Welcome to H-Film, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-Film encourages scholarly discussion on cinema, film  and media studies as well as visual arts. We invite you to use H- film as a collaborative platform to create intra and para academic projects related to the cinema, media and film studies.

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Recent Content

Discussion published by Erica Tortolani on Saturday, July 15, 2017

Call for Proposals: Refocus: The Films of Paul Leni

Described by Siegfried Kracauer as one of the outstanding film directors of the post-World War I era, Paul Leni (1885-1929) is a significant yet overlooked figure in the German and US cinemas of the silent period.  A frequent collaborator with stage director Max Reinhardt, Leni worked as an art designer for some of the most prominent German directors of the time before coming into his own as a director. Creating both avant-garde and commercial films in Germany, Leni quickly became known for his captivatingly macabre productions.

Link published by Joanne Bernardi on Saturday, July 15, 2017

Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th Century Visual and Material Culture

https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/

Responsible person(s):      Joanne Bernardi  

Synopsis:     Creative digital curation of an original physical collection of travel and educational ephemera about Japan       

Content type:     High resolution images, moving images, audio materials, interactive timeline     

Intended audience:   Academic community and general public    

Host institution:         University of Rochester