Department of Film Studies

The new BAFTSS Autumn 2012 issue of Frames Cinema Journal is now available online.

The latest edition of Frames is available online now. The table of contents is below - follow the link to the journal's pages.

Dr Leshu Torchin's new book out now

Creating the Witness examines the role of film and the Internet in creating virtual witnesses to genocide over the past one hundred years. Leshu Torchin’s broad survey of media and the social practices around it investigates the development of popular understandings of genocide to achieve recognition and response, ultimately calling on viewers to act on behalf of human rights.

Professor Dina Iordanova Invited Lecture in Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS)

The Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) organizes as part of its Reimagining the Global seminar series the lecture "Change Management: Globalisation and Cinematic Narratives of Post-Communism" by Prof. Dina Iordanova, Chair in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews on Thursday November 29, 16.30-18.00 at Room 101a, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18

Call for Papers - CFS Symposium: Texture in Film

The Centre for Film Studies announces its call for papers for the Texture in Film symposium, next March. 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.

Marian Crisan, award-winning Romanian filmmaker, to visit St Andrews

Award winning Romanian filmmaker Marian Crisan will present his film Morgen to St. Andrews audiences at 8pm on Tuesday 13 November 2012 at the Byre Theatre in St Andrews. The film screening is part of the season Global Cinema at the Byre, a joint initiative of the Centre of Film Studies at the University of St Andrews and the Byre Theatre, to bring outstanding independent world cinema to St. Andrews. Marian will introduce the film and answer any questions from the audience after the screening.