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[ecrea] CFP: British Art Cinema

Mon May 13 18:05:03 GMT 2013




Call for Papers (apologies for cross-posting)



Edited Collection – British Art Cinema

In recent years a number of British films have been released which together might signal the development of a rich, viable, contemporary British art cinema. Innovative, poetic and/or experimental films have been made by seasoned artists and newly discovered talents, such as Sleep Furiously (Gideon Koppel, 2008), Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008), Of Time and the City (Terence Davies, 2008), Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009), The Arbor (Clio Barnard, 2010), and Robinson in Ruins (Patrick Keiller, 2010). Other recent British films display experimental aesthetics, or might, for a range of reasons, be situated within broadly defined concepts of art cinema, including Patagonia (Marc Evans, 2010), We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011), Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine, 2011), Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012), and Anna Karenina (Joe Wright, 2013).

There has been a long and complex history of serious British filmmaking, from the documentaries of Humphrey Jennings and the post-war experiments of Powell and Pressburger, to the artist biopics of Ken Russell and the fragmented narratives of Nicolas Roeg, to the work of idiosyncratic auteurs such as Derek Jarman, Peter Greenaway, and Sally Potter.

The aim of this new edited collection is to come up with new ways of conceptualising and defining British art cinema which might take account of how far British cinema has been (and remains) a site of innovation and experiment.

We welcome 300-word abstracts for articles on any aspect of British art cinema, including (but not limited to) the following:

    * Critical studies of specific films
    * British art cinema and the avant-garde
    * Contemporary British art cinema
    * The historical viability of the British art film
    * British art cinema and transnational filmmaking
    * European and American industrial and aesthetic contexts
    * Art cinema and television
    * Genre
    * Audiences
    * English, Scottish or Welsh art cinema
    * Directors
    * Actors/stars
    * Screenwriters
    * British art cinema and realism
    * British art cinema and documentaries
    * Modernism/Neo-modernism
    * British cinema and poetry
    * British cinema and philosophy
    * Critics and criticism
    * Finance/funding
    * Producers
    * Distribution
    * Film festivals
    * Regional Film Theatres
    * Exhibition
    * Film societies
    * Video, DVD and Blu-ray releases

Please email 300-word abstracts to Paul Newland ((pnn /at/ aber.ac.uk)) or Brian Hoyle ((B.P.Hoyle /at/ dundee.ac.uk)) by 31 August 2013.


Dr Paul Newland
Lecturer in Film
Department of Theatre Film and Television Studies
Aberystwyth University
SY23 3AJ
Tel: 01970 622952

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