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Series 6 - 10

Series 6 - 10

Series Ten

Alan Marcus - 10 October 2017

Screening and discussion of The New Colossus, chaired by Prof.Thomas Weber

‘I lift my lamp beside the golden door’

Emma Lazarus

10 October 2017 - 5-6:30pm

Regent Lecture Theatre, King’s College

The New Colossus (2017, 30mins) is the latest research film by Alan Marcus, which focuses on links between events around 9/11 and the current controversy over the US/Mexican border/wall.

Themes of national trauma, patriotism, anti-immigration and idealism infuse the film and will be the subject of a post-screening discussion with:

Event hosted by the Centre for Global Security and Governance University of Aberdeen

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Tina Gharavi - 25 September 2017

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

25th September 2017- 6-8:30pm, includes screening of I am Nasrine,
Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen

Join us for this Director's Cut with award-winning screenwriter and director Tina Gharavi, featuring a special screening of her highly acclaimed film, I am Nasrine (2012).

A discussion with Gharavi hosted by Professor Alan Marcus (University of Aberdeen) will be followed by a screening of what Sir Ben Kingsley has called "a life enhancing, important and much needed film."

During this event, Gharavi will provide insight into a selection of her documentaries and dramas and I am Nasrine's production, from film shoots in Tehran to gathering stories of UK asylum seekers. 

Filmed in England and Iran, I am Nasrine was nominated for a BAFTA for outstanding debut and is one of the most provocative and raw recent films documenting the plight of refugees and the power of protest.

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Mark Adams

Director's Cut: Mark Adams - The Magic of Film Festivals

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Mark Adams is Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the world's oldest continually running film festival.
 
Mark Cousins

Director's Cut - Mark Cousins: Telling the Story of Film

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An 'in-conversation' discussion with Mark Cousins an award-winning filmmaker, author, and curator.

Alwin Leene - 9 November 2016

Jr. Director's Cut Special Screening of Print Your Guy (2015), audience Q&A with Prof. Alan Marcus

9th November 2016, 1-2pm
Regent Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen

Admission Free 

Storyline: Pamela lives on her own in an apartment in Paris. One evening while watching a movie she sees a commercial for a company who claim they can print her the perfect guy.

Alwin Leene is a 1st year Film and Visual Culture student at the University of Aberdeen whose award-winning short film, Print Your Guy, has received numerous accolades including over two million views on Youtube. Born in Groningen in the Netherlands, he moved to France, attended the Bellecour School of Art in Lyon and received a degree in CG animation. After working five months in the animation studio Superprod in Angouleme, he has come to the University of Aberdeen to further his studies on a four-year undergraduate degree in Film and Visual Culture.

Print Your Guy has been selected for NanoCon, Kinematifest, The Global Short Awards, Doc Sunback Film Festival, Siggraph France, Kinofest, IndieWise, Minikino Film Week and it won the Chester Film Festival Audience Prize.

Print Your Guy - the animated short film

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Series Nine

Frances Guy - 27 May 2016

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

May Festival Event: Dramatising the Arab World

Friday 27th May 2016 - 6:00pm–7:30pm,
King’s College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

Discussing British movies set in the Arab world, from The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and David Lean's classic Lawrence of Arabia (1962) starring Peter O'Toole, to the romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) featuring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt, set in contrast with two films by Arab women directors -- the award-winning Lebanese feature film Caramel (2007) and the Saudi Arabian-German co-production Wadjda (2012), this special edition of the Director’s Cut series will feature Middle East expert Frances Guy in conversation with Professor Alan Marcus.

A native of Edinburgh and graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Frances Guy was Britain’s Ambassador to Yemen (2001-4), Head of the Foreign Office’s Engaging the Islamic World group (2004-6), Ambassador to Lebanon (2006-11), the Foreign Secretary’s envoy to the Syrian opposition, representative of UN Women in Iraq (2012-14) based in Baghdad, and currently Head of Middle East region for Christian Aid and President of the British Society of Middle Eastern Studies.

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Jr. Directors Cut - 27 May 2016

King’s College Shorts at the May Festival!

