FILM Lectures 2025-2026
FILM Lectures 2025-2026 is a Master’s series by the Lectorate FILM, Erik Viskil and Georgie Brinkman.
In this series, we explore the principles of filmmaking through mostly socially engaged films and video works from different periods and cultures. Last year, we started with narrative fiction and eventually arrived at the documentary or beyond; this year, we move from facts and reasoning towards acted fiction, but always with room for abstraction and experiment. The programme has practical, theoretical, historical, anthropological and political dimensions and invites reflection and debate. FILM is Frame, Image, Language, Movement.
Schedule
Lecture 1 | 30 Oct 2025 | Screening and discussion of Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat by Johan Grimonprez
Lecture 2 | 28 Nov 2025 | TBA
Lecture 3 | 23 Jan 2026 | TBA
Lecture 4 | 27 Feb 2026 | TBA
Lecture 5 | 20 Mar 2026 | TBA
Lecture 6 | 17 Apr 2026 | TBA
Lecture 7 | 8 May 2026 | TBA
Plus special events:
Leiden Essay Film Festival | 14-16 Sep 2025 | Programme
Joint Research Day | 14 Nov 2025 | TBA
Peer-to-peer Discussion Groups | Dates TBA
