International Conference 3 April – 1 May 2015 – Minghella Studios Cinema, University of Reading Organised by CFAC, this event served as the opening for the ‘World Cinema and the Essay…Read More >
Essayism and Contemporary Film Narrative by Professor Timothy Corrigan
Keynote address by Professor Timothy Corrigan for the ‘World Cinema and the Essay Film’ conference 30 April – 2 May 2015 – Minghella Studios Cinema, University of Reading In his…Read More >
Media Flows: Intercultural and Cross-Media Perspectives : Workshop by Dr Peter Schulze, University of Bremen
23 April – 6 May 2015 Dr Schulze visited CFAC from 23 April to 6 May, funded by Erasmus +. He was conducting an intensive programme of activities, including the…Read More >
Disappearing War : Cinema and the politics of erasure in the war on terror
13 April 2015 – Minghella Building, University of Reading This interdisciplinary research workshop was organised by Dr Lisa Purse and Dr Christina Hellmich and took place at the Minghella Studios…Read More >
Thinking through and across a pan-European director : Public Lecture by Professor Laura Mulvey
22 January 2015 Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Building, University of Reading Max Ophuls succeeded in developing and maintaining his own signature cinematic style across his difficult, peripatetic career. While La signora…Read More >
André Bazin’s Dark Passage : Public Lecture by Professor Dudley Andrew (Yale University)
21 October 2014 – Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Building, University of Reading Bazin’s philosophy of cinema can be linked on one side to his association with actual philosophy (the existentialism rife…Read More >
Cinema and the Frontiers of Art : CFAC Inaugural Lecture by Emeritus Professor Jacques Rancière
2 May 2014 – Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Building, University of Reading Ars gratia artis, the three words written on the scroll surrounding the head of the roaring lion at the…Read More >