Film Studies

CfP: Sound and the Moving Image

Call for Papers: Cinesonika Festival and Conference seeks contributions on
Sound and the Moving Image

CINESONIKA: The First International Film and Video Festival of Innovative
Sound Design is adding a conference component. We are seeking
interdisciplinary contributions on sound in relation to the moving image.
Film scholars, art historians, performance theorists, composers,
filmmakers, sound practitioners ­ we invite these and others to subbmit

CfP: Creative Accounting: British Producers, British Screens

Creative Accounting: British Producers, British Screens
Two day conference, University of the West of England (Bristol), UK
19-20 April 2011
Deadline for proposals: 30 November 2010

“Even the title of ‘producer’ has become diluted, where not denigrated. And the
producer’s
‘personal touch’ is largely missing in films of late”. (Michael Klinger, 1972)

The role of the producer has historically been sidelined, or even ignored, by Film

The Big Screen vs. The Small Screen

The Big Screen vs. The Small Screen

A one-day conference exploring the competing cultures and contexts of cinema and
television in a changing media environment

Canterbury Christ Church University (Department of Media), UK

February 16, 2011

Confirmed key speakers:

Professor Charlotte Brunsdon (University of Warwick)
Professor Mark Jancovich (University of East Anglia)
Dr. Karen Lury (University of Glasgow)

CfP: The Second Birth of Cinema: A Centenary Conference

The Second Birth of Cinema: A Centenary Conference
Percy Building, Newcastle University, 1-2 July 2011
Keynote speakers: André Gaudreault & Philippe Marion, Ian Christie, Joe Kember
Deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2010

This conference commemorates cinema’s ‘second birth’, the historical developments and
departures that broke cinema’s subordination to other media to give us the medium, the
industry and the building that we know as ‘the cinema’.

CfP: Doing Women's Film History 13-15 April 2011: University of Sunderland

Women's Film History Network - UK/Ireland
Doing Women's Film History: Reframing
Cinema Past and Future
13-15 April 2011
Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies: University of Sunderland

Despite their marginalization in film history, women have always been widely involved in
and around cinema as: producers, directors, scriptwriters, cinematographers, editors,
designers, actresses, sound designers, voice coaches, composers, distributors,
programmers, cinema managers, publicists, critics, audiences, and so on. This

Research Studentship in the Dissemination and Cultural Impact of the UK Screen Heritage

SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES
in collaboration with and the Cinema and Television History (C.A.T.H.) Research Centre,
DeMontfort University, and the UK Film Council.

Research Studentship in the Dissemination and Cultural Impact of the UK Screen Heritage

UEA is one of the strongest universities in the UK in Film and Television Studies, with
a Research Assessment rating of 3.4 in 2008 (5** in 2001) and thriving BA, MA and PhD
programmes.

New books from Intellect

The Film Paintings of David Lynch: Challenging Film Theory

By Allister Mactaggart

Now Available | ISBN 9781841503325 | Pb | Price £14.95, $25

Aimed at both Lynch fans and ?lm studies specialists, Allister Mactaggart addresses
Lynch's ?lms from the perspective of the relationship between commercial ?lm, avant-garde
art, and cultural theory. Individual Lynch works are discussed in relation to other ?lms
and directors, illustrating that the solitary, or seemingly isolated, experience of ?lm

CfP: Transnational Cinema

Transnational Cinemas is an international peer reviewed journal published by Intellect.  Our journal aims to break down traditional geographical and area divisions and we welcome submissions from around the world that reflect the global nature of film cultures. Transnational Cinemas covers a vast and diverse range of film related subjects, providing a new and dynamic forum for disseminating research. The editors are seeking articles, interviews, visual essays, and reports on film festivals and conferences.

UEA Postdoctoral Research Assistant

SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES
Fixed-Term Postdoctoral Research Assistant ­ AHRC Funded Research Project, Manga Movies:
Contemporary Japanese Cinema, Media Franchising and Adaptation • Ref: RA664

£29,853 to £35,646 per annum

UEA is one of the strongest universities in the UK in Film and Television Studies, with
a Research Assessment rating of 3.4 in 2008 (5** in 2001) and thriving BA, MA and PhD
programmes.

The School is looking to appoint someone to work with Dr Rayna Denison on an AHRC-funded

CfP: Independent Film in Africa

FILMING AGAINST THE ODDS
Indaba on 50 Years of Film in Independent Africa

African Media Centre, University of Westminster, London, UK / LONDON AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Filming Against the Odds Conference, London, 27-28 November 2010

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