Co-hosted by the Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, the Centres for Film and Media Studies and for Migration and 

 Diaspora Studies at SOAS, in association with the Screen Studies Group, University of London, and the Ciné Lumière

The Diasporic Family in Cinema

Conference

21 May 2011

9.30-16.30

at SOAS, University of 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.

Conference convener: Dr Daniela Berghahn (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Conference speakers:

• Keynote: Professor Stella Bruzzi (University of Warwick)

• 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, independent filmmaker (Desire), 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, producer (East is East and West is West)

    Registration    

Registration at the conference is required of all attendees.  All participants must register by 12pm on 20 May 2011. 
Registration Rate: £18  (fee includes attendance at the conference, tea/coffee/water breaks and light lunch)  

Book online: www.soas.ac.uk/centresoffice/events/ 

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    Film Screening    

When We Leave (Feo Aladag, Germany, 2010), a multi award-wining film and Germany’s Oscar nomination for 2011, will be shown at the Ciné Lumière at 6 p.m., followed by a Q&A session with the director

Tickets available from the Ciné Lumière Box Office: 

• Tel  +44 (0)20 7073 1350  
• www.institut-francais.org.uk/book

    Far Flung Families in Film    

The research project  examines the representation of the diasporic family in contemporary cinema. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Great Britain. The website is an interactive resource, providing information about relevant films, forthcoming events and podcasts of conference panels. You are warmly invited to share your thoughts by commenting on film entries, blogs and podcasts. Further details: www.farflungfamilies.net/

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