Hi All,

Hope you are all gearing up for a relaxing Christmas. This is a little Christmas update which I'll pick up on in the new year. Scroll done for more details!

>>Contents

1. Screenworks 10.1: Christmas reading/viewing
2. Screenworks Call for Submissions
3. BAFTSS Practice SIG event in June - CFP
4. Future BAFTSS Practice SIG events
5. MeCCSA Practice Network - welcome new Chairs

>>1. Screenworks 10.1: Christmas reading/viewing

We are delighted to provide you with some juicy Christmas reading/viewing with the publication of the third submission in Screenworks Volume 10.1: Jenny Oyallon-Koloski's 'Maya and Mia At La La Land': http://screenworks.org.uk/archive/volume-10-1/maya-and-mia-at-la-la-land

'Maya and Mia At La La Land' is a videographic film which draws fascinating parallels between Maya Deren’s At Land and Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. By bringing together two such starkly disparate source materials – experimental film vs popular musical – this practice research presents a compelling exploration of what Chazelle identifies as the inherently “radical nature” of the musical.  Oyallon-Koloski uses various editing techniques from continuity editing and Soviet montage, to Deren’s own parametric framework, to interweave the films and make abstract narrative connections between their two central female characters.  In so doing, she not only critiques the on-screen representation of women, but also draws attention to the stylistic synergies between the two filmmakers.

>>2. Screenworks Call for Submissions

We are still accepting submissions for our rolling Volume 10.1. We welcome submissions of moving image work on film, video and new media platforms. We feel strongly that the function of Screenworks is to provide an opportunity for practice research to undergo the equivalent rigorous peer-review process to that of traditional publication, and fully understand contributors’ need to evidence the impact and significance of their practice as research. Where submissions are documentation of interactive or installation work we encourage producers to consider the problems of documentation as part of the research process. We welcome work from doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers, as well as those at the cutting edge of practice research both nationally and internationally.

To submit work please read our Submissions Guidlines and use our Online Submission Form, available here: http://screenworks.org.uk/submissions and check out our Style Guide here: http://screenworks.org.uk/style-guide

If you are interested in submitting your practice and want further advice, then please contact us on [log in to unmask] with “Submissions” in the subject line.

>>3. BAFTSS Practice SIG event June 2020

"Filmmaking in the Academy: Practice/Theory Interventions" Friday 12 June at UWE Bristol
This one-day symposium is a celebration of filmmaking in the academy, where practice researchers screen their work and the research dimensions are critically explored with a mixed panel of established, early career and PGR researchers from both practice and traditional film studies backgrounds. We invite practitioners to submit films and moving image works readily available to view online (can be password protected), together with a 300-word research statement and links to supporting documentation, if applicable (echoing REF guidelines for practice research).

See the full CFP here: http://www.mir.org.uk/filmmaking-in-the-academy/

>>4. Future BAFTSS Practice SIG events

Shreepali Patal is exploring putting together the next BAFTSS SIG event in Oct/Nov 2020 as part of StoryLab at Anglia Ruskin University. If you are interested in getting involved, please email her at: Patel, Shreepali <[log in to unmask]>. We will need to apply for SIG funding from BAFTSS via the funding from available here: https://29fa98f6-1809-488b-a9ec-9a5b9d0f4b6e.filesusr.com/ugd/27b2ad_4cd7455e08ff43b2bc84a6fe0a98ac6e.pdf - this will then be reviewed by the BAFTSS EC (next meeting mid Jan, then April).

>>5. MeCCSA Practice Network - welcome new Chairs

Finally, congratulations to the incoming Chair (Ben Harbisher, De Montford University) and Vice Chair (Stefan Odorico, Leeds Trinity) of the MeCCSA Practice Network and huge thank you to the outgoing chair Joanna Callaghan for having done so much to further screen media practice research within MeCCSA and beyond. 

Have a brilliant Christmas - relaxing or productive, whichever you are in need of!

Best wishes,
Charlotte

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