From January 22nd to January 24th Screen Academy Scotland is organising a Symposium and different film screenings on Eco Narratives and Sustainability in Film with support of an AHRC grant and in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth.
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.
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.
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.
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.
