a major new exhibition at the V&A Museum of childhood, opening to the public this weekend.

Fri 18 Mar 2016, 13:40 | Tags: Exhibition, research, Film and television studies, Arts

The magic of Clangers revealed for the first time

New book on children’s stop-frame animation by a researcher at University of Warwick investigates what Clangers, Pingwings and Pogles tell us about our society, history and Englishness.


University of Warwick opens new Centre for Television History, Heritage and Memory Research

The University of Warwick’s Department of Film and Television Studies, in collaboration with the Centre for Cultural Policy studies, is opening a new Centre for Television History, Heritage and Memory Research on Wednesday 28th October 2015.