FLM5202-Contemporary World Cinemas-2024/25

This module provides a diverse cinematic palette, focussing on films, filmmaking formulations and new aspects of non-Anglophone cinemas from regions outside Europe and the US. Module sessions will cover multifaceted aspects of cinema creation, burgeoning film movements and industry dynamics whilst also studying established and emerging filmmakers. The broad geographic stretch will be combined with a specific focus on the current cinematic terrain of countries including Chile, Argentina, India, Iran, China, Senegal and South Africa. The module also includes investigations of recent and ongoing transformations, such as the magnified visibility of female filmmakers from the Middle East and the rise of new Indian Indie cinema as a competitor to Bollywood. Deconstructing and problematising the contentious term ‘world cinema’ itself, the module’s ultimate goal is to undertake a decolonising perspective on global cinemas.