10 courses available
Masters of Cinema: Claire DenisThis course will consider Claire Denis’ importance as a filmmaker by exploring in some detail a number of her key films from Chocolat (1988), I can’t sleep (1994), Beau Travail (1999), White material (2009), High Life (2018). Claire Denis’ transnational postcolonial work, from Djibouti, South Africa to multi-ethnic France deals with themes of migration, human desires and fears. Her films are renowned to be filmed mainly on location, playing with many cinematic genres and languages and are internationally acclaimed.
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Sat 3 Oct 2026Karine ChevalierFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00- Masters of Cinema: Billy Wilder
“I think that the primary objective of my kind of picture is entertainment on a certain level, with a little something to talk about after it. If after they leave the movie house, they spend half an hour just talking as to what they saw and if it makes any kind of indent within the frame of the entertainment, I think I've achieved something.” This day long course will explore and immerse in the art of Billy Wilder’s storytelling from social commentaries through melodramas to satirical comedies.
Keeley Street
Sat 17 Oct 2026Graham RinaldiFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Masters of cinema: Sergio Leone
“I grew up in the cinema, almost. Both my parents worked there. My life, my reading, everything about me revolves around the cinema. So for me, cinema is life, and vice versa.” This one day course explores and celebrates the cinema of one of the most popular and influential directors in world cinema, Sergio Leone.
Keeley Street
Sat 28 Nov 2026Graham RinaldiFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Masters of Cinema: Vittorio de Sica
Matinee idol; pioneer of Italian neo-realism; popular international director; Vittorio De Sica was a man of many parts. From The Bicycle Thieves to his work with Sophia Loren, De Sica brought Italian people and society to the world.stage.
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Sat 23 Jan 2027Graham RinaldiFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Introduction to Korean Cinema
With the success of films like Oldboy and Parasite, South Korean cinema has become internationally known and acclaimed. But behind this success, a rich and diverse history encompassing decades of filmmaking is far less well-known. This course offers an introduction to the vibrant and dynamic cinema of Korea, tracing its evolution from the post-war years to its recent global prominence. It will chart different traditions and eras, from the so-called Golden Age of the mid-20th century, through the politically charged cinema of the 1980s and 1990s, to the emergence of the Korean New Wave and the internationally celebrated auteurs such as Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook and Lee Chang-dong. We will learn about how Korean cinema has continually reflected the country’s complex history, shifting ideologies, and rapid modernisation. We will explore how Korean filmmakers have responded to colonialism, authoritarianism, democratisation, globalisation and capitalism, and how cinema has served as a space for cultural expression, resistance, and innovation.
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Wed 17 Feb 2027Jean-Baptiste de VaulxFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Masters of cinema: Agnès Varda
2019 was marked by the death of a true mistress of world cinema, Agnès Varda. This one-day course will introduce you to her oeuvre, from her first feature film, La pointe courte (1955) to her final work, Varda par Agnès (2019), exploring her life, her career and her status as a ‘feminist’ icon. We will also consider how the digital was central to her ‘rediscovery’ in the 2000s and how it was key to her later career.
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Sat 6 Mar 2027Paul SuttonFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Masters of cinema: Steve McQueen
This course will explore the work of the Turner prize winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen. Awarded an Oscar in
2014 for his film, 12 Years a Slave, McQueen has been producing politically and racially committed artworks and films since
the early 1990s. One of his more recent projects, the five film Small Axe (2020) was broadcast on the BBC amid increasing
recognition that racial prejudice for Britain’s ethnic minorities remains as prevalent today as it was half a century ago. This
course will examine McQueen’s work as a response to and an engagement with these experiences.Keeley Street
Tue 30 Mar 2027Paul SuttonFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Masters of Cinema: Wes Anderson
“I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach but in fact, this is what I like to do. It’s sort of like my handwriting as a movie director.”
This course will explore and immerse you in the signature style and adventurous cinema of Wes Anderson from coming of age films through stop motion animation to comedy dramas.
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Fri 30 Apr 2027Graham RinaldiFull fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00 - Masters of Cinema: Céline Sciamma
This one day course will consider Celine Sciamma’s importance as a filmmaker by exploring in some detail a number of her key films from her debut Water Lillies (2007), to films such as Tomboy (2011), her breakthrough Girlhood (2014), and her more recent popular successes Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and Petite Maman (2021).
Dr Karine Chevalier is a lecturer in Film studies. She is also a filmmaker. Her main research interests lie in the field of Transnational Cinema, French and Francophone Cinema, Visual Arts and Aesthetics, Postcolonial Studies, Intermediality, as well as Screenwriting and Filmmaking, with a specific focus on Violence and Resilience, Creative Voices, Digital Storytelling and Multiscreens, Alterities and Minorities, Moving (auto)Portraits and Masks.Keeley Street
Sat 15 May 2027Karine ChevalierFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Masters of Cinema: Alexander Mackendrick
“Film is a medium. It is a language of communication that transmits a concept from the imagination of the creator into the mind’s eye and ear of those to whom the message is addressed. Nothing therefore, is absolute.” - Alexander Mackendrick, director, writer, storyboard artist and film school teacher.
Keeley Street
Sat 3 Jul 2027Graham RinaldiFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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