University Course Planner The University of Adelaide Australia

FILM 3002 - Curation & Cinephilia: The Adelaide Film Festival

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4020
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Discovery Experience – Working: Yes
Assumed Knowledge: At least 6 units of Level II undergraduate study, including at least 3 units of Level II FILM courses
Assessment: Research Project 20%, Mini-Essay 20%, Film Review 10%, Reflective Journal 50%
Syllabus:

This course is the capstone for the Film major and acts as a bridge into Honours/MPhil. It charts the development of international film festival cultures and their historical and contemporary role in art house and national cinemas. In the first part of the course, we will examine in detail the history of selected film festivals (such as Cannes, Venice, Sundance and Toronto) and demonstrate how the year-round festival circuit facilitates global flows of films across the world. Moving from the old to the new, from the national to the transnational, from the state-funded and controlled to the independent and the grass-roots, we shall explore how film festivals involve a number of timely concerns: cultural exchange, political economy, the communal experience of film screenings, and the construction of national identities. What happens at a film festival? What role does it play? Who chooses what a festival shows? Does it allow audiences to hear new voices in global cinema? Does it offer filmmakers a platform to share their stories? Or is it something akin to 'soft power'; a form of cultural diplomacy that can be expertly used to leverage one nation's agenda over another? In the second half of the course, we will go behind the scenes at Adelaide's celebrated Adelaide Film Festival to investigate the processes behind the curation, exhibition and distribution of the films selected to appear at the Festival, and the logistical challenges at play during the planning phase. We will go on to consider the role of the Festival itself, and highlight how such an event can enrich the community in a local and international perspective.

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4020 Mon 10/08/2020 Wed 19/08/2020 Fri 30/10/2020 Not Available


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23619 LE01 34 2 28 Jul - 15 Sep Tuesday 1pm - 2pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Related Class: Seminar
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23620 SE01 34 2 27 Jul - 14 Sep Monday 1pm - 3pm Hughes, 111b, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Monday 1pm - 3pm Hughes, 111b, Teaching Room