Film Studies

Our teaching draws from a variety of disciplines in UCL and, because of this comprehensive curriculum, we offer modules in cinemas from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The Film Studies programme is housed within the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII) at the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS), and draw on interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international thinking to explore the histories and forms of moving image material from across the globe.

We have particular research strengths in cinema history, film theory, and in an exceptionally broad range of national and regional cinemas. Our core faculty utilize a wide array of theoretical approaches to screen media in the classroom and in their research: from film theory and political economy to cultural studies and media infrastructural studies.

Our teaching draws from a variety of disciplines in UCL and, because of this comprehensive curriculum, we offer modules in cinemas from Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Core Academic Staff

• Professor Deborah Martin -Professor of Latin American Cinema
• Professor Stephen Hart - Documentary-track PhD Programme Director
• Professor Lee Grieveson
• Dr Georgia Thomas-Parr
• Professor Stella Bruzzi
• Dr Kirsty Sinclair Dootson -  Lecturer in Film and Media
• Dr Tom Cunliffe -  Lecturer (Teaching) in East and South Asian Film and Media and Director of MA Film Studies
• Professor Claire Thomson -  Professor of Cinema History

Professor Lee Grieveson

Professor Claire Thomson

Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion 

Dr Kirsty Sinclair Dootson

Professor Stella Bruzzi

Research Partners & Networks

• Screen Studies Group
• London's Silent Cinemas
• Open City Docs Fest
• The Cine-Tourist