Department of Film Studies

Tue 23rd October 2012 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Stefanie Van de Peer, Fragments of War and Animation in Arab Documentaries

In this talk, I will look at the presence and meaning of fragments of animation in two Syrian and Lebanese films, and illustrate the role and function of the hybrid form as a means through which filmmakers and their subjects who have experienced war and trauma, express themselves newly.

Tue 9th October 2012 17:15 to 19:00

CFS Talk: Jonathan Owen, Alain Robbe-Grillet in Slovakia: Transnational Encounters and the Art of the Coproduction

This talk will examine the two film celebrated French literary and cinematic experimentalist Alain Robbe-Grillet made in collaboration with Slovakia's Koliba studios, The Man Who Lies (1968) and Eden and After (1970) to explore national co-productions in 1960s European art cinema.

Fri 5th October 2012 11:24 to Wed 10th October 2012

From Silver Screen to the 18th Green

This week, as part of a collaboration between Dunhill and the University, we are celebrating St Andrews' star-studded history through a small exhibition at the Old Course Hotel entitled "From Silver Screen to the 18th Green".