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New Thinking: Films and Research

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Melting glaciers, cacophonous refugee camps, voices in heads, bathroom altercations and indigenous communities in crisis are the subjects of this year's AHRC Research In Film Awards.

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to researchers and filmmakers from the winning films, which are:

Inspiration Award: ‘To Be A Marma’ - Ed Owles
Best Doctoral of Early Career Film: ‘Voices Apart’ - David Heinemann
Best Climate Emergency Film: ‘A Short Film About Ice’ - Adam Laity
Best Animated Film: ‘Bathroom Privileges’ - Ellie Land
Best Research Film: ‘Shelter without Shelter’ - Mark E Breeze

You can hear Tom Scott Smith discussing his research into refugee shelters in this episode of New Thinking called Refugees https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k37n

This episode of Free Thinking is put together in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI as one of a series of discussions focusing on new academic research also available to download as New Thinking episodes on the BBC Arts & Ideas podcast feed. You can find the whole collection here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90

Published on Wednesday, 18th November 2020.

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