Friday 27th May 2016 - 12:30-1:30
Regent Lecture Theatre University of Aberdeen

Join us for a selection of innovative and award-winning short films made by University of Aberdeen film students. The session will include experimental films made by students on local artists, and an audience Q&A chaired by Professor Alan Marcus.

We are pleased to welcome back to Aberdeen one of our recent graduates, Veronika Koubova, whose latest short film, Lemuria, has been winning awards and plaudits for its innovation.

The film will be screened at this event, and further information on it and other work by Koubova can be found on the links below.

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Peter Lambert - 30 March 2016

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Wednesday 30th March 2016 - 6pm,
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

Inside the Cut: The Art of Film Editing

Peter Lambert apprenticed as a trainee editor on Love Actually (2003) before becoming an assistant editor on Children of Men (2006), directed by Alfonso Cuaron, and Body of Lies (2008) starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, directed by Ridley Scott.

Peter's big break came when he was asked to edit The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), and has since edited a number of movies, including A Better Life (2011), Now is Good (2012), X + Y (2014) and Woman in Gold (2015), starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds.

Peter will explore the art of film editing and discuss career paths in the film industry with his former tutor, Prof. Alan Marcus.

The event includes an audience Q&A and is followed by a reception.

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Fiona Soe Paing - 21 March 2016

Alien Lullabies with Fiona Soe Paing

6-7pm, Monday 21st March 2016
Regent Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen

Alien Lullabies

Alien Lullabies is a mesmerizing animation/electronic music multi-media show.

Alien Lullabies was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe2015, as part of Creative Scotland's curated 'Made In Scotland" programme.

Combining off-world electronica from producer and vocalist Fiona Soe Paing, with surreal 3D animation from New Zealand based collaborator Zennor Alexander, the show is an immersive live gig/cinema hybrid, touring the UK later this year, including shows at Belladrum, Buzzcut and Kelburn Garden Party festivals. Audio tracks from the show have also been supported by radio play from BBC's DJ's Mary Anne Hobbs, Vic Galloway, Tom Robinson and Charlie Gillett. The single "Heartbeat" out on Glasgow's Hotgem label, was described as "A wonderful, wonderful thing…electronic music as it should be." by the new music website XSNoize.

Fiona Soe PaingFiona is based in Aberdeenshire, and is a former student of the University of Aberdeen. The event will include a truncated, thirty-minute version of Alien Lullabies followed by a conversation between Dr. Paul Flaig (Lecturer in Film and Visual Culture), Fiona Soe Paing and Zennor Alexander.

The event is free and there is no ticketing.
Supported by Creative Scotland.

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Volker Gerling - 18 November 2015

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

6pm, Wednesday 18th November 2015
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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Following the success of his sold out show at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival, and winner of the Festival's Total Theatre Award for 'Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form', Berlin-based artist Volker Gerling comes to Aberdeen to demonstrate his unique visual art form: Portraits in Motion.

Volker has reinvented a personalized way of coupling the power of the still image with the adventure of movement, producing unexpected results. In order to obtain his subjects, he has walked over 3,500km around Europe, seeking out interesting people with engaging stories to portray, while spending his nights in a tent.

Unusually, he does not take money with him on his months-long photographic journeys, but exhibits his artistic work en route and once a week selects a subject to feature in a ‘flipbook’.The results are often startling and always poignant as he reveals in his captivating presentation, which will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Alan Marcus and an audience Q&A. 

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K.P. Jayasankar and Anjali Monteiro - 14 October 2015

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Wednesday 14th October 2015 - 6pm
Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen

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Professor K.P. Jayasankar and Professor Anjali Monteiro have created some of the most innovative and beautiful documentaries in the history of Indian filmmaking.

Both hold appointments at the School of Media and Cultural Studies in Mumbai, and together have made over 35 films, winning over 30 national and international awards, including the prestigious Basil Wright Prize at the RAI Ethnographic Film Festival in Edinburgh in 2013 for their exquisite film, So Heddan So Hoddan (Like Here Like There). Their films present insightful studies that pose questions about the self and the other, normality and deviance.

Other works include Identity: The Construction of Selfhood, which was awarded a prize in 1995 at the Prix Futura Festival in Berlin and Saacha, an edited version of which was exhibited in 2013 at the Tate Modern in London.

