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In April 2014 Dr. Helen Wheatley gave one of the keynotes at the Doing Women's Film and Television History Conference 2014 at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. This was the Second International Conference of the Women's Film and Television History Network. Videos of the keynotes are now available online on the .

Dr. Louis Bayman appeared on Sky News to speak about the Academy Awards Cerremony recently. He spoke about this year's contenders, historical tendencies in nominations and voting, biopics and trends in Hollywood production, and he correctly predicted the winner of this year's Best Picture award. To see a clip of his appearance .

Prof. Stella Bruzzi will give a keynote address at 'Interstices: The In-betweeness of Ethics' at Chapman University, California, on 24 February.

Dr. Michael Pigott is presenting two new video works - Riachuelo Crossing (2014) and Villa 21 (2014) - at the 'Me, Myself and Others: A Cinematic Approach to Latin American Encounters' conference being held at the University of Lincoln on Saturday 21st February.

This day-long research event, sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), the University of Leicester and the University of Lincoln, brings together scholars who have been working on different projects on the theme of Otherness and Encounters in Latin American Cinema, with practitioners working within and outside the film industry. For more information on the event

The videos constitute preliminary work for a larger research project - Buenos Aires: Porous City - which is a practice-led investigation into the critical relationship between filmmaking and the city. Drawing upon Patrick Keiller’s notion of ‘filmmaking as spatial critique’ the project seeks traces of the film-image in the real locations of Buenos Aires, and uses the camera as a tool for the investigation of urban space.

Still from Riachuelo Crossing (2014)

Still from Villa 21 (2014)

On Friday February 27th Prof. Stephen Gundle will give a lecture entitled 'Remembering Anita Ekberg and Virna Lisi: Italian Cinema and Society in the Years of the Dolce Vita' at the Instituto Italiano di Cultura in London. Prof. Gundle will explore the particular contribution of these two actresses to Italian cinema and television and assess their legacies.

The event will begin at 6.30pm and booking is essential. Further information on the website of .