Screening of General Cartoon (Tha Du, 1963) + Q&A with Okkar Maung
Please join us for a special screening of the recently restored Burmese film General Cartoon (Tha Du, 1963) followed by Q&A with Director of Save Myanmar Film, Okkar Maung (on …
News
Forthcoming Event: Gleaners, Devils and Pits: Bolivian Mining Community Films
The Centre for Screen Cultures is delighted to announce the first in-person event of our calendar for the new academic year! Please join us in School V, 4.00pm-5.30pm, on Wednesday …
World premiere of Nguyễn Trinh Thí’s How to Improve the World (2021)
In September, the Centre for Screen Cultures will partner with Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival (10/9 -12/9) and will co-host the world premiere of Nguyễn Trinh Thí’s How to Improve …
News: The Urgency of Participatory Small Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Playlist contributors and advisory board members Patricia Zimmerman and Dale Hudson have published a reflection on their playlists and “The Urgency of Participatory Small Media during the Covid-19 Pandemic” at the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM)
International Collaboration with Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival and Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) has launched a three-way international collaboration with the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) and the Centre for Screen Cultures Playlist initiative at the University of St. Andrews Scotland to showcase playlists about online media projects about COVID-19.
Thinking Aloud Event: The Handmaid’s Tale
Join us for a public conversation on The Handmaid’s Tale and its multiple cultural and political expressions featuring scholars from Film Studies, International Relations, Philosophy, and Russian as well as you, the audience. We will explore ways of approaching this phenomenon (and Atwood’s recently released sequel, The Testaments) so that we may investigate its significance and the issues it raises.
Live Film Screening: Wunder der Schöpfung and Herschel 36
The acclaimed sound duo Herschel 36 provide a live accompaniment of experimental soundscapes that breathe new life into a classic Weimar-eraprecursor to Cosmos, Wunder der Schöpfung (1926), 26th October at the Byre.
DocSalon 3 “Is Empathy Enough?”
On 29th July, the third annual DocSalon took place at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Our subject for discussion: Is Empathy Enough?