EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL 2008 DISCUSSION PANELS

The Discussion Panels will be held each day from Monday September 8 until Thursday September 11 at one of the VIP theatre on the second floor of the Palladium.

They will run from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures with the University of Texas at San Antonio is organizing these panels under the supervision of Dr. Marita Nummikoski, PhD Chair of the Department.

Dr. Nancy Membrez, PhD ( Associate Professor of Spanish ) UTSA and film maker is in charge of the Discussion Panels.

Monday, September 8

Host: Dr. Steven Kellman, PhD (Professor Department of English) UTSA

Topic: "Foreign Films: Subtitling, Dubbing and Remakes"

Guests:

Dona Kercher, PhD Chair Department of Foreign Languages Assumption College. Specialist in International Film and Media studies

John Incledon, PhD Albright College. Specialist in subtitling

Tuesday, September 9

Host: Christopher Wickham, PhD (Associate Professor of German) UTSA

Topic: "European Cinema/European Stereotypes in America"

Guests:

Pierre Verdaguer, PhD University of Maryland. Specialist in French stereotypes in American films

Marita Nummikoski, PhD Chair Department of Modern Languages and Literatures UTSA

Wednesday, September 10

Host: Nancy Membrez, PhD (Associate Professor of Spanish, film maker) UTSA

Topic: "The Magic of Film"

Guests:

Cathleen Rountree, PhD University of California. Film journalist and critic, Author and Educator

Craig Rainey, actor

Thursday, September 11
Host: Nancy Membrez, PhD (Associate Professor of Spanish) UTSA. Film maker

Topic: "What Makes Foreign Films Foreign?"

Guests:

Dora Fitzgerald, M.A. Columbia University. Professor, Communications Arts Incarnate Word University. Specialist video production and scriptwriting

Ronald Wojnar, M.A. Professor of Digital video, Department of Multimedia Technology, Northwest Vista College

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