Nick Deocampo, one of most prolific film critics we have, has announced “Fascism and Cinema”, a 3-hour talk on anti-fascist films, including Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist.

“With the alarming rise of fascist regimes in the world,” the Facebook post reads. “Nick Deocampo gathers together a number of films in order to interrogate the role that cinema can play in periods of autocratic rule.” The talk will center around Bertolucci’s film, which follows characters pinioned by their country’s political tyranny.

Check out the poster for the lecture:

“Fascism and Cinema” will happen on April 15, 2019, at 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, at the UPFI Film Studio, Media Center Building, College of Mass Communications in UP Diliman. Admission is priced at 300 pesos, with only limited seats available. To get yours, please follow this link to register.

The event is a joint effort between the UP Film Institute and the Philippine Italian Association.

Deocampo is a film critic, film historian, film literacy advocate, filmmaker, and creator/director of the Center for New Cinema.

He has authored such books on Philippine cinema as “Cine: Spanish Influence on Early Cinema in the Philippines” and “Eiga: Cinema in the Philippines During World War II”. He also teaches film courses at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

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