Choose one national cinema and investigate according to 4 of the following issues/criteria:
Popular cinema (non-Hollywood), e.g. Bollywood
Recent movements and trends in filmmaking practice and style (e.g. Dogma)
The politics and themes of diasporic cinema (emigre filmmakers such as Atom Egoyan or EmirKusturica repositioning their work and approaches within new national contexts)
Economic trends (adoption of international style, co-production, policy and funding)
Emerging auteurs within national film contexts
Cultural ideology and identity (political cinema and censorship)
Associating national cinemas with specific genres, styles and representational modes (e.g., Japanese and anime, Indian and the musical)

Two pieces of assessment:
1. Annotated literature review must feature at least three articles from recent journals (i.e. within last five years) as guided by above, not less than 10 items and from a range of sources; Annotated Filmography (as guided by above categories) not less than 10 films [Learning Outcomes 2,3]
2. Critically engage (take a position) and evaluate the arguments put forward in a relevant article or chapter. [Learning Outcomes 1]

3 three-hour introductory workshops followed by weekly tutorials (10 min) over 9 weeks.
Compilation of filmography and bibliography to reflect four key aspects of the indicative content of the module (see above).
Viewing, analysis and selection of representative films and relevant literature
Self-directed research and progress review with tutor.

Hjort, M & Scott Mackenzie (eds.) Cinema and Nation, Routledge, 2000
Nowell-Smith, G. (ed.) The Oxford History of World Cinema, 1996
Hill, J & Pamela Church-Gibson, (eds.)The Oxford Guide to Film Studies, 1998
Screen Issue 'Over the Borderlines - Questioning National Identities' 30/4, 1989
Smith, A.D. National Identity, Penguin, 1991

Viewing facilities, book and video stock,