Huipeng Li

Huipeng Li is an MA student at the Cinema Studies Institute. She received her BSc from University of Toronto in 2022, where she did a double major in cinema studies and psychology. Huipeng is interested in French cinema, experimental cinema, and feminist theory. Her research paper, “The Third Sex”: An Examination of Wandering Women in French New Wave Cinema," explores femininity of the “flâneuse,” or wandering women, through the lenses of visibility, temporality, and spatiality. She is also a pre-programmer and programming team assistant at a local film festival.

Publications

• Li, Huipeng. “The Third Sex: An Examination of Wandering Women in French New Wave Cinema.” Bowdoin Journal of Cinema, May 2022 Issue.

Awards

• Cinema Studies 30th Anniversary Award, 2022
• The Professor William Kingston and Dr. John Kingston Scholarship 2020-2021
• The Elizabeth Anne Sabiston Scholarship, 2019-2020
• The Dr Augusta Stowe Gullen Scholarship, 2018-2019