Film has, from its very first days, been a way of relaying images of travel and escape. From early travelogues in exotic lands, to fantastical visions of imaginary worlds, cinema provides an invitation to explore distant realities, as well as to see the world around us anew.

This study day entitled: ‘Journeys in Film’ will be held on Saturday 18 February on Avenue Campus. The course will delve into the importance of journeying?in films, as seen in genres like the road movie, sci-fi and fantasy, as well as documentary realism.

It will consider the journeys taken by film itself, from financing and shooting to distribution and exhibition across global networks of festivals and film theatres. The course will also offer ways of understanding movies as moving pictures, demonstrating the artistry of films in producing thrilling speed and epic action or their opposite, stasis.

In an age of global interaction and migration,?the course?will also provide insight into the political and ethical issues surrounding film, both as an industry and as a?means of commenting upon our contemporary lives.

For more information about this event, please?contact Lifelong Learning on Tel.?+44(0)23 8059 8918 or email:?lifelonglearning@southampton.ac.uk.