Queens of Syria: screening and Q&A

University of Edinburgh Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A group of Syrian women, now refugees exiled in Jordan, created an extraordinary modern retelling of Euripides’ 'The Trojan Women'. ​On stage the women courageously explore parallels between the ancient Greek tragedy and the catastrophe of today’s civil war. Their first-hand experience of a country in turmoil mirrors the Trojan women they portray, displaced and […]

‘The Gods Are Still Not to Blame’

University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom

The University of Bristol is holding the UK premier of ‘The Gods Are Still Not to Blame’, a Nigerian cinematic adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. The event will take place at the Wills Memorial Building (room 3.32) on Wednesday 21st March, 5pm. Opening remarks will be given by Oyefunke Fayoyin, the film’s director and producer. […]

Audio / Visual Romans

British School at Rome via Antonio Gramsci 61, Rome, Italy

Audio / Visual Romans seeks to explore the complex relationship between sound and image in films about ancient Romans: musical accompaniment as the aural encoding of history; film dialogue as the mechanism by which the past speaks in the present.Afternoon Roundtable Discussion 15.30 - 17.00 and Evening Film Screening 18.00 - 20.00FREE. ALL WELCOME. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.You are […]

New films, old drama: an evening with Barefaced Greek

Senate House, University of London Malet Street, London

Barefaced Greek celebrate classical Greek drama in performance by making accessible short films using text from Greek comedy and tragedy. These fresh new films (in the original language, with subtitles), produced for online broadcast, aim to reach new audiences internationally, and to inspire a love of Greek language and drama in the twenty-first century. This […]

‘For an empty tunic, for a Helen’

University College London London, United Kingdom

A film screening on the life of ancient and modern Helens, introduced by Dr Antony Makrinos with music composed by Belinda E.S.

Ingenious Soil (Being Human)

Devon and Exeter Institution 7 Cathedral Close, Exeter, United Kingdom

Come and join us for an evening of ‘ingenious soil’, Latin, and art, during which we will be presenting the first screening of an artwork by Laura Hopes. Inspired by Virgil’s Georgics, the ancient Roman agricultural poem, the film ‘Marginalia’ has emerged from a collaboration between artist Laura Hopes, Katharine Earnshaw (Classics, University of Exeter), and Mary Quicke (Quicke’s […]

AUDIO / VISUAL ROMANS: Julius Caesar on Screen

British School at Rome via Antonio Gramsci 61, Rome, Italy

Live screening of the rarely seen yet remarkable Italian silent feature film Julius Caesar or Cajus Julius Caesar (1914 dir. Enrico Guazzoni), brought over especially from the archives of the Netherlands Film Institute and accompanied by an original score composed for the occasion by the noted concert pianist and composer Michele Sganga. Caesar’s life is presented […]

Entering the Classical World through Silent Cinema

The Bloomsbury Theatre 15 Gordon Street, London, United Kingdom

This live screening draws audiences to ancient Greece and Rome through four rarely seen but remarkable films. Pompeii and Vesuvius (1906) juxtaposes disturbingly the damage caused by the modern eruption of Vesuvius with shots of Pompeii, the ancient city of the dead. An Excursion in Ancient Greece (1913) takes its elegant sightseers up the Corinthian canal to view […]

£12

‘Cleft Lip’ (Dir. Erik Knudsen, 2018) Film Screening with Guest Introduction from Director, Prof. Erik Knudsen (UCLAN)

No 70 Oxford Street Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Classical Association presents a special screening of Erik Knudsen's 'Cleft Lip' (2018), a 21st century retelling of the Oedipus myth which asks the question of 'what happens when fertility becomes a commodity in a fractured society?'. We're lucky enough to be joined by the film's director for this event, which will also feature his […]

Free

Agnès Varda’s Greek Antiquity: Three Courts-Métrages

University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom

In preparation for future research on Agnès Varda and Greek antiquity, this event will screen three courts-métrages by outstanding Belgian-born French film director, artist and photographer Agnès Varda. There will be short introductions for each film, followed by an open discussion. All are very welcome. For bookings, please contact laura.jansen@bristol.ac.uk    PROGRAMME   ***Pre-screening drinks*** […]