Film Studies Theses
Focusing on the transnational and the peripheral elements of film, we develop and expand the entire realm of film scholarship. Working on areas from Deleuze to Korean cinema, from digital cinema to Eastern Europe, from transnational auteurs to documentary and activist films, and many areas in between, we promise a vibrant and engaging research environment for students and scholars.
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Recent Submissions
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Film festivalisation : the rise of the film festival in the UK's postindustrial cities
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThis study presents an examination of three diverse film festivals that are based in postindustrial cities in the UK. It takes the view that all film festivals are intrinsically bound to and affected by their host location. ... -
Making meaning of Laurence Olivier : reading queer sensibilities in his Hollywood performances, 1939-1960
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisBetween 1939 and 1940, British actor Laurence Olivier broke new ground as a film actor and star in a sequence of landmark performances in classical Hollywood cinema: as a tortured Heathcliff in ‘Wuthering Heights’ (William ... -
Watch and learn : film and the British educational life 1895-1910
(2024-06-10) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between film and education in Britain before 1910 and comprehends the impact of moral, religious, and disciplinary instructional cultures on the British film industry. Equally, the ... -
Ecuadorian cinema for the 21st century : negotiating neoliberalism? Policy, industry, and memory during the Ley de Cine years
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-13) - ThesisThis thesis examines Ecuadorian cinema after the 2006 National Film Promotion Law or Ley de Cine, and its relationship to the encompassing political ideology of Socialism for the 21st century. It contends that the local ... -
When the place speaks : an analysis of the use of venues and locations in the international film festival circuit
(2023-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines how film festival venues participate in shaping broader film cultures. It proposes an approach to studying film festivals that is founded on looking at their physical spaces instead of merely focusing ...