[ecrea] Conference The Diasporic Family in Cinema

*The Diasporic Family in Cinema*

*21 May 2011*

Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London,

Russell Square, London

and Ciné Lumière, 17 Queensberry Place, London


The conference examines the representation of the diasporic family in 
contemporary European cinema, Hollywood and Bollywood. It provides a 
platform for dialogue with filmmakers and producers and aims to explore 
how they negotiate between their artistic ambitions, the demands of the 
public funding bodies and the market in their construction of diasporic 
family life on screen.

In conjunction with the conference, there will be a film screening of 
/When We Leave/ (/Die Fremde/, dir. Feo Aladag, Germany 2010) at the 
Ciné Lumiére, starting at 6pm, followed by a Q&A session with the director.

Confirmed speakers: Professor Stella Bruzzi, University of Warwick 
(Keynote); Dr Feo Aladag, independent filmmaker (/When We Leave/); Dr 
Daniela Berghahn, Royal Holloway, University of London, Professor Rachel 
Dwyer, SOAS, University of London; Gareth Jones, Scenario Films 
(/Desire/) and BABYLON; Dr Sarita Malik, Brunel University; Dr Claudia 
Sternberg, University of Leeds; Sandhya Suri, independent filmmaker (/I 
for India/); Professor Carrie Tarr, Kingston University; Leslee Udwin, 
Assassin Films, producer of /East is East /and/ West is West/

Please visit the project website for further details and an up-to-date 
conference programme:

http://www.farflungfamilies.net/events/item/the_diasporic_family_in_cinema

Advance conference registration by 20 May 2011 is required of all 
attendees. Please book online at: 
http://www.soas.ac.uk/centresoffice/events/ or contact the Centres & 
Programmes Office, SOAS on (events /at/ soas.ac.uk) <mailto:(events /at/ soas.ac.uk)> 
or Tel +44 (0)20 7898 4892.

Tickets for the film screening are available from the Ciné Lumière Box 
Office: Tel  +44 (0)20 7073 1350 or www.institut-francais.org.uk/book 
<http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/book>

/The conference is co-hosted by the Department of Media Arts, Royal 
Holloway, the Centre for Media and Film Studies, SOAS, and the Centre 
for Migration and Diaspora Studies, SOAS, in association with the Screen 
Studies Group, University of London, the Goethe Institute and the Ciné 
Lumière. It is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. /