Cinema and Architecture in the City
PAST EVENTS
CACity proudly presents the past events of 2014-2017.
7 - 21 June 2017
CACity Walled Cities Season 1
The Walled Cities film season looked at three cities in which political conflict is in the foreground and visualised through urban walls: the Palestinian West Bank wall, Belfast peace walls and the Berlin wall. Introductions and discussions accompanied each screening, focusing on the role of fiction film in the representation of political conflict in contemporary urban societies.
7th June, Wednesday
Walled Palestine: OMAR
Introduced by Merav Amir, QUB Geography
Guest speaker: Mazen Iwaisi, QUB School of History, Anthropology Philosophy and Politics
15th June, Thursday
Walled Belfast: ’71
Guest speakers: Frank Gaffikin and Ken Sterrett QUB Planning
21st June, Wednesday
Walled Berlin: Wings of Desire
Introduced by Gul Kacmaz Erk, QUB Architecture
Guest speaker: Liat Savin Ben-Shoshan, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
A CACity research group event series funded by the SNBE Culture and Society Research Cluster, and hosted by the QFT.
Introductions and Guest speakers: Merav Amir, Mazen Iwaisi, Frank Gaffikin, Ken Sterrett, Gul Kacmaz Erk and Liat Savin Ben-Shoshan
8 - 12 June 2015
CACity Urban Filmmaking Workshop: Vacant/Occupied
PLACE, 9 Lower Garfield Street
Tutors: Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk and Paddy Cahill
13 May 2015
2.30 pm. CACity meeting
4 pm. CACity film screening: Pruitt Igoe Myth (Chad Freidrichs, 2011)
Introduced by Dr Tanja Poppelreuter
11 March 2015
2.30 pm. CACity round table discussion
4 pm. (QFT) CACity keynote lecture: Dr Mark Shiel, King's College London (in collaboration with QUB Film Studies)
11 February 2015
2.30 pm. CACity meeting
4 pm. CACity film screening: Drawing on Life (Paul Clarke and Conor McCafferty, 2014)
Introduced by Paul Clarke and Conor McCafferty
14 January 2015
2.30 pm. CACity round table discussion
4 pm. (QFT) CACity keynote lecture: Dr Laura Rascaroli, University College Cork (in collaboration with QUB Film Studies)
10 December 2014
2.30 pm. CACity meeting
6 pm. CACity film screening: Mickybo and me (Terry Loane, 2004)
Introduced by Dr David Grant
12 November 2014
5 pm. CACity meeting
6 pm. CACity film screening: Antoni Gaudi (Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1985)
Introduced by Dr Des O’Rawe
8 October 2014
5 pm. CACity meeting
6 pm. CACity film screening: My Uncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)
Introduced by Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk
