2023 kevad
Rahul Sharma, “Examining Diaspora Identities and Gaze in Cinematic Representations of Immigrants in The Namesake (2006) and Joy (2018)” (“Diasporaa identiteetide ja pilgu uurimine immigrantide kinematograafilises kujutamises filmides “The Namesake” (2006) ja “Joy” (2018)”). Juhendaja prof Julia Kuznetski.
Mariia Ivanova, “Overcoming Alienation: The Representations of Personal and Collective Estrangement in The Orphanage” (“Võõrandumise ületamine: isikliku ja kollektiivse võõrdumise kujutamine Serhi Žadani romaanis “Internaat””). Juhendaja prof Eneken Laanes.
Anna Kovalenko, “The Connection of the Ukrainian Woman and the Land as Represented in the Works of Lesya Ukrainka and Sana Shahmuradova-Tanska” (“Maa ja Ukraina naise vahelise seose kujutamine Lesja Ukrainka ja Sana Shahmuradova-Tanska loomingus”). Juhendaja prof Julia Kuznetski.
Alagoz Hajieva, “Representation of Otherness in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema in the Case of Arrival” (“Teistsuguse kujutamine kaasaegses ulmekinos filmi “Saabumine” näitel”). Juhendaja dr Teet Teinemaa.
Kotte Pathirannehelage Geethma Sudarshani Madanayake, “The Intersections of Posthumanism and Buddhist Philosophy in The Matrix: Analyzing Dialogue Depictions” (“Posthumanismi ja budistliku filosoofia lõikepunktid filmi „Matrix“ dialoogitekstides”). Juhendaja prof Julia Kuznetski ja prof Lisa Indraccolo.
2023 talv
Pierangelly Del Rio Martinez, Elusive and violent memories: an analysis of memorial dynamics in contemporary Colombian literature (“Tabamatud ja vägivaldsed mälestused: mälu dünaamika analüüs kaasaegses Colombia kirjanduses”). Juhendaja prof Eneken Laanes.
2022 sügis
Marlene Suits, Black Images Matter: A Case Study of Race Relations and Instagram Images in Contemporary America (“Black Images Matter: Juhtumuuring rassidevahelistest suhetest tänapäeva USA ühiskonnas Instagrami piltide varal”). Juhendaja Alo Paistik.
Iveta Aare, Cinematic Adaptation of “The Metamorphosis”: The Representation of Ambiguity in The Transformation (Превращение) (“”Metamorfoosi” filmiadaptatsioon: Ambivalentsuse kujutamine filmis “Transformatsioon” (Превращение)”). Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa.
Ellen Power, The Time-image and Representations of Class Conflict in ‘Bait’ and ‘Parasite’ (“Ajapilt ja klassivõitlus filmides „Sööt“ ja „Parasiit“”). Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa.
2021 kevad
Raya Bouslah “How can films do philosophy: The case of “Westworld”, the TV series”. Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa, retsensent Mari Laaniste.
Mayra Lynn Assink “Theorisation of the Patriarchal Gaze and Glance Through Representation of Women in Present-Day Narrative Cinema”. Juhendaja Julia Kuznetski, retsensent Rebeka Põldsam.
Margherita Marchetti “Queer and Monstrous: Exploring the Possibilities of Queer Narratives”. Juhendajad Julia Kuznetski, Michael Keerdo-Dawson, retsensent Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov.
Andreas Fecher (zoom) “Cannibalism in Film as Reflection on Society: Subversion of the Notion of Difference in ‘Week End’ and ‘Dans ma Peau'”. Juhendaja Henry John Mead, retsensent Daniele Monticelli.
2021 talv
Mariam Meparishvili “In Search of Identity: Georgian Art Scene in the 1990s”. Juhendajad Francisco Martinez ja Kädi Talvoja, retsensent Ingrid Ruudi.
Chirag Surendra Singh, “Existentialist Philosophy Portrayed through the Character of BoJackHorseman in the Animated Sitcom “BoJack Horseman””. Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa, retsensent Matthias Jost.
