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Reminder: Deadline for proposals is approaching. See below. Also note the addition of guest speaker Diego Mondaca. CALL FOR PAPERS ¡Documentary Now! A Conference on the Contemporary Contexts and Possibilities of the Documentary Conference Location: Birkbeck College Dates: Fri/Sat 15/16 January 2010 Documentary Now! is back. Now an annual fixture on the UK documentary scene, the conference brings together scholars, filmmakers, students, and interested members of the public to discuss current trends in documentary film, from the return of documentary as a theatrical box office phenomenon, to broadcast television, the web, and beyond. It explores questions of industry, audiences, aesthetics, political engagement, documentary's relationship to the mainstream media and other many other issues. What’s new in documentary? Where is documentary headed? Speakers include: Florian Thahlhofer (creator of Korsakow System for Interactive Documentaries) Diego Mondaca with 'La Chirola' (Bolivia, 2008) (Festival awards: Amsterdam, Biarritz, Madrid) Possible themes for the conference include but are not limited to: Animated Documentary The Documentary Archive New Documentary Forms and Technologies Documentary Trends from around the World Incorporation of amateur video Fair use and intellectual property If you would like to give a 20 minute paper at the conference OR send proposals for themed panels of 3-4 people, please send proposals (including 500 word abstracts of papers) to: Holly Giesman ([log in to unmask]) Organisers: Michael Chanan ([log in to unmask]) Alisa Lebow ([log in to unmask]) The deadline for proposals is Friday, 6 November 2009. More information about the conference venue and registration will be forthcoming. See Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC) at Roehampton University (http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/crfac/ )