Department of Film Studies

Tue 12th February 2013 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Vijay Mishra, Salman Rushdie and Bollywood Cinema

This paper returns to an earlier essay on Salman Rushdie and Bollywood Cinema (2007) and expands that essay with reference to material located in the Salman Rushdie Archive deposited in the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Library, Emory University.

Tue 19th February 2013 19:00 to 21:00

Cinema St Andrews screening: The Blue Lamp (1950)

The Blue Lamp, was co-written by a lifelong resident and University graduate of St Andrews, Jan Read.

Wed 20th February 2013 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Catherine Wheatley, "Do unto others": Self, Faith and Christian Foundational Myths in Contemporary European Film

Since the turn of the century, and the events of September 11, the European media has seen an influx of images of Islam and the Arab race onscreen. While the above quote, taken from Dyer's seminal study, White, opens up onto questions of race on screen, my intention here is to focus on that other unspoken "norm" of European cinema - the Christian faith.

Tue 26th February 2013 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Neill Campbell, The posthumous and the post-Western: Theorising the Modern Cinematic West through John Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock.

The posthumous and the post-Western: Theorising the Modern Cinematic West through John Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock.

Sat 9th March 2013 09:00 to 18:00

CFS Symposium: Texture in Film

This one-day symposium seeks to provide a forum for interdisciplinary approaches to the close analysis of film, inviting papers which explore any aspect of texture in film. Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers, which should be illustrated with detail from films. Alternative presentations, such as workshops, will also be considered. In order to encourage discussion the day will run with no parallel panels.

Tue 12th March 2013 19:00 to 21:00

Cinema St Andrews screening: The Misfits (1961)

A fascinating snapshot of a lost era, both in Hollywood and, through recollections of the film society, in St Andrews.

Thu 14th March 2013 14:00 to 17:00

CFS Talk: Emma Valentine, MEDIA Road Show

The roadshows look at the MEDIA Programme of the EU and the opportunities it offers the film, television and new media industries.

Tue 2nd April 2013 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Daniela Berghahn, Far-flung Families in Diasporic European Cinema

In the age of globalisation, diasporic and other types of transnational family are increasingly represented on film, yet they have been neglected in film studies. This paper emerges from Daniela Berghahn's ongoing research on the topic.

Tue 2nd April 2013 19:00 to 21:00

Cinema St Andrews screening: The Brothers (1947)

Will Fyffe and Patricia Roc spent time at the Rusacks Hotel after filming the historical melodrama The Brothers in the Hebrides.

Fri 12th April 2013 19:00 to Sat 13th April 2013 20:00

Political Documentary: Workshop

Workshop featuring Michael Chanan, Jean-Michel Frodon and Mark Cousins in conversation.

Tue 16th April 2013 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Philip Schlesinger, Film agencies and film policy

Film agencies are a key expression of the nature of public support for film. Drawing on ongoing AHRC-funded research into the lifespan of the UKFC, this paper will reflect on the contemporary challenges posed by researching film agencies.

Tue 23rd April 2013 19:00 to 21:00

Cinema St Andrews screening: The Birds (1963)

The screening brings together historical footage of St Andrews with Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, a tale of terror and peril in a remote coastal town.