About

As well as offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and programmes in aspects of Film Studies, the Centre for World Cinemas sponsors film shows, seminar series, conferences and research projects in World Cinemas.

The first of its kind in the country, the centre takes a positive, inclusive and democratic approach to film studies. Rather than ratifying the usual division between the centre (Hollywood) and the periphery (the rest of the world), it defines world cinema as a polycentric phenomenon with (often overlapping) peaks of creation in different places and periods.

As well as our MA in World Cinemas, we can provide supervision for an MA by Research or PhD  projects on a wide range World Cinemas related topics.

For more information on what we do, please contact the Centre's Director, Professor Lúcia Nagib at l.nagib@leeds.ac.uk.

Students on the MA World Cinemas programme (MAWC) enjoy the use of a fully equipped dedicated teaching and research space within the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (SMLC). The Language Centre holds a large collection of subtitled videos which are available to students for viewing. Individual departments within the mawc also have significant video collections which are available on loan to students of MAWC. The School's Electronic Resources and Information Centre (ERIC) is equipped with 42 high-grade PCs and provides high-speed Internet access for students of the School, along with useful directories of European, East Asian and North African web resources. 

Both Leeds and neighbouring Bradford have longstanding traditions in the promotion of cinema. Leeds hosts a major international film festival every autumn and boasts a historic art-house cinema, the Hyde Park Picture House. Bradford has its own festival in March and is home to the National Media Museum (formerly National Musem of Photography, Film and Television), the only museum of its kind in Britain.