Co-Curricular Film Programs
FLiCX: Faculty-Led interactive Cinematic explorations
The Vanderbilt Film Studies Program and the Office of the Dean of Students, in partnership with the historic Belcourt Theatre in Hillsboro Village, have developed an initiative to promote faculty-student conversations centered on foreign, independent, and classic films: FLiCX, or Faculty-Led interactive Cinematic eXplorations. The Office of the Dean of Students purchases tickets for students who agree to remain for the post-screening discussion.
International Lens is a film series with a global perspective that uses film screenings as a forum to promote conversation among Vanderbilt’s diverse community of students, faculty and staff. International Lens works to transcend geographic, ethnic, religious, linguistic and political boundaries by encouraging conversation and greater cross-cultural understanding through cinema. The series is a partnership between the Office of the Dean of Students and various academic departments, centers, and programs.
Southern Arts Federation Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Films: The Office of the Dean of Students through its office of Arts and Creative Engagement is proud to be a 2009-10 recipient of a SAF Southern Circuit grant that supports the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities with an interactive way of experiencing independent film. The tour connects audience members with independent filmmakers and encourages dialogue about the films through post-screening discussions led by the film directors. Southern Circuit transforms watching independent films from a solitary experience into a communal one. LINK (to section on iLens page.)
Vandy Gets Reel: the Vanderbilt Student Film Festival, which takes place late in the spring semester showcases student films. The festival is the product of a partnership between the Film Studies Program and the Office of the Dean of Students.
