Research Centre for Film and Digital Media

Current Projects

Current Projects

Our researchers are working on a variety of film and media projects, from the history of film stardom to a documentary on modern slavery in prison.

Colours of the Alphabet is a documentary film about Zambian children's first experiences of learning English, instead of their mother-tongue, at school.
Colours of the Alphabet
Film Praxis is a theme that explores practical filmmaking informed by theory and the intertwining of research and practice.
Film Praxis
Filmmaker Tina Gharavi is exploring worsening social issues arising from the current prison-for-profit system.
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary
Andrew Shail is looking at the first film stardom-building publicity campaigns that took place in 1909-10.
The Emergence of Film Stardom in Europe & North America
We played host to the 10th anniversary of the China Independent Film Festival Celebration UK.
10th Anniversary of the China Independent Film Festival UK Celebration
A post-conflict image from cinema in Peru. Our research theme looks at films dealing with post-war cultures across the globe.
Film & Visual Cultures in Post-Conflict Societies
Our researcher Yang Li conducted fieldwork at the Lhasa Film Festival in Tibet.
Lhasa Film Festival (LSFF)
A still from the Algorithms film shoot
Algorithms