Carleton University - Film Studies Program

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020, 2021, and 2022. The film studies department wishes you luck in your future endeavors and hopes that your time at Carleton was both valuable and memorable.

Ever wondered what Carleton film students do with their degree? We have a new alumni interview with producer Maral Mohammadian!

Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies graduate, she has gone on to work with the National Film Board of Canada's Animation & Interactive Studio and produced over 30 shorts which have garnered awards at festivals such as TIFF.

You can read the interview here: https://carleton.ca/filmstudies/2022/5077/

Cáel M. Keegan presents "Bad Trans Objects," in partnership with Carleton Film Studies and the Transgender Media Portal, on Thursday March 17th from 5 to 6:30 PM (EST), moderated by Carleton film professor Dr. Laura Horak.

To register for this free online event, please contact Laura Horak at [email protected]

For more details about the event and topic visit our website:
https://carleton.ca/filmstudies/cu-events/fullbright-virtual-public-talk-cael-m-keegan-bad-trans-objects/

Our next alumni spotlight piece is up on the film studies blog. Ever wondered what film graduates do with their degree? Want to hear about the student experience at Carleton? Head to our website or check out the link in our bio to read!

This post features MA Graduate Rachel Loewen who is now in the UK pursuing her PhD at the University of Warwick!

Link: https://carleton.ca/filmstudies/2022/alumni-spotlight-rachel-lowen/

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Have you ever wondered how Carleton Film Studies grads use their degree? Our new blog feature, Alumni Spotlight, hopes to shed some light! Our first interview is with 2021 Masters in Film Studies graduate Myles Sauer! You can find the interview on the Carleton Film studies page, in the link on our home page, or directly at the link below:

https://carleton.ca/filmstudies/2022/alumni-stories-myles-sauer/

In partnership with the Inside Out Festival, CU Film is giving away TEN passes to a virtual screening of See You Then (2021, Mari Walker)! Simply like and comment on this post to enter 🌈🌈🌈

An exciting upcoming Carleton Film Studies Seminar! "Eccentric Points of View in Film and Virtual Reality" with Philippe Bédard.

When: Friday, February 26th, 2021
Pre-talk socializing: 9:45-10:00 AM EST
Talk and discussion: 10:00-11:00 AM EST

About the topic: "How do cinema and virtual reality allow us to experiment with ways of seeing or being in the world that differ from our own experience? "Exo-centric images” offer us an answer. Namely, as a technique that creates a point of view outside the body, the exo-centric image creates a new experience of the world by reversing the hierarchy of body-space relations. Found throughout the history of film and moving image media, this technique destabilizes the body’s central position in our experience of the world by immobilizing it at the centre of the frame. Virtual Reality adds a layer of complexity to this reversal by allowing us to enter in an eccentric relation with ourselves."

About our presenter: "Philippe Bédard is a postdoctoral researcher in Film Studies at Carleton University, working on questions of empathy and embodiment in Virtual Reality experiences. His area of expertise concerns the relations between bodies, cameras, and spaces in film and moving image media at large. In addition to his dissertation on filmmaking techniques in relation to the body, Philippe has also published work on camera movement, GoPro cameras, Virtual Reality, screendance, and virtual production."

We hope to see you there ✨

Interested in a Film MA at Carleton? An information session will be hosted this Friday the 22nd from 3pm to 3:30pm on zoom. You can find the zoom invite at the top of our link tree here: https://linktr.ee/cufilm

In partnership with the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival we're giving away two tickets to the Ottawa Drive-In Screening of Ahead of the Curve! 🌈 One ticket = a vehicle with two people. To enter just like this post and tag a fellow film lover in the comments!

For more information you can check out this link: https://insideout.ca/toronto-films/ahead-of-the-curve-ottawa-drive-in/ or see our last post.

Good luck ✨

In partnership with we are excited to be giving away two tickets to the drive-in screening of Ahead of the Curve ! 🌈 The official giveaway post will drop on Monday, and until then, you can find more information at the link below:

🔗 insideout.ca/toronto-films/ahead-of-the-curve-ottawa-drive-in/

Hello all! My name is Lily, and I’m really looking forward to working with the film studies department and my fellow students. 💚 I am always here to help any incoming undergraduate students through DM or my email (which can be found at the Film Studies department page linked in our bio)!

I would love to know more about our followers, what are three of your favourite films? 🎬

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