The Centre for Research on Communities and Cultures is holding a public event on 25 January to explore the state of local news.
The event starting at 3pm Canterbury Christ Church University’s Canterbury campus, Powell Building, has been organised by academics from Christ Church’s School of Media, Art and Design.
Dr James Newton is organising a one day symposium exploring the individual films, cycles, genres and traditions of exploitation cinema since the turn of the century in the School of Media Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University.
For more information email james.newton@canterbury.ac.uk.
To register for the event please visit http://shop.canterbury.ac.uk/product-catalogue/media-art-and-design/media-art-and-design/exploitation-cinema-in-the-21st-century-symposium
The schedule for “Artists, Archives and A/Gender” at the Sidney Cooper Centre is now available.
Dr James Newton is organising a symposium on contemporary exploitation cinema at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Canterbury Anifest returns to Canterbury Christ Church University again for another weekend of screenings, talks and workshops.
Canterbury Anifest
30 September-2 October 2016
Augustine House, Canterbury, Rhodaus Town, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2YA
The highlight of the weekend is undoubtedly Peter Firmin, cocreator with Oliver Postgate of Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine and many more Smallfilms animations. Firmin with be talking with Postgate’s son, Dan Postgate, producer and writer of the new episodes of The Clangers on 1 October 2016.
Other speakers across the weekend will include voice actress Teresa Gallagher of Cars 2 and The Amazing World of Gumball, sound engineer Dave Peacock, Lead CG Modeller Ty Johnson of LAIKA, animator Steve Segal and writer and director John Walsh of the Ray Harryhausen Foundation.
The weekend will also include a symposium on comics and animation and the annual Anifest Awards Evening on Friday 30 September 2016.
Anifest has been organised by Chris Pallant, Jo Samuel, and Craig Smith from the School of Media, Art and Design. For further details and tickets see http://www.canterburyanifest.com/. For the symposium, go to http://www.canterburyanifest.com/cfp.