Past Events from 2017-18

Date: 24 October 2017
Location:: A48 Sir Clive Granger Building
Description: Dr Aynne Kokas, University of Virginia (USA), Co-organised by the Institute for Screen Industries Research and the China Policy Institute

Date: 25 October 2017
Description: This talk examines the representation of death and the dead on television. In doing so, it moves off from work on death on film to think about the ways in which television mediates death for its viewers, providing encounters with death which may be disturbing or reassuring, offering viewers the frisson of an engagement with our own mortality or holding death at a safe distance from everyday life. I will explore a series of 'death genres' on television, including the 'human body' documentary, the anatomy spectacular, and televisual encounters with assisted dying during this paper.

Date: 25 January 2018
Location:: Lakeside Arts
Description: Film scholars and filmmakers come together to discuss the status quo of documentary filmmaking in China, as well as the opportunities and challenges that young filmmakers face in transnational screen industries.

Date: 05 - 06 February 2018
Location:: Trent Building
Description: A workshop, comprising two half-day sessions, will bring together queer scholars and activists to discuss key issues concerning queer activism in contemporary China.

Date: 05 February 2018
Location:: LG101 Trent Building
Description: Leading Chinese queer filmmaker He Xiaopei discusses her film Our Marriages: When Lesbians Marry Gay Men (dir. He Xiaopei and Yuan Yuan, 2013, Mandarin with English subtitle, 41 min.)

Date: 05 February 2018
Location:: Performing Arts Studio
Description: In this artist talk, Whiskey Chow will share her experience as a queer and feminist activist and her performance art pieces to explore how art and activism interact with each other.

Date: 06 - 08 February 2018
Location:: University Park
Description: Leading Chinese queer filmmaker Fan Popo will visit the University of Nottingham in February. During his visit, Fan will hold film screenings and Q&As, give talks and workshops to students, attend research workshops, and meet CFM students and staff. This event is part of the University of Nottingham's LGBT History Month.

Date: 09 March 2018
Location:: University Park Nottingham
Description: Institute for Screen Industries Research presents Directors Mabel Cheun and Alex Law in conversation

Date: 09 March 2018
Location:: Great Hall Trent Building UPC
Description: Professor Gina Marchetti, University of Hong Kong, joins Directors Mabel Cheung and Alex Law in Conversation on Making films inside and outside Hong Kong

Date: 01 May 2018
Description: See the first three episodes of a brand new nine-part comedy series made for web-viewing by London-based 4Quarter Films, and meet the Producers – including University of Nottingham alumna Natasha Jatania - in a post-show conversation.

Date: 08 May 2018
Location:: A40 Clive Granger
Description: Andy Bryant (Director of Creative at Red Bee Media and Honorary Professor in Culture, Film and Media) will be talking about the challenges and opportunities facing the broadcast and marketing sectors, what the needs of these sectors will be going forward and providing advice for those interested in entering into the industry. The event is targeted at all students, both UG and PG, and everyone from the school is welcome.

Date: 23 May 2018
Location:: 14a Long Row, Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham NG1 6HL
Description: ?Hongwei Bao's new book on queer China is the first book to look at gay identitiy and queer activism in the People's Republic of China from a cultural studies perspective.

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