Age and Ageing in European and Anglophone Cinema(s)
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Age and Ageing in European and Anglophone Cinema(s)

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Age and Ageing in European and Anglophone Cinema(s)

septembrie 1, 2025 | by

SERCIA Conference in collaboration with the AGE-C Research Project

3-5 September 2025

Faculty of Theatre and Film, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

DAY 1: September 3 (Wednesday), 2025
20:00 – 22:30/ Screening of The Substance (Coralie Fargeat, 2024) –

Arta Cinema
DAY 2: September 4 (Thursday), 2025
8:45 – 9:00/ Opening – Simone Veil Room
9:00 – 10:30/ Keynote: Raphaëlle Moine (Sorbonne Nouvelle University)

Alzheimer’s Disease Narratives Across Contemporary European Cinema: Beyond Narratives of Decay?

Moderation by: Andrea Virginás

– Simone Veil Room
10:30 – 11:00/ Coffee Break – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
11:00 – 12:30/ Panel A1:

The Medium is the Message: Self- Reflexive Moving Images of Ageing – Nelson Mandela Room

 11:00 – 12:30/ Panel B1:

Spacing Ageing 1: Ageing Addressed Through Spatial Dimensions

– Robert Schuman Room
12:30 – 14:00/ Lunch Break – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
14:00 – 15:30/ Panel A2:

Ageing Femininities Explored Through (Body) Horror and Melodramas

– Nelson Mandela Room

 14:00 – 15:30/ Panel B2:

Spacing Ageing 2: Ageing Addressed Through Spatial Dimensions

– Robert Schuman Room
15:30 – 16:00/ Coffee Break – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
16:00 – 17:30/ Panel A3:

Ageing Addressed Through Science Fiction

– Nelson Mandela Room

 16:00 – 17:30/ Panel B3:

Biographical Reflections on Ageing

– Robert Schuman Room
17:30 – 18:00/ Break
18:00 – 19:30/ Reception – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
DAY 3: September 5 (Friday), 2025
9:00 – 10:30/ Keynote: Tony Tracy (University of Galway)

The Map & The Territory: Topographies of Ageing Masculinities on Screen. Moderation by: Boglárka Angéla Farkas

– Simone Veil Room
10:30 – 11:00/ Coffee Break – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
11:00 – 12:30/ Panel A4:

Stardom in Later Age and the Ageing Star

Nelson Mandela Room

 11:00 – 12:30/ Panel B4:

Representations of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

–       Robert Schuman Room
12:30 – 13:30/ Lunch Break – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
13:30 – 15:00/ Panel A5:

Age and Ageing Expressed Through Sexuality and/or Intersectionality

–  Nelson Mandela Room

 13:30 – 15:00/ Panel B5:

Older Adult Male Criminals in Action

– Robert Schuman Room
15:00 – 15:30/ Coffee Break – UBB Casa Universitarilor Restaurant
15:30 – 17:00/ Panel A6:

Intergenerational Ageing in European Contexts

–  Nelson Mandela Room

  
17:00 – 17:15/ Break
17:15 – 19:15/ SERCIA GENERAL MEETING – Simone Veil Room
20:00 – 22:00/ Conference Dinner – Divino Porcello Restaurant
BONUS DAY: September 6 (Saturday), 2025
10:00 – Bus Trip to Torockó/ Rimetea.
14:00 – Lunch at Torockó – Tóbiás House Restaurant
16:00-17:15 – Bus trip back to Cluj-Napoca