Canada and the Moving Image: Shorts, Full-Length and the In-Between

20th Annual LCCS Conference, 13–14 February 2004, in association with the Centre for Canadian Studies (Birkbeck College, London), the Aboriginal Studies Circle, and Canadians in Europe (UK Chapter)

Programme: Friday 13 February

Venue: Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London SW1
9.30 Registration
10.15 Welcome
10.30 David Fine (Snowden Fine), “Canadian Animation: From Oscar-winning Short to TV Series.” Discussant: Ian Christie (Birkbeck College, London)
11.10 Ian Chamandy (YOUTv, Canada), “London to Toronto & the world: Speakers Corner as a Catalyst for Grassroots Free Speech.”
11.50 Ian Conrich (University of Surrey, Roehampton), “Cronenberg, Canadian Cinema, and Neo-horror Film Culture.”
12.30 Lunch
2.00 Showing of La grande séduction (Jean-François Pouliot, Maxfilms Inc 2003). Discussants: Bill Marshall (Glasgow University) & José Arroyo (Warwick University)
Venue: Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H
5.45 Reception hosted by The Canadian High Commission, London
6.30 Senator Laurier Lapierre (former Chair of Telefilm Canada and broadcaster), “The Canadian in Broadcasting.”

Programme: Saturday 14 February

Venue: Birkbeck College, 43 Gordon Square
9.30 Registration
9.45 Christine Welsh (University of Victoria), “My Conversation With Canada: A Métis Filmmaker's Reflections.”
10.45 Jonathan King (British Museum), “People and Potlatches, Acting and the Arctic: New Approaches to First Nations Film in Canada.”
11.30 Coffee/Tea
11.45 Jason Wood (Writer, Cinema-Programmer, Film-Maker), Jonathan Romney (Film Critic, Independent on Sunday, Author of Atom Egoyan, BFI Publishing) & Gareth Evans (Writer, Independent Programmer & Editor of Vertigo), “Identity Adjustment: Screening Atom Egoyan.”
12.45 Mark Lewis (Canadian Artist, London) & Laura Mulvey (Birkbeck College, London), “The Still and Moving Image: Reflections on the Canadian Landscape.”
1.30 Lunch

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the Canadian High Commission (UK), The Foundation for Canadian Studies and the Québec General Delegation for their generous support.

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