Film Studies at @unisouthampton. Tweets about the department's interests, events and activities for past, present and future students (& everyone else too).
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Congrats to Dr Dominic Topp and his co-authors on this excellent new publication!
How can video essays transform Film Studies teaching and assessment? Explore the opportunities and challenges of videographic criticism in higher education in this new open-access article:
🎬 Special Screening + Director Q&A
Films to Die For dir. Prof Lúcia Nagib
🗓 Thu 19 March 2026, 6 pm
📍 Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton
Q&A chaired by Dr Ruby Cheung (UoS)
🎟 Book now: picturehouses.com/movie-deta…
And last but not least, congratulations to Dr Zoë Viney Burgess, whose “Ciné-Clubs and the Elision of Women's Labour” has been nominated in the practice award for “Best Videographic Criticism”!
Taking place this afternoon!
On Tuesday 3rd March, Nan Zhou (PGR, @filmuos) will give a research seminar titled "'From ‘Girls with Guns’ to ‘Grannies with Guns’: The Martial Arts Legacies of Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock from Hong Kong to Hollywood" Please do join us at 4pm in LTB, Avenue Campus.
On Tuesday 3rd March, Nan Zhou (PGR, @filmuos) will give a research seminar titled "'From ‘Girls with Guns’ to ‘Grannies with Guns’: The Martial Arts Legacies of Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock from Hong Kong to Hollywood" Please do join us at 4pm in LTB, Avenue Campus.
The Film Department @unisouthampton recently welcomed Professor Anna-Marie van Vuuren and Dikabelo Motlogelwa from Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa, as part of a Faculty of Arts and Humanities International Collaboration Award led by Dr Berenike Jung.
On Saturday 14th March, Dr. Berenike Jung (@filmuos) will be in conversation with artist and filmmaker Melanie Manchot at the John Hansard Gallery, discussing the current exhibition "In Darkness and Night." (13:30-15:00, tickets free: jhg.art/events/in-conversati…)
Tomorrow, as part of @unisouthampton's LGBTQ+ history month events, we are holding a free screening of NIGHTHAWKS (Ron Peck, 1978), with a short introduction by Dr. Robert Mills (@filmuos). All welcome to attend at 4pm in Lecture Theatre B (Avenue Campus)!
On Tuesday 17th Feb, we will be welcoming Dr. Jacqueline Ristola (@BristolUni), who will give a talk titled "'He Knows a Real Woman When He Sees One': Determining Trans Representation in Animation." Please do join us at 4pm in Lecture Theatre B (Avenue Campus).
Do join us for our first research seminar of the semester, taking place this afternoon (4:15pm) in Lecture Theatre B (Avenue Campus)!
On Tuesday 10th Feb, we will be welcoming Prof. Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren (Tshwane University of Technology), who will give a talk titled "The Evolution of Afrikaans Film: From Apartheid Propaganda to Cultural Preservation." Please do join us at 4:15pm in LTB (Avenue Campus).
Out today via @BloomsburyAcad: "Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy: Architecture, Innovation, Labour, Politics, 1930-60" co-authored by our very own Professor Tim Bergfelder! More details here: bloomsbury.com/uk/film-studi…
Our film studies colleague Dr Louis Bayman will be speaking on a panel at Melo-dramarama - a day-long event exploring the history, styles and mechanics of the melodrama around the world at @BFI
more info & full programme 🎥👇
whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/de…