Annual Ethics in Film screening 2025
Ethics in Film project bridges the gap between current ethical debates and the human drive to tell stories, all at an independent Oxford cinema institution – The Ultimate Picture Palace (UPP), and are led and chaired by Angeliki Kerasidou. This year there will be a special screening of the 2004 film ‘The Sea Inside’ (based on a true story), followed by a discussion on the ethics of end-of-life care and how we navigate healthcare policy when disagreements occur, led by an expert panel.

Speakers

Angeliki Kerasidou (Chair) is an Associate Professor in Bioethics at the Ethox Centre and Official Fellow of Reuben College. Her research focuses on the issues of trust, empathy and the introduction of new technologies in health research and care.

Dr Victoria Bradley is Consultant in and the Clinical Lead for Palliative Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine. Her interests are in the transition of patients between paediatric and adult palliative care services and clinical ethics.

Eleanor Kerfoot is a historian and a DPhil candidate at Balliol College. Her work focuses more generally on the history of death and its medicalisation.
Date: 3 July 2025, 17:00
Venue:
Speakers: Angeliki Kerasidou (University of Oxford), Dr Victoria Bradley, Eleanor Kerfoot (University of Oxford)
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organiser: Angeliki Kerasidou (University of Oxford)
Part of: Oxford Medical Humanities
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://uppcinema.com/show/ethics-in-film-presents-the-sea-inside/
Audience: Public
Editors: Krisztina Lugosi, Alexia Lewis