Peggy Ahwesh

Filmmaker in Residence

Easter Term 2021

To register please sign up via the relevant google form (there is a separate form for each event as shown below). Confirmation and zoom sign-in information will be sent to registered participants at the start of the week of 17 May.  Any queries may be directed to: postgraduatestudies@mmll.cam.ac.uk

Schedule of Events

Screenings and Conversations

All screenings start at 5pm. Conversations time allotted for screening.

Introduction and conversation via zoom / Screenings via Peggy Ahwesh’s vimeo channel

19 May

the third body (2008, 8 min)

Nocturne (1998, 30 min)

the vision machine (1997, 20 min)

The Scary Movie (1993, 9 min)

in conversation: Peggy Ahwesh, Michele Pierson, John David Rhodes

Sign up: https://forms.gle/HxVZ8ymTNf88XpXWA

21 May

Bethlehem (2009, 8 min)

From Romance to Ritual (1985, 20 min)

Strange Weather (1993, 50 min)

in conversation: Peggy Ahwesh, Erika Balsom, John David Rhodes

Sign up: https://forms.gle/2hpix9h6Z2rFwBSXA

(Note: the deadline to sign up is 2pm on 21 May)

23 May

The Falling Sky (2017, 9.5 min)

Three Shorts (Tempest, Rip van Winkle & Unisphere) (2020, 6 min)

Beirut Outtakes (2007, 8 min)

Border Control (2019, 4 min)

Kansas Atlas (2019, 18 min)

in conversation: Peggy Ahwesh, Erika Balsom, Elena Gorfinkel and John David Rhodes

Sign up: https://forms.gle/2Mj6SroXTiYBL4bM9

(Note: the deadline to sign up is 2pm on 21 May)

Master Classes

via zoom. These are limited to students at the University of Cambridge.

20 May, 10am-12 noon

Sign up: https://forms.gle/RzBUu5fVfXwSCbRSA

26 May, 10am-12 noon

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Keynote Lecture

via zoom

24 May

3pm

Elena Gorfinkel (Kings College London)

Title “Women They Talk About: Peggy Ahwesh’s Voluble Subjects”

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