WFTHN members might be interested in the cfp below.



Dr Shelley Cobb

Lecturer, English and Film

University of Southampton

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/english/about/staff/sc1p07.page



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From: Steve Presence <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Date: 18 September 2014 00:35:01 BST

To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>

Subject: Radical Film Network (RFN) inaugural conference: final deadline for proposals, Oct 1st

Reply-To: Steve Presence <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>





Dear All,





With a few weeks to go until the October 1st deadline for abstracts, the inaugural conference of the Radical Film Network (RFN) is shaping up to be a lively event indeed. So far, proposals range from topics in radical British film history and the relationship between theory and practice ​to digital Third Cinema collectives in Mexico and non-hierarchical filmmaking in Palestine.





As well as an opportunity for those involved with or interested in the RFN to share their work and ideas, there will be plenty of time to discuss the network's development over the past year, debate the issues and challenges it faces, and plot its course for the future. And we'll be showing a few films as well... Please see the call for presentations/participation below, and feel free to share far and wide. If you've yet to get in touch with the network but are interested or involved in 'radical' film culture - in whatever capacity - please do get in touch.





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The Radical Film Network was founded in the UK in September 2013 as an infrastructural support project for those involved in grass-roots, politically engaged film culture. Organisations affiliated to the network are now based in seventeen countries around the world, and range from production companies, distributors and venues to archives, politicised artist film and video collectives, radical newsreels and film festivals. Find out more at www.radicalfilmnetwork.com<http://www.radicalfilmnetwork.com>.





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Political Cinema for the 21st Century: conference, exhibition and launch event for the Radical Film Network, 7-8 February 2015



Venue: Birmingham City University Parkside Campus and Vivid Projects gallery



Call for papers/presentations

Neoliberal capitalism and its disastrous social, political and ecological consequences are wreaking havoc around the globe. In Britain as elsewhere, governments are cutting wages for the employed and taxes for the wealthy, and are busy waging campaigns of privatisation and (en)closure that are rendering hard-won social gains – such as universal healthcare or access to higher education – beyond the reach of working people. Without the support of their allies in the media industries, governments would find it immeasurably harder to manufacture the consent this kind of class warfare requires.



While the mainstream media remains overwhelmingly in the hands of the rich, artists and activists around the world are working hard to use the tools available to challenge that media power. In Britain as elsewhere, radical film culture has expanded significantly in recent years, and there is now a wealth of organisations and individuals dedicated to the production, distribution and exhibition of films broadly aligned with the politics of the radical left. In September 2013, representatives from a number of these organisations met to discuss ways in which those involved in radical film culture could work together to support its development, growth and sustainability, and formed the Radical Film Network (RFN) as a result (www.radicalfilmnetwork.com<http://www.radicalfilmnetwork.com/>).



Political Cinema for the 21st Century is the inaugural event of the RFN. A conference, exhibition and launch for the network, it aims to interrogate the idea of ‘radicalism’ in film culture and provide a forum to debate the past, present and future of radical film both in Britain and around the world. To that end, we invite all those with an interest in political film culture to come and share their work and ideas – as individual or organisation, filmmaker or audience member, researcher or critic. Contributions could cover (but are not limited to) topics such as:





  *   What is ‘radical’ film / culture?

  *   The political and aesthetic avant-gardes

  *   Politically and aesthetically radical moving-image practice/s

  *   Radicalism in artists’ film and video

  *   Video-activism

  *   Liberalism and the ‘social issue’ documentary

  *   The roles and responsibilities of politicalfilmmakers/organisations/researchers/critics

  *   New technologies/formats/platforms: consequences and possibilities

  *   Economics, funding and financial sustainability in radical film culture

  *   Key films/filmmakers/organisations/networks and movements, in Britain and elsewhere

  *   Theoretical perspectives on radicalism and the moving image

  *   Film and television policy

  *   Cultural institutions and the film and television industries: infiltration, assimilation and/or opposition?

  *   Political cinema and pedagogy



Presentations can be in any format and up to 20 minutes in length. Proposals for panels of speakers are also very welcome. Please send all proposals for individual presentations, panels and other contributions to Steve Presence ([log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]>). The deadline for proposals is October 1st 2014.





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