Tristan TERRAL

Tristan TERRAL is a PhD student and Lecturer in the "Cinema and Audiovisual" degree program at the Department of Modern Literature, Cinema and Occitan, Toulouse Jean Jaurès University. His research focuses on French classical cinema, landscape aesthetics, and eco-poetics.

His educational background includes:

• Master's degree in "Cinema Aesthetics" (2019-2021) from Toulouse Jean Jaurès University.
• Bachelor's degree in "Modern Literature" (2016-2019) from Toulouse Jean Jaurès University.

Tristan's research probes the figural powers of landscapes in French classical cinema (1930s-1950s), analyzing spatial configurations as narrative drivers and exploring French-specific iconological traditions. His eco-poetic framework extends Gilles Deleuze's "molecular perception" theory to examine how cinematography expresses landscape agency, bridging film history, environmental studies, and aesthetics through directors like Renoir, Pagnol, and Grémillon.

His three recent conference presentations (2022-2023) reveal consistent thematic threads: disaster film aesthetics in early sound cinema, literary-to-film adaptations of Zola's crime narratives, and gender anomalies in Hollywood star systems. Collectively, they demonstrate rigorous engagement with spatial storytelling, historical context, and theoretical innovation in cinema studies.

Tristan actively contributes to academic discourse through conference organization (e.g., "The Imaginaries of the South in Writing and on Screen") and industry engagement, hosting film editor Paul Hirsch for the Cinema and Audiovisual program.