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Applications are open for the workshop "Realism in cinema: when André Bazin and Andrey Zvyagintsev met by the river"

March 19, 2024
Poster of a workshop on Philosophy and Cinema with information about the place and dates of the workshop, the title, the theme and the portrait of the coordinator and a reference to the organiser.

Poster of a workshop on Philosophy and Cinema with information about the place and dates of the workshop, the title, the theme and the portrait of the coordinator and a reference to the organiser.

Workshop's dates: May 25-26, 2024, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

CHS Greece announces the beginning of the applications' submission to the new workshop "Realism in cinema: when André Bazin and Andrey Zvyagintsev met by the river," which will be coordinated by Pavlos Kontos, Professor at the Patras University Department of Philosophy.

The workshop is part of the broader theme “Philosophy and Cinema” and, therefore, starts from a paradox: what is the relationship between philosophy as a science and cinema as art, and what do we mean today when we state that cinema is a sort of philosophy? This initial question will become more concrete and tangible in two stages: (1) The workshop will focus on André Bazin –whose contribution to film theory was decisive and is still today a point of reference– and his positing that cinema is genuine and true only insofar as it is "realistic." What does "realism (réalisme)" mean for Bazin? How resistant is his position to the critical objections raised by contemporary film theorists? (2) Based on this theoretical groundwork, we will "read" Andrey Zvyagintsev's great film The Return (Russia, 2003, 105').

Learn more about the workshop on Philosophy and Cinema.

See also: Philosophy, Workshop Series, Open to all