Sally Shangguan

Thesis

Thesis- Discovering why does contemporary UK film policy take the shape that it does? And what shape does contemporary film policy take?

Biography

Biography

After achieving the MA Degree in Digital Film and Television Production at University of York, I worked in TV industry in China before continuing my PhD study in York. My current research interests include cross-cultural film co-productions, as well as diversity and inclusion policy in the UK film industries.

Research

Research

To explore how did UK film policy develop over time and how the development has shaped the contemporary UK film policy, my research focuses on key themes and historical moments to examine the development of British film legislation from both socio-cultural and economic perspectives, in the context of British film policy and the British film industry.

External activities

External activities

• Oral Prestation of Early British Film Regulations at The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film (MediaAsia2018)
• Attending the ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School that took place at the Institute of Social Studies, University of Tartu from 8-17 July in 2019.
• Attending Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) as an observer in 2020 and joining Sino-European Forum at EFM.
• Online Prestation of China-UK Film Co-production at 100 Years of Chinese Film & Screen: Past, Present, and Futures, held by University of Nottingham Ningbo China in 2011

Papers and publications

Publications

Republications

Conference papers

• Sally Shangguan and Andrew Higson. ‘Covid-19 and the film industry’,  Research Cluster at TFTI, University of York, April 15th, 2020.
• Sally Shangguan, ‘China-UK Film Co-production’, 100 Years of Chinese Film & Screen: Past, Present, and Futures, 14-15 May 2021.