The Centre for Interdisciplinary Film Research (CIFR) provides a lively interdisciplinary research forum for research staff, academics, postgraduates and film practitioners. It encourages intellectual exchange between film theory, history and practice and regularly hosts external speakers from academia and the creative industries. Past speakers have included filmmakers Dn Boyd, Mike Figgis, Mike Leigh and Nicolas Roeg, screenwriter Andrew Davies and sound designer Tom Sayers, and film researchers such as Catherine Grant, Richard Dyer, Murray Pomerance, and Patrick Keating.Join a vibrant, rich and varied Film and Television Studies research culture at ExeterOur main areas of research specialism are:History and theory of American cinemaWar and visual mediaFilm and television archivesQueer film and televisionBritish and European cinemasTransnational and world cinemas (African, East Asian, Latin American and diasporic cinemas and filmmakers)Early and silent cinemaBritish and American TVFilm technologies and special effectsGender and sexualityCinema audiencesFilm and literatureStars, acting and performanceAdaptation studiesGenre studiesSound