Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies
Practical exercise: Film PR & film festival curation – a look behind the scenes
Lecturer: Jennifer Jones, Semester tba (Because of the Corona pandemic this course had to be postponed)
The block event/practical exercise offers students the opportunity to deal with the work in the field of film PR and film festival curation both practically and theoretically.
In the first part, press work before and after a theatrical release will be discussed using the example of a recently released film (documentary or art house feature film). The film will be viewed and discussed together in the classroom. Subsequently, different forms and formats of reporting and media will be analysed – from film criticism in the daily newspapers, on television and on the radio to interviews with actors and directors and the reception in specialist magazines.
The second part of the block event will focus on the topic of film curation. A short introduction to film festivals and festival organization as well as to the practice of film programming will be provided with a focus on the genre of short film. Viewing as a central part of the preparation of a film festival will be experienced in a very practical way: Selected short films will be viewed and discussed together with regard to the preparatory and curatorial measures in the case of an international short film festival to take place in 2021.
