Category Archives: publication

CfP Film Festivals and Anthropology (edited collection)

Posted on 17 December 2013 by Skadi

Maria Paz-Peirano (University of Kent) and Aida Vallejo (University of the Basque Country) are currently co-editing a book on the intersections between Film Festivals and Anthropology.  The book is planned as a collection of chapters, looking into the possibilities of … Continue reading →

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CfP SYNOPTIQUE special issue “Other Networks: Expanding Film Festival Perspectives”

Posted on 20 November 2013 by Skadi

Only in the last twenty years have Film and Media scholars begun to grant film festivals significant attention. Bill Nichols’ seminal text “Global Image Consumption in the Age of Late Capitalism” (1994) is often cited as the first attempt at … Continue reading →

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CfP for edited book ‘Film Festival Activism: Actors, Spectators, Social Change’

Posted on 7 September 2013 by Skadi

If we take as departure the idea that film festivals are knowledge-sites and communal spaces that call forth a specific type of spectator, then we can begin to ask questions about the particular spaces and spectators created by activist/human rights … Continue reading →

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New Book Series: Framing Film Festivals

Posted on 27 March 2013 by Marijke De Valck

About the series The new Framing Film Festivals series aims to present the best of contemporary film festival research. The series will be committed to furthering the understanding of the phenomenon of film festivals in all its complexity and thus brings together … Continue reading →

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CfP The Host City: (Re)Locating Media Events in the Network Era

Posted on 9 December 2012 by Skadi

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture The Host City: (Re)Locating Media Events in the Network Era Guest Editor: Robert Moses Peaslee, Texas Tech University Assistant Guest Editor: Brendan Kredell, University of Calgary … Continue reading →

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Open Access publications on Film Festival Academy

Posted on 26 October 2012 by Skadi

The Film Festival Academy is an international community network platform for film festival professionals. FFA welcomes members from the wider film community of filmmakers, distributors, film critics, students and academics. The Academy provides a credible and ethical space for knowledge exchange, vocational … Continue reading →

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CfP Film Festival Reports for Alphaville_Journal of Film and Screen Media

Posted on 24 October 2012 by Skadi

Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media CFP: conference and film festival reports The editors of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media seek conference and film festival reports for Issue 5, to be published Summer 2013. Potential contributors are … Continue reading →

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New film festival books

Posted on 23 December 2011 by Skadi

As the year comes to an end, yearly reviews abound.  Thus, it might be timely to highlight a few new monographs and books in film festival studies. 2011 saw a vast number of new publications.  Here are a few highlights: … Continue reading →

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Film Festival Dossier in the new issue of Screen

Posted on 10 June 2011 by Skadi

The recent issue of leading film studies journal Screen features The Film Festival Dossier, edited by David Archibald and Mitch Miller  and includes these six pieces: David Archibald and Mitchell Miller. “The Film Festivals dossier: Introduction.” Screen (2011) 52(2): 249-252. … Continue reading →

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Film Festival Yearbook 3 Now Available

Posted on 20 January 2011 by Skadi

New Territories in Film Festival Studies: Film Festivals and East Asia Film Festival Yearbook 3: Film Festivals and East Asia Edited by Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung St Andrews Film Studies, 2011; http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmbooks ISBN: 978-0-9563730-3-8 (paperback) Price: £19.99 (UK) For … Continue reading →

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