Planetary Screen is an academic gathering to include scholarly papers, creative practice- based research presentations and screenings that reflect the centrality of the planetary in film and screen media, with consideration for the context of the environmental emergency.

Full conference information https://planetaryscreensconference.wordpress.com/programme/ 

Open Events

Keynote Address, McMordie Hall (Music Building)

Thursday September 4th, 09:30 

Cinema in the Open World: Environments, Backgrounds, Relationality
Dr Tiago de Luca (Reader in Film Studies at the University of Warwick)

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Film Screening (2 short films) and Director Q&A 

Queen's Film Theatre, Thursday September 4th, 15:00

Bosque (2008, 4 minutes)

An exploration of a land in the south of England between two years and two seasons

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Black Pond (2018, 42 minutes) 

Black Pond is an odyssey across a common land in the south of England told through the hands of the members of the Natural History Society who currently occupy it

by Jessica Sarah Rinland

To book: https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Planetary-Screens 

This public screening will be introduced by Dr Michael Holly, lecturer in film practice, QUB, and will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland.