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I joined LSBU in 2016, where I am Senior Lecturer in Film Practice and Year Level Co-Ordinator for the first year of the Film Practice BA. I am also Chair of the Practice as Research in the Arts group. I previously worked at the University of Essex and Coventry University, and I hold a BA (First Class Hons) and an MA (Distinction) in Film from the University of East London. My PhD on affect and narrative cinema was funding by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
I am founder member of the International Network of Experimental Fiction Filmmaking. The annual INEFF festival and conference brings together the best of independent experimental fiction film production from all around the world, together with practitioners and researchers delivering a fantastic programme of talks, screenings, workshops, and more. We have participants from over 50 countries across 5 continents.
My main research interests are Film-Philosophy and Film-Practice, affect and tone in narrative cinema, documentary film, and experimental moving image practice. My films are regularly screened nationally and internationally at film festivals and academic conferences. I am the recipient of both the European (Milan, Italy) and the North American (San Francisco, USA) jury prizes for documentary practice from the Association for Consumer Research. I have been nominated twice for the BAFTSS practice as research awards for Audio-Visual Practice-Research.
My film practice has received funding from the National Lottery and Channel 4, The Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust, Team London GLA (Mayor of London), and The Capital Foundation Trust: Grassroots Fund.
Courses taught
Film and Television Practice - BA (Hons)
Arts and Creative Industries - PhD
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Mr Ben Mallaby | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
Awarded in the last 5 years
| Epigeum Supervisory Training | MPhil |
Screenworks – the peer-reviewed online publication of practice research in film and screen media, edited by Dr Charlotte Crofts (UWE Bristol) and Associate Editors: Will DiGravio (The Video Essay Podcast); Shweta Ghosh (PhD Candidate at University of Reading); Catherine Gough-Brady (PhD Candidate at RMIT, Australia); Dr Matthew Hawkins (London South Bank University); Dr Alexander Nevill (Nottingham Trent University); Dr Estrella Sendra Fernandez (SOAS, University of London and Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton). Screenworks publishes practice research that produces new knowledge in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields. We offer a forum for the dissemination and discussion of practice research that includes space for reflection on research contexts. Work is published alongside a research statement, which offers a ‘route map’ of the research process, together with two anonymous reviews, which provide critical feedback on both the work itself and its research context.
Film Practices
Film and Media
External Advisor, MA Film Practice degree validation.
External Examiner
Prizes, awards, and accolades
Best Audio Visual Practice as Research - Runner Up (Mar 2021)
BAFTSS
Husband and Wife, documentary, 38 minutes.
Best Practice as Research, Feature - Runner Up (Mar 2024)
BAFTSS
Bullseye, A Film in Four Movements, 72 minutes.
Antigone in the London office: documentary film, creativity and female agency
Hawkins, M. and Hawkins, M. (2021). Antigone in the London office: documentary film, creativity and female agency. Cultural Studies. 36 (1), pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2021.2011930
Husband and Wife
Hawkins, M. (2020). Husband and Wife. London South Bank University. https://doi.org/10.18744/lsbu.8w3z8
Voyeurism in Documentary Filmmaking on Migration
Hawkins, Matthew (2019). Voyeurism in Documentary Filmmaking on Migration. Difference Festival. University of Westminster, London
Spotkanie Filmowa, Husband and Wife at Opt-Art, Poland.
Hawkins, M. and Marta, H. (2019). Spotkanie Filmowa, Husband and Wife at Opt-Art, Poland.
The Personal is Political: How Polish women negotiate the price of migration
Hawkins, M. and Marchevska, E. (2018). The Personal is Political: How Polish women negotiate the price of migration.
Husband and Wife: Affect, Movement and Female Interiority
Hawkins, Matthew (2018). Husband and Wife: Affect, Movement and Female Interiority. Creative Bodies, Creative Minds. Graz, Austria