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The University of Warwick’s Department of Film and Television Studies. One of the UK’s leading departments in film and television research and teaching.

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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
FTV’s Stephen Gundle will be taking part in a round table discussion to mark the NFT’s Monica Vitti season on 6 August with Catherine O’Rawe, Lucy Bolton and J.D. Rhodes.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Stories of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick – The Early Years Following Warwick’s 60th anniversary last year, students and staff in Film and Television Studies have researched the history of our subject at the University. warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The latest ‘Thinking Aloud About Film’ podcast where José Arroyo discusses his experience of this year’s iconic Cinema Ritrovato festival. Listen here: notesonfilm1.com/2026/07/06/c...
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Cinema Ritrovato 2026 Wrap-up
Richard and I get together to chat about our experience of this year’s Cinema Ritrovato. The programming is so vast and diverse that everyone who attends will have a completely different Ritrovato.…
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Another weekend, another successful Open Day. Thank you to everyone who came to visit, to our brilliant staff, our special guest alumni speaker, Greer Riddell and our ambassadors who have been fantastic all year! Pictured: Katie Meads, Ben Lenaghan, Danni Russell, Veronika Iagniuk and James Leonard
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A round-up of the latest publications from Warwick FTV staff and alumni. warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We held our annual Postgraduate Research Day on May 20th featuring a keynote on ‘Decolonizing Cult Film Studies’ from Dr Iain Robert Smith (KCL) plus presentations from our postgraduate researchers on topics ranging from the horror movie supervillain to trans coming-out videos on YouTube.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A new project commissioned by Professor Stephen Gundle and University of Warwick, with the support of the AHRC, Cineteca di Bologna, Regent Street Cinema, Zonin Prosecco & COMITES London: Above and Below the Line: the Labour of Women in Post-War Italian Cinema iiclondra.esteri.it/en/gli_event...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Join us on 17th June in the FAB cinema to watch Films from the UK’s Student Encampments, a series of shorts made by and with activists from the Gaza encampments in the UK, including at Warwick. The event will run between 15:00-17:00 and will include a panel discussion. Further details in the poster.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
‘Wild Sound’ by Michael Pigott is out now from Bloomsbury: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wild-soun...
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Wild Sound
Wild Sound turns an analytic eye and ear to the role of background sound in cinema, to the way that film sound captures, creates, represents, and even critiques…
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Our 2nd F&TV Research Seminar of the Summer term takes place Thursday (28 May). We will be joined by Nike Del Quercio (University of Bologna). It will take place at 4:30 PM in the FAB Cinema. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and then some refreshments in the FTV Academic Studio. All are welcome.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
James Taylor appears on the latest episode of the Anything Goes podcast! Listen at the following link: open.spotify.com/episode/0fNg...
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Teaching Across Difference | James Taylor #Episode 6
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A group from the department went to the Modern Records Centre on campus yesterday to learn about archives and look at material related to film and TV history. Thanks to the MRC archivists for showing us around! @mrcwarwick.bsky.social
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Congratulations to FTV undergraduate, Dani Russell, whose film ‘Thick Skin’ recently won an award at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Student Production Awards! A stream of the ceremony can be viewed here: midwestemmys.org/students-tea...
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Student Production Awards - Nominees & Recipients - Upper Midwest Emmys®
NOMINEES & RECPIENTS NOMINATIONS March 9th, 2026​   15th Annual AWARDS CEREMONY April 10th, 2026 WATCH NOMINATIONS CHECK YOUR NOMINATIONS! Check nominations for misspellings, missing people on entries...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The first Research Seminar of the Summer term takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 6th May, at 4:30 PM in the FAB Cinema. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and then some refreshments in the FTV Academic Studio. Poster attached. All are welcome.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We are delighted to announce that Hande Çayır has received the 2026 IAANI award for Outstanding Audio and/or Visual Project (Honorable Mention) Award for her project, 'Filming Madness: Institutions, Individuals, and Ethical Considerations'. Read more below: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Read Mason Stannard-Parages on Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein for the Reel Talk blog: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2026/04/27/f...
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From Pen to Screen: Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein (2025)
Mason Stannard-Parages shares thoughts on Frankenstein as an adaptation, crediting Guillermo del Toro’s directorial achievements.
