Film Programming

In 2022 I began the French Film Club at the University of Melbourne. The aim of this program was to make use of the facilities of the University to hold screenings of important and little-screened films for students, academics, and broader members of the public and the film community in Melbourne. Each film was preceded by an introduction given by either myself or a guest programmer, and followed by a group discussion that I moderated. The Film Club continued into 2023-24 with the involvement of Dr. Corey Cribb as a fellow programmer.

Some screenings

  • Maurice Pialat, 1983. Introduced by myself.

  • Philippe Garrel, 1985. Introduced by filmmaker Campbell Walker.

  • Marguerite Duras, 1975. Introduced by sound artist and academic Sally Ann McIntyre.

  • Jacques Rivette, 1981. Introduced by film critic Jake Wilson.

  • Marc’O, 1968. Introduced by film critic and arts writer Philippa Hawker

  • by Agnès Varda, introduced by theatre practitioner Mark Wilson

Après la nouvelle vague: Cinema, History, Belatedness

The community built around the film club further led to a one-day symposium on post-new wave French cinema, which I organised at the University of Melbourne in March 2023.

A publication edited by myself and Dr. Corey Cribb, drawing on the film introductions and the presentations given at this symposium, is forthcoming in 2025.