Film screening with Director Q&A: Gargantua — a film about Renaissance excess
Date and Time
October 20, 2026
05:00PM EDT
Location
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
Supported by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard, and the Mahindra Center for the Humanities Renaissance Studies Seminar
Screening of short animated film (24 mins) followed by a Q&A with director Stephen Crowe, hosted by Jennifer Oliver (Harvard)
Gargantua is a short animated film (24 mins) inspired by the works of François Rabelais; it is entirely in English, and each scene makes use of a different animation technique. The film’s creator, Stephen Crowe, will join to present the film and take questions from the audience after the screening.