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Richard Dhillon @drricharddhillon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Fabulous fully-funded PhD opportunity working with a stellar team of supervisors at Warwick/BFI on British South Asian Culture in Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s. @drjlw.bsky.social @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social
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PhD Studentship: Interrogating British South Asian Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s at University of Warwick
Discover a PhD Studentship: Interrogating British South Asian Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Congratulations to Tiago de Luca, Aaron Jagger, and Betty Stojnic for all receiving runner-up awards at the BAFTSS 2026 conference.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Warwick Film/TV graduate, Jake Benson, is kickstarting fund-raising for a new folk horror film. For those of you inclined to support it, please follow the link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jot...
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Draugr - A Folk Horror Short Film by Jake Benson
When a grieving man escapes to the Scottish Highlands, he soon discovers he's not alone. Don't let the fire go out...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
All episodes of Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong’s podcast, Dino’s Top Ten, are available now at the following link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In anticipation of the 98th Academy Awards this Sunday, Reel Talk have polled staff and students from across the department for the annual Alternative Oscars. Read the results and commentary by Nell Carter at the link below: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2026/03/13/2...
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2026 Reel Talk Alternative Oscars Results
Nell Carter reveals the winners of this year’s Alternative Oscars, voted for by Warwick Film and Television Studies’ students and staff .
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
University of Warwick and the British Film Institute are pleased to announce a fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship, starting in Oct 2026, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. More info and application details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
On Friday 6 March, Julie Lobalzo Wright (Director of Student Experience and Progression) hosted four alumni for an illuminating online event for current Film and Television Studies students. Thank you to our amazing alumni for giving up their time!
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Gracie Henderson-Morris reflects on a first-year UG trip to the cinema to see Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” (quotation marks important) for the Adaptation module. Read below: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2026/03/12/a...
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A Trip to the Cinema: First-year Film and Literature Students watched Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”
Gracie Henderson-Morris shares our first year Film and Literature students’ thoughts on a modern adaptation of Brontë’s classic novel
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Congratulations to Tiago de Luca, Betty Stojnic, Polina Zelmanova, and Aaron Jagger on their nominations for the BAFTSS 2026 publication awards! More details on the contenders can be found here: www.baftss.org/contenders-p...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Voting is open at the following link for the Reel Talk Alternative Oscars 2026: moodle.warwick.ac.uk/mod/question... Check out some recommendations from our current students over on the blog: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2026/02/16/e...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The 3rd FTV Research Seminar of this term takes place later today, Wednesday 25th February, at 4:30pm in the FAB cinema. We will be joined by Prof Luca Caminati (Concordia) who will give a paper entitled ‘Sandokan’s Thickness: Libidinal Economy, the Subversive Seventies, and Italian Television’.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Sonia Naorozy reports on the Coventry Phoenix Film Festival’s Short Films Celebration as part of the ‘Handle with Care’ season. Link to the Reel Talk article below. reeltalk0.movie.blog/2026/02/04/h...
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Handle With Care: Short Films Celebration
Sonia Naorozy discusses the ‘Handle With Care’ season at the Warwick Arts Centre and the special selection of short films screened as part of this season from the Coventry Phoenix Film …
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Malcolm Cook (University of Southampton) will give a paper entitled ‘Driving into the Anthropocene: Revisiting the Modernity of the Cinema of Attractions’. This seminar is at 5.00pm in the FAB Cinema. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and refreshments in the FTV Academic Studio. All are welcome.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
PhD student Polina Zelmanova moderating a panel discussion following a screen of How to Have Sex as part of the Handle with Care! programme at Warwick Arts Centre. There are multiple events for this programme coming up over the next month. Check the Arts Centre listings for more information.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The first FTV Research Seminar of the Spring term will take place today at 5.00pm in the FAB Cinema. We’ll be joined by Matthew Hillborn who will give a paper with Mary Harrod of Warwick French Studies, titled ‘The Self-Reflexive Turn on SVOD: Hunger for Content in The Platform / El Hoyo Franchise’
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polinazelm.bsky.social @polinazelm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Join us at the #WarwickArtsCentre for a screening of How to Have Sex, followed by a Q&A with Enva Lewis (cast) and Jen Odell (intimacy coordinator) which I’ll be chairing. www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/q88...
