The film Itu Ninu by Itandehui Jansen, Programme Lead for the MA Film at Edinburgh Napier University, has just received the Grand Prize at the Arizona International Film Festival.
The film Itu Ninu, a practice-based research output by Napier academic Itandehui Jansen received the Jury Awards for Best Narrative Feature at the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. The film project explored sustainable materials and approaches in film production, and limited its footprint by walking to set and working with natural light.
The film premiered in October at the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico and has since then screened at a variety of venues and festivals, among others in Poland, Spain, Austria, Chile, and Brazil.
Film by Napier academic will be screening at UCLA
Oct 21, 2024
Summary
The film Itu Ninu by Napier academic Ita Jansen will be screening at UCLA. The event is organised by the Latin American Institute at UCLA.
The film is a Science fiction drama and tells the story of two climate migrants.
Films by Napier Academics screening in Londo
Nov 7, 2024
Summary
The short documentary film Leonel & Lesli by Paul Gray and the feature drama film Itu Ninu by Ita Jansen are both screening at the Garden Cinema in London in November as part of an event on New eco-narratives in Latin American film.
Writing the First World War: Conflict and Memory, 1914-1930
Sep 21, 2016
Summary
The University’s Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW) runs a series of research seminars on Wednesday afternoons throughout the teaching trimesters. These seminars are designed to approach literary issues within an interdisciplinary context, and anyone interested in the topics is invited to join us for some exciting and interesting talks.
'A Night at Stobs': AHRC-funded Performances about WWI Internment
Jun 18, 2018
Summary
A series of AHRC-funded performances will take place at venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Hawick in June.
Produced by a multi-disciplinary team at Edinburgh Napier, and featuring Music and Acting students and graduates, the shows will bring the history of WWI internment to life in accessible yet thought-provoking ways. The performances will be followed by a Q&A. The project already received some coverage in newspapers and the BBC in February (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-43210547).
Details on the shows and how to book tickets are below. Updates are also available via Twitter: @anightatstobs
Published article 'Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black
May 12, 2016
Summary
Published article 'Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black'. Television & New Media (Sage, 2016).
Edinburgh Napier appoints Rosie Howie as Publisher in Residence
May 7, 2021
Summary
The Bookseller, the leading publishing industry magazine, ran a feature on our ground-breaking Publisher in Residence appointment.
Full page coverage of my initiative (two years in the making), first of its kind in HE.
Cements industry links with Hachette UK, the second-largest British publishing group, and the market leader in ebooks. A global publishing group, Hachette is made up of ten autonomous publishing divisions and over fifty imprints with a rich and diverse history.
This is an imaginative initiative – no other university in the UK has a Publisher in Residence. MSc Publishing has an unparalleled reputation for innovation and vision, and this appointment speaks to the progressive nature of Publishing education at Edinburgh Napier.
