Colloquia in Conceptual Studies
Sensational! Sensing Media Arts – Theory and Practice
Kenilworth Square East
1925 E. Kenilworth Pl., 4th Floor
Dr. Vivian Sobchack
The Dream Ol(Factory): On Making Scents of Cinema
Vivian Sobchack recently retired after 15 years as Professor of Critical Studies and Associate Dean of UCLA's School of Theater, Film & Television. Her most recent book, Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment and Moving Image Culture, reflects her wide range of interests, including American film genres, philosophy and film theory, history and phenomenology of perception, historiography, gender, and cultural studies. Sobchack serves on the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute and was the first woman elected President of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. She received that organization's Distinguished Service Award in 2005.
Publications include Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film; The Address of the Eye: A Phenomenology of Film Experience; and the anthologies Meta-Morphing: Visual Transformation and the Culture of Quick-Change and The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television, and the Modern Event, in addition to essays in journals such as Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Film Comment, camera obscura, Film Quarterly, and Representations. She has been an on-camera participant and voice-over commentator for several DVD features and featurettes, including Dark City, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season seven), and several Warner Bros. DVD collections.
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MIFF Event
5h30pm - Life after the Festival Run
Location: Von Trier, 2235 N. Farwell Ave.
Ticket Cost: FREE
Don’t let your short film collect dust on a bookshelf or become a mantelpiece. There are plenty of new avenues for marketing and screening your short film after the festival run. Gain advice from industry professionals and filmmakers who can help you get the most out of your short film, advancing your filmmaking career and helping your pocketbook.
