There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module will further your knowledge of contemporary world cinema by examining selected case studies drawn from European, Middle Eastern, and Asian cinema. The examples will display a diverse range of film practices from different national cinemas. Particular emphasis is put on realist movements and new waves cinemas, with case studies from Denmark, Italy, Germany, France, China, Japan, South Korea, and Iran etc. This module places particular emphasis on issues surrounding national identities, genre and film authorship. While focusing on national identity and national film style, this module will also problematize the concept of ‘national cinema’ by examining transnational interaction, co-production and cross-cultural appropriation in world cinema because of the global circulation of money, commodities, information, and people. There will be weekly lectures, screenings followed by class discussions.

LO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the historical, theoretical and methodological issues involved in the analysis of world cinema.
LO2: Examine the historical complexities of the symbiotic nature of the relationship between cinema as mass media and the nation-state in various national cinemas across the globe.
LO3: Identify major aesthetic and industrial trends in world cinema since the late twentieth century.
LO4: Undertake close textual analysis of films and film studies literature of world cinema.