Movie Makers and Scholars Series
During the academic year, the UNCW Film Studies Department offers the Movie Makers and Scholars Series , a weekly program featuring speakers representing every area of filmmaking, film study, and the film industry. Past guests have included Academy Award winning screenwriter Jim Taylor (Sideways), National Public Radio film critic Bob Mondello, cinematographer and camera operator Tom Priestly (The Thomas Crown Affair, Amadeus, Kramer vs. Kramer), renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Titicut Follies, High School), Academy Award-winning producer Andrew Sacks (Two Soldiers), assistant director Jerry Ziesmer (Apocalypse Now, Jerry Maguire), and Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner Ira Sachs (Forty Shades of Blue).
Contact Film Studies at (910) 962-3336 for more information or visit the Film Studies Web site for a schedule.
Cinema Nouveau
Cinema Nouveau is UNCW’s annual festival of new French cinema, co-founded in 2003 by Tim Palmer (of Film Studies) and Michelle Scatton-Tessier (of Foreign Languages and Literatures). Since then, three successful series have been hosted on the UNCW campus, showcasing cutting edge French cinema in 35mm, on the big screen. Films screened include regional premieres and many films that otherwise play only in major film festivals. Cinema Nouveau regularly attracts large audiences from the campus, community, and region. The festivals are sponsored by the French Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, the Departments of Film Studies and Foreign Languages and Literature, the UNCW Office of International Programs, and the Wilmington Star-News.
Contact Film Studies at (910) 962-3336 for more information or visit the Film Studies Web site for a schedule.
