News and Events

Here you will find our latest news stories and upcoming events.

Film Screening at Tyneside Cinema, Q&A with the Director: We The Workers (Wenhai Huang 2017)
Film Screening at Tyneside Cinema including Q&A with the Director: We The Workers (Wenhai Huang 2017)

published on: 3 May 2017
Women & Cinema Day with Kim Longinotto!
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.

published on: 27 February 2017
Weimar Slapstick: American Eccentrics, German Grotesques and Hollywood Comedy Re-Functioned
Weimar Slapstick: American Eccentrics, German Grotesques and Hollywood Comedy Re-Functioned

published on: 9 February 2017
Film Praxis Screening and Seminar Series: Talk by Nick Broomfield

published on: 19 October 2016
Becoming a Woman at the Pictures: Girls and cinema-going in 1950s Italy

published on: 21 September 2016
Institute shortlisted for prestigious Times Higher Education Awards 2016

published on: 13 September 2016
Creative Arts & Research Matters

published on: 12 September 2016
Cuba is My Brand, 15th September

published on: 12 September 2016

Newcastle PhD Student wins North East Visual Artist of the Year

published on: 19 May 2016
Putting a new face on the story of migration

published on: 19 May 2016
'Holocaust memorialisation and the archival turn' Dora Osborne,19th May

published on: 19 May 2016
Acclaimed filmmaker appointed Visiting Professor of Film Practice
Award-winning British filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah OBE has been appointed Visiting Professor of Film Practice by Newcastle University, UK.

published on: 2 March 2016
Interview with John Akomfrah
Interview with John Akomfrah (Times Higher, p24) The award-winning British film-maker and Newcastle University Film @CultureLab visiting professor talks about diversity at the Oscars, the possibilities for British film-makers and the vital importance of film-making pedagogy.

published on: 2 March 2016
Chasing the Story: Storytelling in TV, Film, Radio and for Stage

published on: 26 January 2016
MILAN Film Festival 2016: 15th-19th February 2016
MILAN Film Festival 2016 15th-19th February 2016: Medicine in Literature and the Arts at Newcastle. A week of film screenings and discussion that explores how movies and books can enrich our understanding of what it means to be human and how collaboration with the arts and humanities can broaden medical education. Open to all staff and students at Newcastle University.

published on: 20 January 2016
Speaking the Same Language

published on: 6 January 2016

Patrick Keiller (in partnership with the Tyneside Cinema)
Public Lecture: Patrick Keiller (in partnership with the Tyneside Cinema). Architecture, Planning and Landscape Public Lecture Series. Patrick Keiller studied and practised architecture between before studying in the Department of Environmental Media at the Royal College of Art. He has been making films since 1981, which have been widely screened, internationally and in the UK.

published on: 6 January 2016
Creative Saturdays - a workshop with Debbie Horsfield and John Yorke

published on: 9 December 2015
Newcastle and Northumbria Networking Event
Newcastle and Northumbria networking event for researchers whose work incorporates any aspect of research or practice in film and/or television.

published on: 2 December 2015
Post-conflict Cinema in Peru: Contested and Latent Memories in Contemporary Documentary
Post-conflict Cinema in Peru: Contested and Latent Memories in Contemporary Documentary: Prof Alonso Quinteros (Pontificía Universidad Católica del Peru), 25th November 2015

published on: 24 November 2015