The Department of Film and Screen Media presents a Research Seminar with Mariana Liz - Class and Gender in Small Nation Cinemas: the case of Portugal and Ana Rocha de Sousa’s Listen on Tuesday 21st of February at 4pm in the FSM Auditoriun - Kane Building Basement Room B10.B.

This talk addresses the ubiquitous global presence and popularity of crime cinema by analysing its capacity to express local, national or regional identities while at the same time being able to facilitate transborder cultural exchanges. Transculturalism is strongly embedded in this genre through both its ability to incorporate and process transnational influences (in terms of style, subgenres, and social criticism) and through its modes of production, cultural circulation, and critical understanding. Starting from an overview of European Crime cinema as a vehicle to address European transcultural identities, the talk will look at influences and exchanges between contemporary European and Asian productions to focus eventually on an analysis of Johnnie To's Vengeance (復仇, Hong Kong/France, 2009).

Things Jazz Gave Me: television documentary and ethnographic fictions - a research seminar with Dr Nicolas Pillai 7th February at 4pm, Film and Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building basement, Room B10.B

Getting your documentary made: Navigating the commissioning process for the first time. A Documentary Workshop with award winning Irish documentary filmmaker David Burke - FSM Auditorium, Kane Building Basement, Room B10.B Friday 10th February at 10 am.

Deac Rossell will discuss his career in cinema as a film journalist for publications such as Boston After Dark, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine and The Boston Globe as well as his work as a programmer for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Directors Guild of America, the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the National Film Theatre, London.

Please note that the closing date for the Quercus Scholarship is Thursday, 2 February 2023 at 4.30pm. This undergraduate scholarship can be worth up to €10,500 per year.

UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence Maximilian Le Cain will begin his year-long residency with a series of four lunchtime talks that are open to the public.    

The Department of Film and Screen Media presents a Masterclass with Gráinne Humphreys, Tuesday January 17th at 3.30pm.

The Film Artist in Residence role, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is jointly funded by the Arts Council and UCC. It is designed to provide a film artist of distinction with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment, while offering students and staff of Film & Screen Media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies and wider cultural involvement in campus life.