Cinema Studies

Scholar Strike

ACTING HEAD’S STATEMENT RE: SCHOLAR’S STRIKE

Scholar Strike Canada, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, has called for a two-day strike/teach-in by academics across the country on September 9 and 10.

Stefan Sunandan Honisch

Questions of Disability and Access in Teaching and Research.

Stefan Sunandan Honisch, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in our faculty, is an active participant in such discussions with his expertise in accessibility.

Alt text: 19 people sitting and standing around a dining room table in a family home that was used as the set. All are wearing masks and most are wearing face shields. There is a camera in the middle of the table. The little boy in the front on the left has two thumbs up. You can see that people’s eyes are smiling.

Film Production’s Ian Tan and Shiun Okada Shoot “Bridges” During the Pandemic.

It was tricky to shoot, but even trickier to produce, “said Shiun.  “It was great to be back on set and to be following guidelines to keep everyone safe.”

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Acting Head’s Statement on UBC Complaints Process Regarding Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination

As part of the Department of Theatre and Film’s actions to combat systemic racism, I wish to make the UBC bullying, harassment, and discrimination complaints process, by which our department is bound, as transparent as possible to all of our students and alumni. Grounds for complaints: In determining the grounds for complaints, all employees and […]

Cinema and Media Studies PhD Gerrit Krueper virtually presents at the Robophilosophy Conference 2020!

Cinema and Media Studies PhD Gerrit Krueper virtually presents at the Robophilosophy Conference 2020!

This year, the topic of this international research conference is “Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics.”

Sidney Chiu

Congratulations to Alumnus Sidney Chiu on your Alumni Builder Award!

Sidney Chiu has been recognized as the well-deserved 2019-2020 Arts recipient.

Rex Theatre, 25 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, opened December 20, 1913.

Cinema and Media Studies Professor Brian McIlroy publishes in BC Studies!

“The Rise of Film Censorship and Regulation of Picture-Houses in British Columbia, 1910-1915”, provides a case study of British Columbia’s governmental approach to the film business in the early 1910s.

Statement on Anti-racism and A Call to Action

Statement on Anti-racism and a Call to Action.

The Department of Theatre and Film acknowledges that we have been participants in the oppressive structures that have allowed this state of injustice to remain the status quo.

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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant (SSHRC)

Professor Lisa Coulthard, Alum Lindsay Steenberg, and Cinema and Media Studies PhD, Gabrielle Berry, present at the Music and Moving Image Conference (MAMI)!

Thursday, May 28, 2020. Photo: Keanu Reeves in John Wicks, directed by Chad Stahelski, written by Derek Kolstad.