In this sense, theme parks encompass many of the facets of Foucault’s notion of the heterotopia. Heterotopias, in contrast to utopias, provide us with a way of coming in contact with, or becoming aware of the otherness of different spaces, complicating our experience of time, and creating an illusory space that helps reveal something of our real existence. And yes, … Read More
About the Lab The intention of the FIMS Film Festival Critics Lab is to provide FIMS students with enhanced access to TIFF, North America’s most prominent public film festival, and to develop student exposure to film festivals as media ecosystems through the lens of film criticism and festival programming. The practice of film criticism uniquely brings together the creative and … Read More
Lab Director Professor Nataleah Hunter-Young Nataleah Hunter-Young (she/they) is a writer, film curator, and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. At the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), she is International Programmer responsible for feature selections from Africa and Arab West Asia. Nataleah has supported Festival programming at TIFF since … Read More
Climate change wasn’t yet a fixture of mainstream media reporting, Western’s student newspaper was still printing a new issue almost every day, and Gloria Dickie, BA’12, was kick-starting her writing career by covering the story of a southwestern Ontario man attacked by his tiger. More than a decade later, Dickie is now an award-winning environmental journalist with Reuters in London, … Read More
FIMS Film Festival Critics Lab An Insider Experience at TIFF 2023 Film festivals are dynamic non-profit ecosystems where creative practitioners (filmmakers, producers, writers, actors, cinematographers, composers) meet industry (sales and talent agencies, distributors, investors), the press (critics), and public audiences. The FIMS Film Festival Critics Lab offers undergraduate and graduate FIMS students the opportunity to attend a number of films … Read More
An annual celebration of creative work submitted by FIMS undergraduate students in Media, Information and Technoculture (MIT), Media and the Public Interest (MPI) and Creative Arts and Production (CAP).
VIDEO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT: Learning To Love By Miles Bolton, Madeleine McColl, 4th Year MIT This podcast was created in the MIT Audio Journalism and Podcasting class for the final project. The Learning to Love Podcast follows hosts Madeleine McColl and Miles Bolton as they consult fellow Western students and experts on the topic of love. EXHIBIT: Made for Mermaid Unofficial … Read More
CREATIVE/VISUAL ESSAYS EXHIBIT: Melancholy By Candice Chow, 1st year MIT This semester I am taking MIT1070 taught by Professor Bello. When prompted with a visual essay project, I wanted to convey the sharp discrepancies between the two states of mind: blissfulness and melancholy. The uninteresting setting of a public park and public transit dissociates the character from the setting and … Read More
IMAGE EXHIBITS EXHIBIT: Basement Garden By Sarena Akhter, 2nd year MIT & Madeleine McColl, 2nd year MPI The “Basement Garden” photoshoot took place on the evening of October 31st as a fun and safe way to celebrate Halloween. We were inspired by our floral costumes and wanted to create a whimsical garden-like scene in our basement. The growth and whimsy … Read More