School of Humanities

School of Humanities

Welcome to Cinema Studies

 

Cinema Studies offers students a major and minor for the BA. We are now part of the new Department of English, Cinema Studies and Digital Humanities. We continue to offer the full range of postgraduate degrees (B.A. Hons, M.A., PhD) under the ENGL code. Full course information is available on our courses page. To find out more about the classes and to discuss your options for enrolment, contact Dr Mary Wiles or Dr Alan Wright.


Congratulations
Congratulations to Dr Mary Wiles on the publication of her new book, Jacques Rivette.

 News and Features

Enrol now for Semester 2

New Course: CINE 110 European Society in Film
This course examines social and cultural issues of contemporary Europe as represented in recent cinema. The focus is on films from Germany, Russia, France and Spain. We will identify the socio-political context for recent transformations in these four European countries, and will study the ways in which recent films reflect these issues.

Semester 2 classes:
CINE102 World Cinema in the 21st Century
CINE110 European Society in Film
CINE211 Popular Culture and Media Convergence
CINE301 Film History: The Sixties and the New Wave

The Age of Stupid

Following the sucess of film producer Lizzie Gillett's recent talk about her film The Age of Stupid, the Cinema Studies programme in the School of Humanities will host a screening of The Age of Stupid this Friday 9th of March at 3pm in A4 Lecture Theatre. 
For details contact: Mary Wiles

An excerpt from Dr Mary Wiles's new book may be found in the online journal Senses of Cinema


Gaylene Preston Film Retrospective
Te Papa, 22-24 October 2011
Programme (PDF, 7MB)