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**Spam**: [ecrea] CALL FOR PAPERS- THE AMATEUR FICTION FILM

Tue Mar 16 14:40:28 GMT 2010



Small-Gauge Storytelling:

The Amateur Fiction Film



A One-Day Symposium

University of Liverpool, Wednesday the 9th of June 2010





This one-day event, hosted by the University of Liverpool, invites papers exploring issues around the many meeting points between amateur cinema and fictional film practice. For around fifty years, roughly between the 1930s and the 1980s, cine-clubs and individuals working within the framework of the organised amateur cine movement created many remarkable fiction films. The works produced by these usually part-time cinephiles developed in a range of directions, and often exhibited very contradictory attitudes towards neighbouring professional practice, symptomatic of the amateur mode of film production, and very distinct senses of cultural value. Some of this output has now been incorporated into archival film collections, but often enjoys a marginal or at least uncertain status in comparison with non-fiction materials, with more immediately 'preservative' value. While recent years have certainly witnessed growth in scholarly work around amateur cinema, this has often focused on amateur non-fiction films, effectively ignoring the wealth of fictional material produced by clubs and individuals over the years. This day event aims to address the potential artistic, historical and scholarly value of amateur fiction films from a range of perspectives. Suggested themes include:



- Surveys of fictional sub-genres



- Micro-dramas; cameo films, sketch films



- Epic productions on a small budget



- Amateur acting/performance in the fiction film



- Cartooning and animation



- Competitions; Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, Ten Best & regional variations



- Group fictional filmmaking in cine-clubs



- Discussions of exemplar amateur fiction films at selected archives



- Archival policy on amateur fiction films



- Screenwriting and amateur films



- Landscape and the amateur fiction film



- Technology and amateur fiction films



For enquires and further details please contact Dr. Ryan Shand (<mailto:(r.shand /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>(r.shand /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)), Dr. Les Roberts (<mailto:(les.roberts /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>(les.roberts /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)) or Dr. Ian Craven (<mailto:(i.craven /at/ tfts.arts.gla.ac.uk)>(i.craven /at/ tfts.arts.gla.ac.uk)).



Please submit proposals for papers (300 words maximum) by e-mail to <mailto:(cityinfilm /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>(cityinfilm /at/ liverpool.ac.uk). We also welcome proposals for film screenings of particular relevance to the symposium.



Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday 16th of April 2010



Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council



Mapping the City in Film: A Geohistorical Analysis,

University of Liverpool,

in partnership with the University of Glasgow
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