This section of the ‘Liberation Struggles: The “Falling of the Empire” and the Birth (Through Images) of the African Nations’ Conference took place on 27 January 2016 at the University…Read More >
Videos
Jacques Rancière – ‘Cinema and the Frontiers of Art’ (CFAC Inaugural Lecture)
This lecture took place on 2 May 2014 at the University of Reading. Abstract: Ars gratia artis, the three words written on the scroll surrounding the head of the roaring…Read More >
Dudley Andrew – ‘André Bazin’s Dark Passage’ (CFAC Public Lecture)
This lecture took place on 21 October 2014 at the University of Reading, UK. Abstract: Bazin’s philosophy of cinema can be linked on one side to his association with actual…Read More >
In Conversation with Director Walter Salles (Opening Conference Event)
This event took place on 30 April 2015 at the University of Reading as part of the ‘World Cinema and the Film Essay’ conference. A conversation between Prof Lúcia Nagib…Read More >
Laura Mulvey – ‘Thinking Through and Across a Pan-European Director’ (CFAC Public Lecture)
This lecture took place on 22 January 2015 Abstract: Max Ophuls succeeded in developing and maintaining his own signature cinematic style across his difficult, peripatetic career. While La signora di…Read More >
World Cinema and the Essay Film Conference Keynote by Prof Timothy Corrigan
This keynote address took place on 1 May 2015 at the University of Reading as part of the ‘World Cinema and the Film Essay’ conference.
Lúcia Nagib – ‘Colonialism as Atmosphere in “Tabu” and “The Murmuring Coast”‘
This presentation for the 'Liberation Struggles: The "Falling of the Empire" and the Birth (Through Images) of the African Nations' Conference took place on 27 January 2016 at the University...Read More >
Maria do Carmo Piçarra – ‘Colonial Reflections’
'Colonial Reflections: Aleph as an Action-Research Platform to Criticize Colonial Imaginaries' This presentation for the 'Liberation Struggles: The "Falling of the Empire" and the Birth (Through Images) of the African...Read More >
Debate: ‘Horse Money’, a film by Pedro Costa
A discussion between Professor Lúcia Nagib (director of CFAC, University of Reading) and Professor José Manuel Costa (director of Cinemateca Portuguesa, Museu do Cinema) following a screening of 'Horse Money'...Read More >
