LT409-6-FY-CO:
Film Festivals
2022/23
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 06 October 2022
Friday 30 June 2023
30
16 August 2022
Requisites for this module
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Film festivals have traditionally been global phenomena and played a pivotal role in the film industry ecosystem. In the 21st century, and due to the rise of digital technologies and telecommunications, festivals have become even more important to numerous independent filmmakers who seek routes of distribution (and self-distribution) of their films.
The module offers a historical and contemporary examination of the multifaceted role of film festivals in validating, exhibiting and distributing as well as in the process of canonisation of film. While it explores established A-list festivals (such as Cannes, Venice, BFI LFF, Locarno), it also looks at 'smaller', niche festivals (such as London Asian Film Festival, London Migration Film Festival) whose number and impact has increased over the years.
Through a dynamic combination of lectures, seminars, presentations, group projects, masterclasses, field trips and the organisation of a two-day film festival at the Colchester campus, the module will equip students with advanced knowledge of the key roles involved in producing film festivals (directors, curators, juries, audiences, filmmakers). Students who are filmmakers will also gain an understanding of the necessary steps that need to be followed before they get their films screened at festivals as well as of the ways they may capitalise on such opportunities to progress their careers within the film industry.
The aims of this module are:
1. To provide a historical and contemporary understanding of the role of film festivals within the film industry ecosystem
2. To equip students with in-depth knowledge of the workings of and individual roles involved in film festivals
3. Through the organisation of a film festival, to equip students with fundamental skills on film programming and organising film festivals
4. To provide to students who are filmmakers an understanding of the processes involved in participating at a film festival as a filmmaker
By the end of this module, students will have:
1. The ability to critically evaluate the ways in which film festivals function within the film industry ecosystem
2. A critical understanding of the workings of and individual roles involved in film festivals
3. An ability to orally present a film festival proposal
4. An ability to curate a film festival programme as a team
5. The skills and knowledge to develop and organise a two-day film festival as a team
6. An ability to reflect on their individual role within the process of producing and delivering the two-day film festival.
No additional information available.
Autumn Term weekly schedule
1. two-hour lectorial or half-day Field Trip
2. Screening
3. Reading
Spring Term weekly schedule
Two-hour Project Supervision (all students as a group) or two-hour Masterclass or half-day Field Trip.
The lectorials will involve a variety of methods and materials – e.g. lectures, group discussions, research-based exercises, etc. – which will allow all students to actively participate in class. All the activities of the module (apart from the field trips) will be accessible by students who study online, providing therefore equal opportunities for participation in class.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Participation |
|
5% |
| Coursework |
Film Festival Presentation (group) |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Essay (1,000 words) – Film Festival case study |
|
25% |
| Coursework |
Film Festival (Group) including a 3,500 word festival programme and production log |
|
30% |
| Coursework |
Individual portfolio (3,500 words) |
|
30% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Tasos Giapoutzis, email: tasos.giapoutzis@essex.ac.uk.
Tasos Giapoutzis
LiFTS General Office, Tel. 01206 872626
Email liftstt@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Andrew Birtwistle
Canterbury Christ Church University
Reader in Film and Sound
Available via Moodle
Of 76 hours, 24 (31.6%) hours available to students:
16 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
36 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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