Mar
Film@Forum: The Children Act
Welcome to our very first Film@Forum, hosted by Birgit Rausing Centre for Medical Humanities at Lund University. We’ll watch the film The Children Act on Forum Medicum’s big new screen in the foyer, followed by a conversation about the film with researchers from Birgit Rausing Centre for Medical Humanities and invited speakers.
When? 5 March. The film starts exactly at 17.00, please be seated by then
Where? Forum Medicum (Sölvegatan 19), main foyer, “the stairs”
Language/s? The film is in English with Swedish subtitles. The conversation afterwards will mainly be in Swedish.
Bring: A cushion to sit on, and perhaps another one for your back.
Food? Popcorn and something to drink will be available (first come, first serve). If you prefer your own candy/snack, feel free to bring it (but no nuts or peanuts). Alcoholic beverages are not allowed.
Registration:
Register as soon as possible before all the seats are taken: https://webforms.med.lu.se/register-for-film-at-forum/
Talking of seats: We can’t guarantee specific seats in our “movie theatre”, which can be reached by climbing stairs. Upon request: Show the e-mail confirmation you got when you registered, it is your "ticket".
If all the tickets are sold out, you're still welcome to join, but be prepared to watch the film standing on the "balconies".
Invited speakers:
- Elisabet Björklund – Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Film Studies
- Linus Broström – Lecturer, Medical Ethics
- Anders Castor – Paediatric oncologist, clinical ethicist, Chair of SLS Ethics delegation (Swedish Society of Medicine)
- Ervik Cejvan – Researcher, Philosophy of Religion
- Titti Mattsson – Professor of Law
Moderators: Lars Hagander, Professor, Pediatric Surgery and Public Health, and Pia Dellson, physician, poet and film scholar
About the film:
The Children Act (2017) is a film by Richard Eyre based on the novel with the same name by Ian McEwan. Eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work: Should she force a teenage boy, Adam (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.
More about Birgit Rausing Centre for Medical Humanities on our website
About the event
Location:
Forum Medicum, Sölvegatan 19, Lund - "the stairs" in the main foyer
Admission:
Free admission
Target group:
Open for all
Contact:
Lars [dot] Hagander [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se