About this Project
Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe is an international Research Network which brings together researchers who, in consultation with filmmakers, representatives from the film and media industry and the cultural sector, explore the evolution of migrant and diasporic cinemas in contemporary Europe over the past twenty-five years
The AHRC Research Network
Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe is a Research Network funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme. The work of the Network, information about relevant films and resources and forthcoming events and publications are documented on this website.
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Heimat in the age of transnational migration
Panel 'Unheimliche Sehnsucht nach Heimat' at WDR Heimat Symposium - October 2009
Dr Daniela Berghahn, leader of the Migrant and Diasporic Cinema Network, and Network participant Professor Carrie Tarr, were invited by the WDR (West German Broadcasting Corporation) to explore the concept of Heimat at a public symposium, held at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne’s equivalent of the Tate Modern, on 16 and 17 October 2009. Daniela Berghahn will also feature in a television programme entitled ‘Plötzlich so viel Heimat’ (Suddenly so much Heimat), broadcast by the WDR during the ‘Long Night of the Heimatfilm’ on 31 October 2009. She will be discussing the evolution of the Heimatfilm, a quintessentially German film genre, and its recent revival in the age of transnational migration.