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The Film and Media Studies Program is the hub for the study of film and other moving image and sound media at Yale. Deeply invested in scholarship, teaching and film programming, our Program both sustains the traditions of and nurtures the most innovative directions in film and media studies research. With our superb faculty and Yale’s extraordinary library and archival collections, the Program has taken its place as one of the most exciting venues for film and media study in the world.

Upcoming Events

Caetlin Benson-Allott (Georgetown University), Not Where But When: Escapism on Film and Video

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

To the extent that escapism has been theorized at all, scholars tend to conceive it through geographic metaphors—as the desire to get away to another world or utopia. Yet escapism is...

Theo Anthony (dir.), All Light Everywhere (2021)

Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 5:00pm

Film Screening of “All Light Everywhere” with director Theo Anthony in person!

Winner of U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award at Sundance Film...

Katerina Clark Memorial Conference

Friday, October 25, 2024 - 1:30pm to 6:30pm

This international conference aims to chart current and future directions in the study of Soviet cultures. Our particular focus will be the legacy of Professor Katerina Clark, B. E....

Katerina Clark Memorial Conference

Saturday, October 26, 2024 - 8:00am to 5:30pm

This international conference aims to chart current and future directions in the study of Soviet cultures. Our particular focus will be the legacy of Professor Katerina Clark, B. E....

Astrid Deuber-Mankovsky (Bochum/Yale) “Queer Post Cinema”

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Queer Post-Cinema” views queer cinema from the perspectiveof current reflections on the relationship between cinematicdispositifs and the digital media discussed under the heading ofpost-cinema....

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