Their recent work includes the book, A Fly in the Curry: Independent Documentary Film in India (forthcoming 2015) and a series of web archives, DiverCity, which explores the politics of memory and erasure in Mumbai, based on student work mentored by them.

They arrive from India to discuss a cross-section of their work interlaced with clips from the films.

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Series Eight

Roger Michell - 31 May 2015

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus
May Festival Director's Cut Special

Sunday 31st May 2015 - 3pm
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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Making Movies with Movie Stars

Julia Roberts and Hugh GrantWe are delighted to welcome Roger Michell, who has just been awarded a BAFTA for the television mini-series, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

Following a successful stint at the Royal Shakespeare Company and his BAFTA-winning Jane Austen adaptation Persuasion (1995), Roger Michell achieved international acclaim with the box office smash Notting Hill (1999), starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.

His prodigious talent as a skilled storyteller directing leading movie stars in some of their finest roles has been reaffirmed in Changing Lanes (2002) starring Ben Affleck and Samuel Jackson, The Mother (2003) with Daniel Craig, Enduring Love (2004) adapted from the Ian McEwan novel, Venus (2006) starring Peter O’Toole, and Morning Glory (2010) with Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton.

In this Director’s Cut special edition at the University’s annual May Festival, Prof. Alan Marcus will discuss with Roger Michell the captivating stories he has brought to the big screen, including four films made with writer Hanif Kureishi.

We will also explore techniques he employs to produce superb star performances, including in his latest films Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) with Bill Murray as President of the United States, Le Week-End (2013) starring Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan, and soon to be released Birthday (2015). 

The event will include an audience Q&A and a reception.

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Kings College Shorts - 31 May 2015

Chaired by Prof. Alan Marcus
May Festival Special Event

Sunday 31st May 2015 - 12:30-1:30
Regent Lecture Theatre, University of Aberdeen

The Director's Cut series is pleased to host a new instalment of Kings College Shorts, which premiered at the 2014 May Festival, and features an exciting selection of innovative short films made by University of Aberdeen film students.

The screenings will be followed by a short Q&A with the filmmakers. We will be showing the latest short film, We Sit, We Drink. No Guns, by Nicci Thompson, who graduated from the programme in 2012, and has just returned from the Cannes Film Festival this month where his film was selected for screening.  We will also be viewing the film Flight which has been chosen for a special screening at a European film festival in June, made by students on our Documentary course.

Another student film, Show Time, made as part of Laurent Prim’s final year film dissertation features the actress Vicky Krieps, known for her performances in Hanna (2011) and A Most Wanted Man (2014).

Laurent's film and dissertation were awarded the Film and Visual Culture department's Guy Hamilton Prize, endowed by Guy Hamilton, who directed four James Bond films and appeared on our Director's Cut series.

Tanja Ostojic - 1 April 2015

In conversation with Amy Bryzgel

Wednesday, 1st April 2015 - 6pm
King’s College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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Feminism, Markets, Migration

Tanja Ostojic - Photo by Ana PeraicaWe are pleased to welcome the prominent performance artist, Tanja Ostojić, originally from Serbia and now based in Berlin, who started to gain notoriety in the 1990s.

Often including herself as a figure within a project, she created Looking for a Husband with an EU Passport during 2000-2005, using the Internet to solicit marriage offers from men in Western Europe.

She has continued to use her work as a platform to explore themes focusing on the place of women in contemporary society, art history and the art market, and issues around migrants and refugees in the West. Working with minority groups, including Roma and Sinti, she developed the project Naked Life (2004-2011), which unwraps experiences of discrimination, racism and deportation.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in Europe and the Americas.

Dr. Amy Bryzgel, author of Performing the East (2013) and Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Aberdeen, will investigate with Ostojić the balance between art and activism, designing performances that intersect her lived experience with the process of creating.

This Director's Cut event will be introduced by series organizer Prof. Alan Marcus and is funded in collaboration with the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy's Aberdeen Centre for Russian and East European History, and the George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen.

An advance seminar on the work of Tanja Ostojić and other East European performance artists will be held in the History of Art Department on Wed 4th March.

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Zoe Heron - 19 March 2015

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Thursday, 19th March 2015 - 6pm
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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Science on Screen

In an interest to investigate the ways science-related subjects are presented on television, we are pleased to invite Zoe Heron, Series Producer of Horizon, the BBC’s longest running popular science series.

Horizon has just celebrated its 50th year of broadcasting and in this event Director’s Cut series host, Professor Alan Marcus, and Zoe Heron will delve into some of Horizon's most provocative and innovative episodes she and her colleagues have produced.

In addition to overseeing the production of Horizon programmes such as ‘Allergies: Modern Life and Me’, ‘Is Your Brain Male or Female’?, ‘What’s Wrong with our Weather?’ and ‘Defeating the Hackers’, Zoe produced the BBC series Rise of the Continents (2013), Origins of Us (2011) and Battlefield Britain (2004).

This event is being organised during National Science Week and funded in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen’s College of Physical Sciences.

BBC Science Horizon 50Resources

Christy Garland - 16 February 2015

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Monday, 16th February 2015 - 6pm
Elphinstone Hall, University of Aberdeen

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Observational Cinema and the Progressive Documentary

The Director’s Cut series is pleased to welcome one of the most exciting filmmakers working in documentary.  Canadian director, Christy Garland’s award-winning film, The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song (2012) made in Georgetown, Guyana, received the Royal Anthropological Film Institute Film Prize at the International Festival of Ethnographic Film in Edinburgh and was showcased at the Sheffield Documentary Festival and the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.

In conversation with Professor Alan Marcus, Christy Garland will explore the creative ideas behind this extraordinary film and her earlier work, Doormat (2008), shot in Kerala, India, and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at HBO’s South Asian Film Festival.

We will also discuss clips from her latest films in production: Cheer the F**K Up on a cheerleading team in northern Finland, and What Walaa Wants, about a teenage girl living in the West Bank.

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David Law - 16 December 2014

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Tuesday 16th December 2014 - 6pm
Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen

Christmas at the Movies

It’s that time of year, and we are going to embrace it with a special Director’s Cut event looking at the symbolic themes underpinning some of our favourite Christmas movies — from It’s a Wonderful Life and The Bishop’s Wife to Die Hard and Miracle on 34th Street.

Join Alan Marcus, Professor in Film and Visual Culture (University of Aberdeen) and David Law, Professor of Christian Thought and Philosophical Theology (University of Manchester), in a discussion on the meaning of Christmas and its relation to family and community as portrayed in popular film. 

Listen to our Christmas at the Movies Director's Cut Podcast!

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Thomas Weber and Niki Stein - 13 October 2014

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

6pm, Monday 13th October 2014
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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Dramatising History: Adolf Hitler on Film

In 2010, Professor Thomas Weber at the University of Aberdeen published a ground-breaking text, Hitler’s First War, which is now being turned into an eight-part German television series, filmed in English and adapted by award-winning German screenwriter/director, Niki Stein.

In this special Director’s Cut event, Professor Alan Marcus will discuss the genre of historical dramatisations with Weber and Stein, focusing in particular on those which have sought to portray the problematic figure of Adolf Hitler, from Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) to Downfall (2004) and Hitler: the Rise of Evil (2003) featuring Scottish star Robert Carlyle in the central role.

The event is co-funded through the Principal's Prize for Public Engagement with Research awarded to Professor Weber, and followed by a wine reception.

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Series Seven

David Gritten - 10 May 2014

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Saturday 10th May 2014 - 6pm
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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This May Festival event presents insight into the world of cinema through the expertise of David Gritten, one of the most internationally influential film journalists. Since the birth of movies, film critics and journalists have played a pivotal role in the interface between the industry, the public and film scholarship.

For the last 35 years, Gritten has written regularly for The Telegraph, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times and authored books on film and the cult of celebrity.

In this event he will draw on interviews he has conducted with leading filmmakers and actors, such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep and others to discuss five key films and artists that have changed the face of cinema, and the controversial role of celebrity and its excesses in popular culture.

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Films to be discussed in this Director’s Cut include:

Joram ten Brink - 5 December 2013

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Thursday 5th December 2013 - 5.30pm
Kings College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen

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Professor Joram ten Brink is Director of the Centre for Production and Research in Documentary Film at the University of Westminster.

He is also executive producer alongside Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and Andre Singer of one of the most talked about films of the year – The Act of Killing, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer.  According to Herzog, 'I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal and frightening in at least a decade …it is unprecedented in the history of cinema'.

Despite the film's winning over 30 international awards, few people are aware that this landmark documentary started as an academic research project funded by a £420K AHRC grant overseen by Joram ten Brink.

In addition to producing and directing a number of documentaries and experimental films, including Jacoba (1988) and Journey Through the Night (2004), Brink is the author of Building Bridges: the cinema of Jean Rouch (2008) and Killer Images: documentary film, memory and the performance of violence (2013).

A special screening of the Director's Cut version of The Act of Killing is being shown at the Belmont Cinema on 4th December at 6:45pm in advance of our event. Discounted tickets for students.

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Sandy Bremner - 19 November 2013

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Tuesday 19th November 2013 - 5:30pm
Belmont Picturehouse Cinema, Aberdeen

Following the dramatic political change in Burma led by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi, the international development charity, BBC Media Action, was asked to assist in the creation of Burma's new public broadcasting network, and the individual they chose to advise was – Sandy Bremner.  BBC Scotland's Managing Editor for the Northeast and Northern Isles, Sandy Bremner has a distinguished background as television executive and journalist.

Born in Banff and a graduate of Aberdeen University, Bremner was an investigative reporter for the Press and Journal, winning Scotland's Young Journalist of the Year award, before joining the BBC.  In this Director's Cut Masterclass, Sandy will talk about his role in stories on the Orkney child abuse inquiry, the Piper Alpha tragedy, Hong Kong's handover to China, Diana's fatal crash and his ongoing activities in Burma.

Though the event is free, seating is limited, so please reserve your place by booking on-line, emailing our events team: events@abdn.ac.uk, or obtaining your ticket directly from the Belmont.

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Simon Di Rollo, QC - 12 November 2013

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus (Film) and Prof. Peter Duff (Law) 

Tuesday 12th November 2013 - 5:30pm
Belmont Picturehouse Cinema, Aberdeen

From 'Acts of God', as featured in Billy Connelly's The Man Who Sued God (2001), to corporate polluters and 'toxic torts' in John Travolta's A Civil Action (1998), leading QC, Simon Di Rollo, returns to the Director's Cut to cross-examine hit movies that focus on the law. 

One of Scotland's most high profile court practitioners, Simon Di Rollo has argued a number of important cases before the Court of Session, the Sheriff Court, the High Court of Justiciary and General Medical Council tribunals. Di Rollo has also represented three leading cases involving the European Convention on Human Rights in the House of Lords.

Simon Di Rollo will be in conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus from the University of Aberdeen's Film Dept, and Prof. Peter Duff from the University's Law School. This event will be held at the Belmont Picturehouse Cinema as part of our Masterclass community outreach programme in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen's Law School. A reception will be held afterwards in the Belmont Cinema's downstairs cafe.  Though the event is free, seating is limited, so please reserve your place by booking your place on-line, emailing our events team: events@abdn.ac.uk, or obtaining your ticket via the Belmont.

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Series Six

Gordon Cameron - 12 May 2013

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

12 May 2013 - 12:30pm
Arts Lecture Theatre, King's College

As part of the University of Aberdeen's May Festival, we are delighted to present a special Director's Cut featuring Gordon Cameron. Working at Pixar Animation Studios since 2002, Gordon will be interviewed by Prof. Alan Marcus on stage about his input into films such as Finding Nemo (2003), Ratatouille (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Brave (2012).

A native of Banff and graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Gordon Cameron has had an impressive career within the film industry that has resulted in his involvement in cutting edge developments in the field of animation and some of its biggest hits.

Originally trained as a software developer, Gordon was a key member of the Pixar team which saw Brave, which featured the voices of Billy Connolly as King Fergus, Emma Thompson as Queen Elinor, Julie Walters as The Witch and Robbie Coltrane as Lord Dingwall, receive the Academy Award for Best Animated Film, in addition to a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA. The film built on Pixar's exceptional commercial and critical success with Finding Nemo, Ratatouille and Toy Story 3, which all received Academy Awards for Best Animated Film.

