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[ecrea] Conference The Diasporic Family in Cinema

Mon Mar 07 21:31:46 GMT 2011


*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. /



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