🌟 We are extremely proud to celebrate the tremendous achievement of our alumnus Dylan Huw (BA Liberal Arts @kingsinterhums.bsky.social with a Major in Film Studies, 2014-2017), who has been selected to represent Wales at the 2026 Venice Biennale!

👏 Congratulations to Professor Erica Carter @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social and Professor David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social @kingsphilosophy.bsky.social, who have been elected to the British Academy Fellowship for 2025! @britishacademy.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

🎟️ On 23 July, join us at 91-93 Great Portland St for a screening and live score experience featuring our alumnus Raphael Chipperfield's (MA Film Studies, 2013) short film 'nineteen seventy nineteen seventy one'. Book your tickets ⤵️

📕 ‘I was surprised to see that there is a continuity from the 1970s to contemporary Korean cinema – that the girl figure is still associated with unproductivity.' Professor @jinheechoi-kcl.bsky.social's new book is the first English-language monograph to focus on girlhood and South Korean cinema ⬇️

🌍 Professor Erica Carter, Professor of German and Film, participates in a panel discussion on archival research in West Africa, hosted by LITAID, @kingsenglish.bsky.social & the Global Cultures Institute. 📆 11 June 📍@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🔗 Sign-up to attend 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/worki...

💬 'The constellation of Wanda’s genealogies and Loden’s legacies continue to inspire generations of filmmakers, writers and artists.' Dr Elena Gorfinkel @cinemiasma.bsky.social ‬curated the new BFI season 'Wanda and Beyond: The World of Barbara Loden', which is taking place throughout June 2025 ⤵️

🎤 KCL Film Society is hosting a special 20th Anniversary Screening of The Room (2003) with @gregsestero.bsky.social, co-star of The Room, New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Disaster Artist and independent filmmaker. 🗓️ 14 May, 18:30 📍 Strand Campus Book your ticket 🔽

👏 Khartoum, Sudanese-UK documentary completed with input from King’s academics from @kingsdh.bsky.social and @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social has won the Peace Film Prize and got a special mention in the Amnesty International Film Award at the #2025Berlinale. Learn more about our contribution 🔽

🏆 What do @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social academics think about the #2025Oscars winners? Read their reviews 🔽 ▪️ A Real Pain: buff.ly/6t6yreO ▪️ I'm Still Here: buff.ly/oeTo6S1 ▪️ No Other Land: buff.ly/GXNBcRi #97AcademyAwards

🎬 'Magnus von Horn’s gothic fairytale is set in post-World War I Copenhagen, but its horrifying reality does not feel so far from our own.' Professor Catherine Wheatley reviews The Girl with the Needle, nominated for Best International Feature Film at the #Oscars2025 🔽

📽️ There’s Always Tomorrow + ScreenTalk with Elena Gorfinkel, John David Rhodes & Joanna Hogg 🗓️ 13 March 📍 Barbican Cinemas Screened on 35mm, this film’s richly detailed mise-en-scène gains new resonance through the lens of 'The Prop' by Elena Gorfinkel @cinemiasma.bsky.social & John David Rhodes ⬇️

🎞️ 'I’m Still Here’s cautionary tale for the present may be curtailed by the fact that its emotional core is placed so firmly in mourning its past'. Read Dr Belén Vidal's review of I'm Still Here, triple #Oscars2025 nominee, for @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️ #97AcademyAwards

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