Dr Becca Voelcker

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Publications and research outputs

Article

Insider/Outsider: Arlene Bowman’s Navajo Talking Picture Voelcker, Becca. 2025. Insider/Outsider: Arlene Bowman’s Navajo Talking Picture. Transnational Screens, ISSN 2578-5273
Learning from Land Cinema: political pedagogy, plots and plantations Voelcker, Becca. 2025. Learning from Land Cinema: political pedagogy, plots and plantations. Film Education Journal, 8(1), pp. 5-19. ISSN 2515-7086
Enough: Reading notes from media studies Vélez Serna, Maria A; Keilbach, Judith; Pabiś-Orzeszyna, Michał; Pape, Toni; Pedregal, Alejandro; ap Rhys, Iago and Voelcker, Becca. 2024. Enough: Reading notes from media studies. NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, ISSN 2213-0217

Book

Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction Voelcker, Becca. 2025. Land Cinema in an Age of Extraction. Oakland, California: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520416451

Book Section

Cultivating Hinterland: What Lies Behind Agnes Denes’ Wheatfield? Voelcker, Becca. 2023. Cultivating Hinterland: What Lies Behind Agnes Denes’ Wheatfield? In: Pamila Gupta; Sarah Nuttall; Esther Peeren and Hanneke Stuit, eds. Planetary Hinterlands: Extraction, Abandonment and Care. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 51-63. ISBN 9783031242427
Landscape Theory in Post-War Japanese Cinema: Fūkeiron in Adachi Masao’s A.K.A. Serial Killer Voelcker, Becca. 2021. Landscape Theory in Post-War Japanese Cinema: Fūkeiron in Adachi Masao’s A.K.A. Serial Killer. In: Ludovic Cortade and Guillaume Soulez, eds. Penser l’espace avec le cinéma et la littérature. 10 New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433176289

Broadcast

Becca Voelcker ar Rhaglen Ffion Dafis yn trafod Sinema'r Tir (Welsh language broadcast for BBC Radio Cymru) Voelcker, Becca. 2025. Becca Voelcker ar Rhaglen Ffion Dafis yn trafod Sinema'r Tir (Welsh language broadcast for BBC Radio Cymru).
The Essay New Generation Thinkers 2024 Land Cinema Voelcker, Becca. 2025. The Essay New Generation Thinkers 2024 Land Cinema.
BBC Radio 4: Thinking Allowed: Sight and Power Voelcker, Becca. 2024. BBC Radio 4: Thinking Allowed: Sight and Power.

Conference or Workshop Item

New Writings at the BFI: Land Cinema Voelcker, Becca. 2026. 'New Writings at the BFI: Land Cinema'. In: New Writings at the BFI: Land Cinema. BFI Reuben Library, London, United Kingdom 26th January 2026.
Eco-Political Film Histories: Land Cinema in Japan and beyond - with Becca Voelcker Voelcker, Becca. 2025. 'Eco-Political Film Histories: Land Cinema in Japan and beyond - with Becca Voelcker'. In: Eco-Political Film Histories: Land Cinema in Japan and beyond - with Becca Voelcker. The Japan Society, The Swedenborg Society, London, United Kingdom 15th December 2025.
Exhibition tour by Dr Becca Voelcker Voelcker, Becca. 2025. 'Exhibition tour by Dr Becca Voelcker'. In: Sammy Baloji Exhibition tour by Dr Becca Voelcker. Goldsmiths CCA, United Kingdom 9 January 2025.

Three Conversations on Landmarks Voelcker, Becca. 2024. 'Three Conversations on Landmarks'. In: AHRC Being Human Festival: Landmarks Late. Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, United Kingdom 7 November 2024.
Postwar Japan, nuclear politics, and Gojira Voelcker, Becca. 2024. 'Postwar Japan, nuclear politics, and Gojira'. In: A Roaring 70th: Godzilla Film Season. Japan House London, United Kingdom 18 September 2024.
Farmer-filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth: Japan and Mali Voelcker, Becca. 2024. 'Farmer-filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth: Japan and Mali'. In: Farmer-filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth: Japan and Mali. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan 29 July 2024.
Farmer-filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth: Japan and Mali Voelcker, Becca. 2024. 'Farmer-filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth: Japan and Mali'. In: Farmer-filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth: Japan and Mali. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan 26 July 2024.
Insider/ Outsider: Arlene Bowman's Navajo Talking Picture (1986) and Indigenous artist moving image work Voelcker, Becca. 2024. 'Insider/ Outsider: Arlene Bowman's Navajo Talking Picture (1986) and Indigenous artist moving image work'. In: SCMS 2024. Boston, United States 14 - 17 March 2024.
Ozu Menu: Food for Thought in Yasujirō Ozu’s Cinema Voelcker, Becca. 2023. 'Ozu Menu: Food for Thought in Yasujirō Ozu’s Cinema'. In: The Anatomy of Ozu. BFI Southbank, London, United Kingdom 16 September 2023.
Barbara Loden's Wanda at BFI Southbank Voelcker, Becca. 2023. 'Barbara Loden's Wanda at BFI Southbank'. In: Talk: Barbara Loden's Wanda. BFI Southbank, London, United Kingdom 20 July 2023.
Environmental Humanities: Architecture is Climate Voelcker, Becca. 2023. 'Environmental Humanities: Architecture is Climate'. In: 5th Environmental Humanities LU Talk. Leiden University, Netherlands 21 June 2023.
Poets of the land Voelcker, Becca. 2023. 'Poets of the land'. In: UCL Film Studies Seminar. University College London, United Kingdom 15 June 2023.
Keynote: Farmer–filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth Voelcker, Becca. 2023. 'Keynote: Farmer–filmmakers, fieldwork, and growth'. In: RMeS Summer School 2023: Imagophilia: Place, Politics, Passion. Leiden University, Netherlands 19 - 21 June 2023.

Professional Activity

Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Academic Research Grant Voelcker, Becca. 2024. Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Academic Research Grant.
BBC New Generation Thinker Voelcker, Becca. 2024. BBC New Generation Thinker.

Show/Exhibition

LAND CINEMA at the BARBICAN CENTRE Voelcker, Becca. 2025. LAND CINEMA at the BARBICAN CENTRE. In: "Land Cinema at the Barbican", Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom, 5-26 November 2025.
Growing Food and Film: Japan and Mali Voelcker, Becca. 2024. Growing Food and Film: Japan and Mali. In: "Karachi Biennale", Karachi, Pakistan, 27 October - 10 November 2024.

Other

The Greatest Films of All Time - Becca Voelcker for Sight & Sound (BFI) Voelcker, Becca. 2022. The Greatest Films of All Time - Becca Voelcker for Sight & Sound (BFI). Sight & Sound (BFI), London.