Department of Film Studies

Tue 20th May 2008 17:15 to 19:15

Centre for Film Studies Talk: Professor John Hill: ‘What were these guys up to?’: Shifting perspectives in film studies

After the Postgraduate conference, Professor John Hill will chart out recent transformations film studies, reviewing the shifts in perspective in the study of film.

Tue 20th May 2008 09:45 to 19:00

3rd Annual Film Studies Postgraduate Conference

Our Postgraduates convene to present their work on subjects ranging from Istanbul's early cinema audiences to Michael Haneke's cinema. Please join us for a stimulating day.

Thu 15th May 2008 09:30 to 18:00

Film Studies Annual Postgraduate Study Day: Sex in the Cinema

What is the role of sex in mainstream cinema? When is sex art and when is it pornography? Art cinema has a long tradition of making films with sexually explicit scenes. How is the line drawn differently in different contexts of world cinema? This study day explores these questions in round table discussions and a paper from guest speaker, Professor Linda Ruth Williams: "I know it when I see it": Sex, simulation and classification in mainstream cinema since the 1990s.

Mon 12th May 2008 18:00 to 20:15

PALINDROMES followed by Q&A with one of the film's actors, Hannah Freiman

Thirteen-year-old Aviva wants to be a mother and she goes through all lengths to do so, taking herself on a journey through America, from New Jersey’s suburbs to the Kansas heartland. The film is near impossible to classify: a comedy drama that touches on child abuse, abortion and disability that veers into the experimental with 8 different actors playing Aviva. Please stay for the Q&A with actor and St Andrews' student Hannah Freiman.

Tue 6th May 2008 17:15 to 19:15

Centre for Film Studies Talk: Dr Justin Smith on the British Cinema of the 1970s

Dr Justin Smith will speak on the British Cinema of the 1970s, interrogating the previous taste-based models of scholarship. He provides a fresh take on an issue that demands not only that we account for the widespread success of dubious fare, but that we examine exactly what passes critical muster.