British Universities Film & Video Council

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News Archive for February, 2013

  • New to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please   contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Bradshaw Foundation The Bradshaw Foundation is a privately funded non-profit organisation […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 15th February 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as food hygiene, new technology in the home, music in Africa and the perils of social media. 1. FOOD INSPECTORS (BBC1) View TRILT record or watch now on BoB National For more information, please go to […]

  • BBFCinsight

    The BBFC publishes detailed information about the content of every film that they rate via BBFCinsight, which is aimed particularly at parents. It offers a summary of how and why a film was rated at any given category. BBFCinsight highlights the key issues in a film then expands on this giving examples of the sorts […]

  • What is restoration? – FOCAL / BFI one-day conference

    FOCAL INTERNATIONAL RESTORATION / PRESERVATION CONFERENCE 2 May 2013, BFI Southbank Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XT www.focalint.org/ ‘What is restoration?’ a one day conference to celebrate, discuss and analyse the range of work being carried out to preserve the world’s film and video heritage issues covered: ethics, techniques, commercial pressures, principles, presentation, formats, the canon, […]

  • Nicholas Hytner on ‘How to Do Shakespeare’

    The University of Notre Dame, The Shakespeare Institute and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust present ‘Stand and Unfold Yourself’ – How to do Shakespeare by Sir Nicholas Hytner, Artistic Director of the National Theatre. This is the second public lecture about Shakespeare in a series named in honor of former Shakespeare Institute director Professor Stanley Wells, […]

  • CFP: Media, Culture and Racism

    Media, Culture and Racism: An interdisciplinary symposium 27 April 2013 Sponsored by Centre for Media and Culture Research, London South Bank University REGISTRATION NOW OPEN This event is free and open to all, but places are limited. Please register at http://sl-symposium2013.eventbrite.co.uk This symposium seeks to bring together academics, journalists, arts practitioners, teachers, and policymakers to […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programmes Requests

    For the week ending 8th February 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as colour, entrepreneurship, law and social housing. 1. SECRET LIFE OF THE SHOP (BBC3) View TRILT record For more information, read this blog on the programme 2. TECHNICOLOUR (BBC RADIO 4) View TRILT record or listen […]

  • New additions on the BUFVC Gateway

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to   video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into   over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please   contact us by email or telephone or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Adam Curtis – The Medium and the Message Filmmaker Adam Curtis […]

  • BUFVC at the AoC Annual College HE Conference 2013

    The BUFVC will be exhibiting at the Association of Colleges (AoC) Annual College HE Conference 2013.  The event will be taking place at the Hotel Russell, London on Wednesday 6 March 2013. The BUFVC will be located at stand 7. Visit our stand to find out about our latest resources, which enable the easy discovery […]

  • BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

    For the week ending 1st February 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as the Holocaust, marketing, the work of Oscar Wilde and social deprivation. 1. COOLHUNTERS (BBC2) View TRILT record For more information, please go to the BBC website 2. OSCAR WILDE: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY […]