News and features

Read about the experiences of our students, staff and alumni in Film Studies, Film, Exhibition and Curation and Intermediality.

News listing

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Meet our graduates: James Hanton (Film Studies)

03 May, 2024

Starting his critic career in The Student during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, MSc Film Studies…

Meet our graduates: Saad Siddiqui

22 April, 2024

Exploring Bombay Cinema through the Edinburgh cityscape, MSc Intermediality graduate Saad Siddiqui…

MINT Chinese Film Festival brings together graduate talent in women on screen

03 May, 2023

We hear from alumni and staff in Asian Studies and Film, Exhibition and Curation about the very…

The Film Dispatch: The story continues

25 August, 2022

We sat down with online student-run magazine The Film Dispatch to catch up on their first six…

Breathing new life into fascinating archival footage of Scotland's lifeboats on wild seas

22 June, 2022

Shona Thomson tells us how the making of her FOCAL Award-shortlisted film is being used on our Film…

Embracing ambiguity – BAFTSS shortlisting for Teaching Fellow in Film Studies

18 April, 2022

We talk to Hoi Lun Law about being BAFTSS-shortlisted for Best First Monograph and how our students…

And... action! Film students launch new magazine

25 March, 2022

Film students Niamh and Yvonne take us behind the scenes of their new student-led magazine, The…

What’s it like to attend the Sundance Film Festival virtually?

11 May, 2021

Three Film, Exhibition and Curation students talk to us about their experiences of Sundance and how…

Meet our graduates: Katherine Irving

09 March, 2020

A film programmer and educator, Katherine completed our Film Studies MSc in 2014 and is now based…

Meet our graduates: Harriet Warman

09 March, 2020

Based in the Scottish Borders, Harriet completed our Film Studies MSc in 2010 and is now…