Spring 2023 Course Offerings
Film Screening: In Search of Time Lost (first full cut)
November 14, 6 p.m. | Ukrop Auditorium
Sonja Bertucci, filmmaker and assistant professor of languages, literatures, and cultures and the film studies, will screen the first full cut (still in progress) of a feature-length, 78-minute, documentary film entitledIn Search of Time Lost. The film is a meditation on aging, memory, and finitude told through the lens of a centenarian couple based in Los Angeles.
Faculty Highlights
Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, professor of French and film studies, has been awarded the rank of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for her contributions in the artistic and literary field. Learn more.
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Dr. Jessica Chan has published Chinese Revolutionary Cinema: Propaganda, Aesthetics, and Internationalism, 1949–1966 (London: I.B.Tauris, 2019) and has a forthcoming article “Literature of the Oppressed: Lu Xun and Nikolai Gogol,” in Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. .
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Local Film Festivals
Film buffs can get their fix at a variety of festivals on campus and throughout Richmond.
Feature Stories
Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, co-founder of the French Film Festival in Richmond, is recognized for her cultural contributions.
Resources
Contact Us
Mailing address:
Film Studies Program
217 Carole Weinstein International Center
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 662 3008
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Program Coordinator: Kathrin Bower