Uchronia: Practice-Based Research into Queer Aesthetic Methodologies and Transmedial Adaptation in Experimental Cinema
Date: Wednesday 11th March 2026
Time: 16:00-18:00
Location: N2.03, High Wycombe Campus
Description:
This event will showcase Dr Fil Ieropoulos’s practice-based research, vis-a-vis his latest project, the docu-essay Uchronia (2026). It will feature a presentation of Fil’s creative methodologies on queer experimental filmmaking, as well as a preview of selected extracts from the film, having premiered last month at the Berlinale International Film Festival and prior to the film’s UK premiere at the British Film Institute in London on the 20th of March. The event foregrounds the research processes underpinning the work, situating filmmaking as a mode of inquiry and knowledge production.
Dr Ieropoulos says: “If you look at how TikTok operates, you realise there is a whole generation that is already comfortable with complicated, fragmented ways of telling stories.
“The media industry is still largely risk-averse, but audiences are now ahead of the curve. They have a hunger for experimental narratives because that non-linear style is already part of their daily digital lives.”
Uchronia invokes the restless spirit of Symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud, using his 19th-century provocations to dismantle modern ideas of identity. By transporting Rimbaud’s ghost into the modern day to encounter queer revolutionaries like Marsha P. Johnson and David Wojnarowicz, the film deliberately avoids the "palatable" tropes of mainstream queer cinema.
Access infomation: The room is in an accessible building with lift access and accessible toilets.