CFP 8th Small Cinemas Conference, Bilbao

Diversity in Glocal Cinemas: Language, Culture, Identity
The 8th Annual International Conference on Small Cinemas

Bilbao and San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
September 21-23, 2017

Aimed at academics, policymakers and media industry professionals, the 2017 conference will revolve around the phenomenon of glocal cinemas, understood as those cinemas conceived locally and in the local language, but aimed at a global audience.

In the last decades, film theory has embraced concepts such as “globalisation”, “transnational”, “post-national”, “diasporic” and “trans-regional”, and the long-established focus on North American and European cinemas has given way to analyses of lesser-known practices or creative expressions. Two forces operate today in the shifting landscape of world cinemas: globalisation and a reaction to this globalisation via the local and the ethnic. Communities that seek to tell stories from their cultural point of view and in their own language face extraordinary challenges in a market still dominated by Hollywood and other major industries. The organizers of this conference believe that it is through glocal cinemas that the world’s cultural and linguistic diversity can be affirmed, celebrated and/or critically examined.

Keynote speakers:

Ib Bondebjerg, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Margarita Ledo, Santiago University, Galicia, Spain

We invite papers and panels on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Theorizing glocal cinemas:

·  From local to global.

·  Small cinemas and new directions in film studies.

·  Transnational and diasporic cinemas.

Glocal cinemas and the film industry:

·  Reaching audiences.

·  Funding and distribution challenges.

·  The role of public policies.

·  The importance of film festivals for glocal cinemas

·  The impact of new technologies

·  Production, distribution and exhibition alternatives for small cinemas

Linguistic diversity:

·  Linguistic accessibility for glocal cinemas

·  Multilingual films

Representation of diversity in glocal cinema:

·  Ethnic minorities

·  Gender representation

·  Sexual orientation

·  Age, class and disability

The other small cinemas

·  Experimental cinemas

·  Invisible cinemas

Presentation proposals of 250-300 words, including short biography and 5 bibliographic references can be sent to: smallcinemas2017@gmail.com

Panel proposals should mention participants and their affiliation, titles of presentations, the panel’s goal(s)/theme; it should also include/attach the individual abstract of each presentation, accompanied by a short biography of the presenter and 5 bibliographic references.

Language: proposals can be sent and/or presented in any of the official languages of the conference: English, Spanish and Basque (simultaneous translation will be available during the conference).

Conference fees: (to be announced soon)

For presenters: includes conference attendance and materials, coffee and lunch (September 20 and 21).

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Optional fees:
Opening dinner:
Visit to San Sebastian (includes transportation): September 23
Download the inscription form here:

Special fee for (under-)employed presenters and attendees:

Website (under construction): http://www.ehu.eus/ehusfera/smallcinemasconference2017/

Deadline: April 30, 2017.

Response: May 30, 2017.

Dina Iordanova

Sursa: LG