Upcoming Conference
Anglo-French cinematic relations since 1930
An International conference hosted by Film Studies, University of
Southampton, and supported by the AHRC
September 14-16 2007
Despite the close geographical, political and cultural links between
France and Britain, the dynamics of Anglo-French cinematic relations
remain critically understudied. While numerous Anglophone studies have
been written on French film - and indeed Francophone studies on
British film - rarely do these works account for the dialectical
interplay between the two at the levels of production, distribution,
exhibition and reception. In order to redress this balance, this
conference is aimed at an examination of the two-way flow of cinematic
traffic between France and Britain from 1930 to the present day,
filling significant gaps in our knowledge of British and French film
and film personnel in transit, and what this reveals about the
respective cultures. The conference will hopefully also have
implications for the study of Anglo-French relations more generally,
and the study of European cinema as a whole, as it moves away from the
Hollywood / Europe axis which has dominated studies of cross-cultural
traffic, replacing it with an engagement with inter-European exchange.
The event will run in conjunction with a special exhibition, 'French
Cinema in Britain, 1930-present' and a series of screenings, to take
place at the Harbour Lights Cinema
<http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=hlsh> ,
Southampton.
Keynotes
Keynote addresses will be given by:
* Sarah Street
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/colonialstudies/people/personal/sstreet.html>
* Robert Tombs
<http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/academic_staff/further_details/tombs.html>
* Ginette Vincendeau
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/film/staff/vincendeau.html>
Registration now open
Download: conference registration form
<http://www.film.soton.ac.uk/francebritain/registration_form.doc>
(Word doc, 44Kb)
Download: conference programme
<http://www.film.soton.ac.uk/francebritain/prog.doc> (Word doc, 82Kb)
Please return registration forms with payment to Catherine Wheatley,
Film Studies, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ.
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Iain Robert Smith
Doctoral Student
Institute of Film and Television
School of American and Canadian Studies
University of Nottingham
University Park
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