For their third movie night of academic year, the CGFSSA presents Good Bye Lenin (2003, DIr. Wolfgang Becker), selected by CGFSSA member Michael Forloine. “Cold War Germany has always been a big interest of mine,” says Michael. “I really loved how the movie was able to balance its over the top melodrama with genuine human emotion. The numerous cinematic references, both stated and otherwise, are also a treat for any cinephile. I wanted to screen something that was not only a

For their second movie night of the semester, the CGFSSA presents Pontypool (2008, Dir. Bruce McDonald), selected by CGFSSA member Jennifer Quintanilla: “If I had to choose a favorite horror film, which I think is a tad masochist in and of itself (haha), this would be it. What drew me to it was how it inventively plays on our thinking and understanding of language and meaning by creating an unsettling atmosphere, relying on sound and spoken word. It has an Orson Welles’ The W

The Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association will be screening A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013) as part of their Movie Night series on Wednesday, March 18th at 6pm in the MIRC. “A first-time collaboration between Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness was a screening I saw at TIFF in 2013,” says CGFSSA member Alyssa Shore. “All at once beautiful, reflective, and haunting, it’s a film that left such an impression that it became my favour

For a fourth consecutive year, the Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association showcased a variety of student research topics at various stages of development during our annual MA Symposium. The DHC/ART Foundation in the Old Port graciously provided an excellent space for this year’s symposium, which sought to give valuable presentation experience and feedback to presenters from their colleagues in attendance. The room was packed as everyone shared in an excited curio

The Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association is thrilled to announce the Fourth Annual CGFSSA Symposium that will be taking place on Friday, March 6th, 2015. The day will begin with breakfast and coffee, followed by presentations by Master’s students. First-year students will kick off the proceedings, with Julia Higgins talking about the status of memory in the digital age, Jake Bagshaw performing an intervention in teen films of late 1990s and early 2000s, Jennife

The Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association will be screening Our Lady of the Assassins (2000) by  Barbet Schroeder as part of their Movie Night series on Wednesday, February 11th at 6pm in the MIRC “The first time I watched Schroeder’s  Our Lady of the Assassins, I was starting my studies in cinema and wanting to know more about popular Latin American movies,” says CGFSSA member Joaquin Serpe. “I watched it just after experiencing City of God and Elite Squad, hop

The Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association is proud to bring back another cycle of Movie Nights! Join the CGFSSA for a fun evening of film, pizza, and great discussions starting this Monday, November 3rd at 6pm at the MIRC for a screening of: After Life (1998) Dir. Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan. Chosen by MA student, Jennifer Quintanilla! “After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.” – IMDB We hope to see you there! #afterlife #

The CGFSSA would like to give you a heads up for some of the events we are planning in the New Year, so your can mark them down on you calendar! The 3rd Annual MA Symposium: This event will give MA students the opportunity to practice their conference presentation skills in a casual environment. The event will be held in the afternoon of either the 24th or 25th of January (location TBA). Start thinking of a paper you might like to present, because we will be sending out an em

Lindsay Campbell – “All in the Game: Representations of Sound and Urban Spaces on HBO’s The Wire“ Georgia Cowan – “Science is Fiction: Re-Presenting the Films of Jean Painlevé” Melanie Lanza – “French New Wave Godard: Modern Experimentalist” David Hanley – “Diasporic Cinema and the Canadian Multicultural Project” Jesse Hoffman – “Bela Balazs and the Crisis of Film Theory” Bridget Deer – “Restoring the Experience of Metropolis“ Jesse Balzer – “Jackie Chan,  Independent Distrib

By popular demand, the Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association is starting up a movie night series in the grad lounge! Our first event will take place on Wednesday November 7 at 6:30 PM,  and the theme of the night will be Science Fiction Cult movies. Suggestions on which film to screen are welcome, so hit us up in the comment section or email us at cgfssa@gmail.com. The more obscure and entertaining the film, the better – only remember that we need to have access