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Dear All, Sending this on behalf of my colleague, Dr Geetha J, who has organised a brilliant film programme to mark International Women's Day on March 8th. All welcome. It's a free event but registration is required and the deadline is tomorrow (March 2nd) at 5pm. Dr Ian McDonald Director, Film@CultureLab Director, Research Centre for Film & Digital Media Culture Lab, Newcastle University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU Telephone: +44 (0)191 2226538 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/ian.mcdonald Hello All, We are pleased to announce that Kim Longinotto will be joining us on March 8 for a Women & Cinema Day to mark the International Women's Day. Do join us at Film@CultureLab! Pls see below and attached. And do circulate to other colleagues and students. Thanks Geetha Welcome to Film@CultureLab on Women’s Day Film@CultureLab presents A Film Praxis Screening & Seminar Series event Supported by the Research Centre for Film at Newcastle University Women & Cinema Day with Kim Longinotto! Wednesday 8 March 2017, 10am-6pm The Ballroom, Culture Lab Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kim Longinotto will present her latest film Dreamcatchers as part of the Women & Cinema Day organized by Film Praxis to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8. Kim Longinotto will also be talking about her journey as a woman director making films about women. Sheffield International Documentary Festival Deputy Director Melanie Iredale will lead a conversation with Kim. AV Festival Director Rebecca Shatwell and musician-activist Hannabiell Sanders will take part in the Day. Tina Gharavi and Geetha J, two filmmakers based at the University, will present their first films and talk about why and how they entered filmmaking. Leading academics from the University, Karen Ross (Professor of Gender and Media) and Deborah Chambers (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies) will also be speaking at the event. The event is free but tickets are limited. To secure your place you need to register here<http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=12145><http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=12145>. Deadline is 5pm on Thursday 2nd March. For further details about the event, contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The schedule: 9.30 am Registration Session 1 10.00 – 10.30 Closer (UK, 2000, 24mins) – Tina Gharavi 10.30 – 11.15 Woman with a Video Camera (India, 2005, 42 mins) – Geetha J 11.15 – 12.00 Q&A –Tina Gharavi and Geetha J with Rebecca Shatwell 12.00 – 12.15 Coffee Session 2 12.15 – 12.30 Talk by Kim Longinotto 12.30 – 1.15 In Conversation with Melanie Iredale and Prof Deborah Chambers 1.15 – 2.15 Lunch will be provided Session 3 2.15 – 4.15 Dreamcatchers (UK, 2015, 104 mins) - Kim Longinotto 4.15 – 5.00 Respondents: Hannabiell Sanders and Prof Karen Ross 5.00 – 6.00 Reception with wine and snacks Dr Geetha Jayaraman || Film Praxis Convener || Film@CultureLab <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/film/news/item/womencinemaday.html>http://www.ncl.ac.uk/film/news/item/womencinemaday.html -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------