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Jane Treays - 23 April 2013

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

Director's Cut Masterclass

Tuesday 23 April 2013 - 5:30pm
Belmont Picturehouse Cinema, Aberdeen

Winner of the Royal Television Society Award for Best Network Documentary for Extraordinary Families (2005), Jane Treays has for 25 years been one of the leading documentary directors in British television. Films broadcast on Channel 4 such as, Virgin Daughters and Mum, Heroin and Me, and BBC productions such as What Sort of Gentleman are you After?, have attracted widespread interest in the press.

The Independent observed that 'Treays' work underlines the strength of the documentary as a television format'.

'I've always been passionate about communities that live on the edge and are unspoken for', remarks Treays.

Free and open to the public, followed by a reception.

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Simon Di Rollo, QC - 11 March 2013

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus and Prof. Peter Duff

Director's Cut Masterclass

Monday 11 March 2013 - 5:30pm
Belmont Picturehouse Cinema, Aberdeen 

Some of the most popular films are those featuring courtroom dramas and other legal settings, such as Twelve Angry Men (1957), The Verdict (1982), Erin Brockovich (2000) and The Social Network (2010).

In this special Director's Cut Masterclass, leading advocate, Simon Di Rollo QC, will analyse what it is about the law that rings true on film, and what's just the stuff of movies. One of Scotland's most high profile court practitioners, Simon Di Rollo has argued a number of important cases before the Court of Session, the Sheriff Court, the High Court of Justiciary and General Medical Council tribunals.

Di Rollo has also represented three leading cases involving the European Convention on Human Rights in the House of Lords.

Simon Di Rollo will be in conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus from the University of Aberdeen's Film Dept, and Prof. Peter Duff from University's Law School.

This event, which is in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen's Law School, will be held in Screen 2 of the Belmont Picturehouse. Though the event is free, seating is limited, so please reserve your place. A reception in the Belmont Cinema's downstairs cafe. 

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Michael Kuhn - 13 February 2013

in conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus

13th February 2013 - 6.00pm
King's Conference Centre, Aberdeen

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Michael Kuhn is one of the most important producers in contemporary British cinema. In 1991, he set up Polygram Film Entertainment, which made and distributed over 100 feature films and which between them won 14 Academy Awards. These films include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, The Big Lebowski, Dead Man Walking, Fargo, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Elizabeth, Trainspotting and Being John Malkovich. Productions made subsequently by his company, Qwerty Films, include Kinsey and The Duchess.

Michael Kuhn's book, 100 Films and a Funeral (2001) tells the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of Polygram. Kuhn is also former Chair of the National Film and Television School.

In this Director's Cut we will be discussing the state of the British Film industry and key films he has produced. The event is being organized in collaboration with the Business School, and is free and followed by a reception.

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Alan Marcus - 27 January 2013

Holocaust Memorial Day Film Screening and Director's Cut Masterclass

Sunday 27th January 2013 - 4.00-6.00pm
Belmont Picturehouse Cinema, Aberdeen

Prof. Alan Marcus, Head of Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen, will present two 30-minute films he directed that relate to sites associated with the Holocaust: In Place of Death (2008) and In the Birch Grove (2012).

The films explore the contemporary settings of Dachau and Auschwitz, which attract significant visitor numbers, and the role of memory. The films will be followed by a Q&A and reception.

Alan Marcus is an award-winning filmmaker, whose series of films for the In Time of Place research project have been the subject of over 40 invited talks at conferences, universities and museums.

The event, which is in collaboration with Aberdeen City Council's commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day, is ticketed and free. Seating is limited and tickets are available from the Belmont Cinema Box Office or by calling 0871 9025721.

In addition, there will be a special screening of the film Downfall (2004) directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel at the Belmont Cinema on Thursday 24th January at 7:00pm, followed by a Q&A with Dr. Alan Marcus.

This event is organized in conjunction with Aberdeen City Council's Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration, and is free and ticketed through Belmont Cinema.

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