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.
Latest News:
New books on diasporic film cultures by Network member Professor Dina Iordanova
Professor Dina Iordanova has recently published two books which engage with the representation of diasporic identities and with the creation of transnational 'imagined communities' at diaspora-linked film festivals. The Film Festival Yearbook 2: Film Festivals and Imagined Communities (eds. Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung) and Moving People, Moving Images: Cinema and Trafficking in the New Europe (William Brown, Dina Iordanov and Leshu Torchin) are both available via St. Andrews Film Studies.