2020 kevad
Sally Anne Hanson, “Prosthetic Memory and Cultural Phenomena on Screen: How Reconstructed Disasters Provoke Emotive Response in the TV Series Chernobyl”. Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa, retsensent Linda Kaljundi.
Maria del Mar Sanchez Bernal,”Cinematic Landscapes as Constructors and Disruptors of Societal Norms and Values: Case Studies of Roma (2018) and Güeros (2014)”. Juhendaja Gregor Taul, retensent Raili Nugin.
Monireh Sadat Razavi Ganji,”Toward a “Cultural Turn” in Adaptation Studies: A Methodological Framework for Studying Adaptation with a Focus on the Case of Dariush Mehrjui’s Pari”. Juhendaja Daniele Monticelli, retsensent Teet Teinemaa.
Jonna Marika Karvinen, “Creativity, Garfield and AI: Using AI to Enhance Our Understanding of Comics”. Juhendaja Mari Laaniste, retsensent Raivo Kelomees.
Kevin Loigu, “Re(-)presentation of Time, Memory, and Urban Space in Synecdoche, New York and The Truman Show as Critique of Mediatisation and Virtual Space in the Digital Age”. Juhendaja Eneken Laanes, retsensent Henry John Mead.
Eva Johanna Mallene, “Elusive Eastern Europeans or Exotic Fools? The Portrayals of Estonians in Fictional Anglophone Film and TV Shows”. Juhendaja Daniele Monticelli, retsensent Anneli Niinre.
Bernadette Ščasná, “”It’s a-Me, Another Bad Review!”: Assessing the Perceived Failure of the Video Game Adaptations Based on the Cinematic Adaptations of Super Mario Bros. and Max Payne”. Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa, retsensent Oliver Laas.
Raimond Merila, “One Piece Manga Fandom as a Participatory Culture: Reddit and YouTube Practices”. Juhendaja Katrin Tiidenberg, retsensent Piret Viires.
2020 talv
Elizaveta Kuznetsova, “The Orient Dimension of ANK’64 as an Example of Vnenakhodimost”. Juhendaja prof Andres Kurg, retsensent Mari Laaniste.
Juliana Magalhaes De Carvalho, “Fitting Flatness into Depth: Negative Dialectics in Jean-Luc Godard’s Stereoscopic Film “Adieu au Langage””. Juhendaja Matthias Jost, retsensent prof Daniele Monticelli.
Hayrettin Nedim Kaya, “The Collapse of Social Imagination: Questioning the Protagonist and Capitalist Realism in “The Hunger Games””. Juhendaja Teet Teinemaa, retsensent Piret Peiker.
Shameema Sultana Binte Rahman, “The Third Space of the Santal Identity Question: Beyond the Discourses of Civilization, Hero and Indigenous”. Juhendaja Piret Peiker, retsensent Maris Saagpakk.
2019 kevad
Hanna Aunin, “The Gaze in Mary Harron’s American Psycho and Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby”. Juhendaja Eneken Laanes.
Çağrı Çavaş, “Oneiric film theory in terms of cross-cultural dream understanding: A case study with the movie Gizli Yüz (aka The Secret Face) by Ömer Kavur”. Juhendaja Carlo Cubero.
Michael Keerdo-Dawson, “Being (,) undone: The Romanian new wave and the limits of epistemic violence”. Juhendaja Eneken Laanes.
Silvia Kurr, “Nabokov and Voices of the Renaissance: Ekphrasis as Part of Double Coding in Pnin”. Juhendaja Miriam McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov.
Hazuki Okemoto, “Emotions and Colours in the Neurodivergent Person: Autoethnographic Analyses Inspired by Disney Pixar’s Inside Out”. Juhendaja Mari Laaniste.
Sofya Safargalieva, “Ambivalent Space in The Piano Teacher”. Juhendaja Andres Kurg.
John David Antoni Winslow, “I Want to be the Machine in Your Hand: Seven Theses on the Smartphone”. Juhendaja Eneken Laanes.