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Care BTS: How to Have Sex + Panel discussion - Warwick Arts Centre
Molly Manning Walker’s startlingly frank, stylish debut follows three teenage girls on a rites-of-passage holiday.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Calling all alumni! Please take a few minutes to answer a new questionnaire about your experience in the job market and advice you could give to our current students. forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The latest episode of Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong’s podcast, Dino’s Top Ten, is available to listen to on YouTube now: m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-wr...
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CLASHES & CRISES
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our social media accounts will be taking a break for the holidays. Warwick Film and TV wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. See you in 2026!
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Delightful to welcome Richard Dyer back to Warwick last week for a screening of Brief Encounter at the Arts Centre followed by a panel discussion with Richard, Julie Lobalzo-Wright and Chris O’Rourke.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Alice Pember delivered a keynote paper at Falmouth University’s inaugural British Popular Culture(s) conference earlier this year. It can now be viewed in full on YouTube: m.youtube.com/channel/UC_c...
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British Popular Culture(s)
This channel showcases talks and events from the annual British Popular Culture(s) Conference (first held at Falmouth University and the Cornish Bank, Falmouth, June 2025) as well as one-off events he...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The latest episode of Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong’s ‘Dino’s Top Ten’ podcast is available now. The podcast will be taking a short break over the holidays but will be back in the new year. All episodes are available to catch up with on the YouTube channel. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9pA_...
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MOVIES OF THE '70s
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The Reel Talk seasonal horror zine is available in print and digitally now! Read below: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2025/12/12/t...
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The Reel Talk Zine – Seasonal Horror
The third edition of the Reel Talk zine is finally here!
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
José Arroyo speaks to The Boar newspaper about his podcast, Eavesdropping at the Movies, and this Autumn’s melodrama season at the Warwick Arts Centre. theboar.org/2025/12/big-...
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The latest episode of the Dino’s Top Ten podcast is out now, with an episode titled ‘Weird and Wacky’ m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfTQ...
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WEIRD and WACKY
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New episode of Dino’s Top Ten podcast available to listen to at the link below. Star system: m.youtube.com/watch?v=E6oc...
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STAR SYSTEM
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
UG student James Cullen joins Jose for the latest episode of The Gus Van Sant podcast, discussing Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Listen here: notesonfilm1.com/2025/11/28/j...
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James Cullen on Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: The Gus Van Sant Podcast No. 7
I wanted to talk to James Cullen on Even Cowgirls Get the Blues because of his untrammelled love for the film, his enthusiasm, and the wide array of references he brings to this very intelligent ap…
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The third episode of Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong’s podcast, Dino’s Top Ten, is out now. The latest episode is focused on films from De Laurentiis’ Italian period. Listen below: m.youtube.com/watch?v=mdfB...
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FILMS FROM THE ITALIAN PERIOD
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A fantastic piece by Nell Carter on Rocketman for the seasonal Biopics theme on the Reel Talk blog: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2025/11/24/b...
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Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: The Truth of Rocketman
This review explores how, with striking honesty and emotional flair, Rocketman (2019) reimagines Elton John’s journey toward self-acceptance under the light of stardom.
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The student-led Reel Talk blog is back up and running with an editorial post on seasonal horror films. Read that and so much more below: reeltalk0.movie.blog/2025/11/19/s...
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Seasonal Horror – From New Year’s Winter, to Spring, Summer and The Beginning of Autumn.
The first of a series of two posts in which members of the Reel Talk editorial team discuss their favourite Seasonal Horror films. The first of our posts discusses films ranging from Valentine&#821…
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Earlier this month, Deadline reported that Warwick FTV alumni, Adam Tindall, made the 2025 Britlist, an annual list which promotes top unproduced projects from up-and-coming UK talent. He made the list for his project, ‘Maternal’. Congratulations, Adam!
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The second episode of Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong’s podcast, Dino’s Top Ten, is out now and can be listened to below: youtu.be/MMuAAzvdzQo
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Warwick FTV finalist, Danielle Russell, won the Best Experimental Film award at Belfast Cinemagic festival. Congratulations, Danielle!
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Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Stephen Gundle and Janna Wong announce ‘DINO’S TOP TEN’, a ten-podcast series about legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis. Episodes will be released weekly each Monday. The first one can be listened to now at the following link: m.youtube.com/watch?v=t17o...
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