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📢 #Vacancy alert – last chance to apply!
We are seeking two Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Film Studies.
Expertise: Cinemas of South Asia & the Global South, New Media theory, TV history, Documentary, Moving Image & Film/Media Practice as Research ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/jobs/104005-lectur…
ALT Lecturer speaking in front of a blurred audience. Caption reads: We're hiring! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Film Studies. Closing date: 4 February 2025.
🎬 This week, @sundancefest hosted the world premiere of Khartoum, a Sudanese-UK documentary featuring archival contributions from the ‘Sudan Memory’ project led by King’s academics.
Read more below 🔽
kcl.ac.uk/news/sudanese-docu…
📰 'Through displacement, war, and the destruction of cultural heritage, a groundbreaking Sudanese documentary, aided by King’s College London researchers, sheds light on the untold stories of Khartoum and its people.'
Coverage by @Independent ⤵️
independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
🎥 The Uganda Project, a new film by Dr @DanielMann1, Lecturer in Film Studies at King's, has been chosen to participate in CineMart 2025 film lab at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Read the story 🔽
kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-daniel-man…
#film #cinema #iffr
🎟️ The student-led Strand Film Festival returns for its 8th instalment, with an exciting programme of features, short films and discussions.
No matter what your interest, there's something for everyone, and best of all, tickets are free! ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/events/kcl-strand-…
📖 'Millennial South Korean cinema should grant girls the very girlhood that has long been denied to them.'
On 9 December, Professor @jinheechoi_kcl will discuss her upcoming book 'Forever Girls' (@OxUniPress) at the @BFI ⤵️
kcl.ac.uk/events/new-writing…
💡 How do key works from the New Korean Cinema respond to the films from the Golden Age?
On 5 December, please join us at the @BFI for a lecture delivered by Professor Steve Choe (@stevec32000) from @SFSU.
Get your tickets below ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/events/laugh-toget…
🎞️ Our new MA in Contemporary Art and the Moving Image is now available for applications!
The new programme, launched in partnership with @TheCourtauld, focuses on the intersection of contemporary art and film.
Learn more ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/news/the-best-of-t…
📽️ Low-budget, unauthorised imitations and adaptations of #Hollywood blockbusters have long been the butt of the joke.
But remakes of popular classics such as Star Wars indicate more than a disregard for copyright, according to Dr @iainrobertsmith ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlight/res…
⌛️ 'Long takes enable us to experience moments in life that are not always translatable.'
Actor and filmmaker Lee Kang-sheng spoke at King’s about his career, his working relationship with Tsai Ming-liang and his perception of time and care in cinema ⤵️
kcl.ac.uk/news/long-takes-al…
🎞️ When war broke out in #Sudan in 2023, a King’s project led by Professor Erica Carter aimed at preserving the work of Hussein Shariffe, one of the country’s most prominent cultural figures, took on new significance.
Discover 'Archiving the Exile' ⤵️
kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlight/act…
🗓️ On 10 September, join us for a conversation with an award-winning Taiwanese actor and filmmaker Lee Kang-sheng.
⏰ 18:15-20:15
📍 Bush House Auditorium
Book your ticket ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/events/conversatio…
The formidable Odessan filmmaker Kira Muratova enters the Criterion Collection, and this edition featuring a video interview with King's Film Studies' Elena Gorfinkel @cinemiasma
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS / THE LONG FAREWELL: TWO FILMS BY KIRA MURATOVA
Entering the Criterion Collection in August! criterion.com/boxsets/7479-b…
Thinking Cinema Otherwise: Professor Earl Jackson will discuss Japanese film theories & beyond in three events at King’s College London & @TheGardenCinema on 6, 7, and 9 June 2024, organised by Victor Fan. More info here: film-studies-research.er.kcl…
Coming up this Friday, join symposium organizer @norloll and many speakers presenting new research on British film before 1930 at The British Silent Film Festival Symposium! More details and how to book here: estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences… (and conference program below.)...1/
Full schedule and details of the British Silent Film Symposium here-- booking is essential! Friday May 17th @norloll 2/fin.
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Join colleagues for a conversation about AI remakes of Chris Marker's LA JETEE, May 23rd! Eventbrite link at link below...
AI 'Remakes' of La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962)
📅 Thursday 23 May
⏰ 15.00 - 17.00
🗣️ @tombrownfs (@kingsartshums @kingsfilm), @ubermonster, Joanna Zylinska (@kingsdh), @jor_caballero & @anoulajan
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/ai-remakes-…
Starting this evening through Monday, checkout King's Elena Gorfinkel's @cinemiasma curated 5 screening programme, GRANDMA'S GRAMMAR, at @OpenCityDocs opencitylondon.com/2024-fest…
Today is our last research seminar of Spring Term, "Book Night"- short presentations on forthcoming or recent publications by Ginette Vincendeau, Nick Helm-Grovas, Rosalind Galt, and Tom Brown. Chaired by Lawrence Napper.
@norloll
S-1.04, 5 p.m. - 6.30 p.m!
