ON THE ROAD: ROAD, TRAIL AND HORIZON FILMS. Film Course

This course proposes an exploration of different filmic landscapes through the displacement of bodies and the journey, both physical and symbolic (if such a distinction can be made). From the heyday of classicism in the nineteen-thirties to the present day, through almost a hundred years of film history and through films from different genres and countries, we will search for the horizon along roads and highways, as so many nomads have done before. It is, of course, the hero's or heroine's journey that has fuelled the tales of humanity since our ancestors first sat around a campfire to tell a story. It is the impulse to leave in search of a ‘there’—a different geography, a different time—in which to refound the ‘here.’ Because, as Dorothy says, ‘if we walk far enough... we shall sometime come to someplace.’ Or maybe not, the wonderful world of Oz may not be waiting for us beyond the rainbow, but there will always be a story along the way.

PROGRAMME

17 SEPTEMBER
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, 1939)

1 OCTOBER
The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021)

8 OCTOBER
The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

22 OCTOBER
Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)

29 OCTOBER
Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa, 1975)

12 NOVEMBER
The Easy Life (Dino Risi, 1962)

19 NOVEMBER
El viaje a ninguna parte (Fernando Fernán Gómez, 1987)

3 DECEMBER
Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott, 1993)

10 DECEMBER
Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)

17 DECEMBER
The Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999)

JOSÉ MANUEL LÓPEZ (Vigo, Pontevedra, 1974) holds a PhD in Communication and is an Associate Professor at the University of Vigo. He founded the film magazine Tren de sombras (2004- 2008) and from 2007 to 2017, he was a member of the editorial board of Caimán Cuadernos de Cine, previously known as Cahiers du Cinéma. España. In 2008 he coordinated the book Naomi Kawase. El cine en el umbral for the Las Palmas Film Festival and is the author of numerous articles, conference presentations and book chapters. Since 2012, he has been teaching film courses at the Vigo Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO) and the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art (CGAC). He has also given lectures at venues such as Master LAV, ESCAC, CGAI, Seminci, the Malaga Festival and Centro de las Artes de Sevilla. He has curated exhibitions and screening cycles for the Fundación Luis Seoane, Curtocircuito: International Film Festival of Santiago de Compostela, Solar Galeria de Arte Cinemática and the Curtas de Vila do Conde film festival (Portugal). In 2020, he received the prize for the best essay written on international audio-visuals at the fourth edition of the María Luz Morales Awards, given by the Academia Galega do Audiovisual.

TARGET GROUPS

Teachers, students and people interested in cinema

REGISTRATION

Registration will be open from 8th July to 13th September 2024. If you are interested, please email cgac.educacion@xunta.gal. Please include your full name, national ID card number, studies, area of work or interest, an email address and a contact telephone number. Spaces will be allocated strictly on a first-come first-served basis. Once your request has been accepted, registered applicants will be sent payment details.

CERTIFICATE

The CGAC will award a certificate to all those who attend at least 70% of the sessions.