Film studies and creative media industries
The Section of Film studies and creative media industries brings together scholars, teachers and students with an interest in film studies from the silent film era to the current film and media landscape. The focus is on film, TV and visual digital storytelling as art and cultural practice. The section also works with production, distribution, exhibition and promotion in the creative media industries in a time marked by cross-media formats and new platforms.
The Section of Film Studies and Creative Media Industries brings together scholars, teachers and students with an interest in film studies from the silent film era to the current film and media landscape. The focus is on film, TV and visual digital storytelling as art and cultural practice, based on theories about e.g. narration, aesthetics and cognition.
The section also works with production, distribution, exhibition and promotion in the creative media industries and at specific cultural institutions, from idea development, innovation strategies and strategic communication related to new productions and projects to their circulation, target groups and reception in a time marked by cross-media formats and new platforms. The section has a close collaboration with the Nordic film and media industries as well as a number of public and private partners.
- Film, TV and media history
- Narration, storytelling and screenwriting
- Visual aesthetics, sound, music and acting
- Cognition and reception studies
- Genre studies, in fiction, factual and hybrid forms
- Film and media production
- Distribution, exhibition and new digital platforms
- Cross-media strategies and storyworlds
- The creative media industries/cultural industries
- Curation, programming and scheduling
- Film and cultural policy
- Idea development and innovation strategies
- Visual strategic communication and project management
- Film and media marketing
- Representation and diversity in the media industries
- Labour studies and issues of sustainability
A common film culture? - Denmark and Germany in the silent film era, 1910-1930COMMON FILM CULTURE? – DENMARK AND GERMANY IN THE SILENT FILM ERA, 1910-1930
Principal investigator at KU: Casper Tybjerg
The three-year research project (2019-2021) maps Danish-German interrelationships and entanglements in the silent period, at both individual, artistic, and film industry levels. It is part of the Danish Film Institute’s big silent film project, financed by three private foundations, which will lead to all Danish silent films being digitized and made available online.
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Reaching young audiences: Serial fiction and cross-media storyworlds for children and young audiences
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark
Principal investigator: Eva Novrup Redvall
Research team: Christa Lykke Christensen, KU, Pia Majbritt Jensen, AAU, Petar Mitric and several others
Members of section
| Name | Title | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astrup, Jannie Dahl | PhD student | +45 353-22555 | |
| Benkaaba, Kamel | Part-time lecturer | +45 353-28100 | |
| Bondebjerg, Ib | Professor emeritus | +45 60 24 11 64 | |
| Breindahl, Charlie | Part-time lecturer | +45 353-28100 | |
| Christensen, Katrine Bouschinger | PhD fellow | +45 353-26368 | |
| Grodal, Torben Kragh | Professor emeritus | +45 353-28100 | |
| Hansen, Lennard Højbjerg | Associate professor | +45 353-28126 | |
| Jørholt, Eva | Associate professor | +45 353-28112 | |
| Koppel, Jesper | Teaching associate professor | +45 24 24 85 88 | |
| Langkjær, Birger | Associate professor | +45 353-28124 | |
| Redvall, Eva Novrup | Associate professor | +45 353-29437 | |
| Riis, Johannes | Associate professor | +45 353-29180 | |
| Schepelern, Anne Luise | Teaching associate professor | +45 26 33 88 01 | |
| Schepelern, Peter | Associate professor, research and development | +45 26 11 81 06 | |
| Thorsen, Christian Isak | Part-time lecturer | +45 353-28100 | |
| Tybjerg, Casper | Associate professor | +45 353-28130 |
Contact
Associate professor Eva Novrup Redvall