[ecrea] Conference on Arab Documentaries, London, 10-11 April 2014

We would like to invite you to the Arab Media Centre's (University of 
Westminster) upcoming conference on Arab documentaries. Could you kindly 
circulate this invitation widely among interested colleagues, 
film-makers and research students. Registration is now open and early 
booking is advised.


Arab Documentaries – Recording Whose 'Reality'?



Conference organised by the

Arab Media Centre

Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI),



Date: Thursday 10 and Friday 11 April, 2014

Venue: University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus,

309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW





Thursday, 10 April, 2014

Screening and discussion of

A WORLD NOT OURS (2012), Director Mahdi Fleifel

Registration from 6pm, screening and discussion 6.30 to 8:30pm



Friday, 11 April, 2014

Registration from 9am, conference from 9.30am to 6:00pm



KEYNOTE SPEAKER: VIOLA SHAFIK

Arab documentaries in the times of the uprising: victim, bystander or 
catalyst?

Head of Studies, 'Documentary Campus' MENA programme

Filmmaker (including Arij/Scent of a Revolution, 2013, and My Name Is 
Not Ali, 2011)

Author of Popular Egyptian Cinema (2007) and Arab Cinema (1998)



Arab documentary films that have proliferated since the start of the 
Arab uprisings are part of a much longer and wider success story. Whose 
reality finds expression through documentary film and what kind of 
'reality' is represented? This event brings together filmmakers, 
curators, scholars and researchers to discuss topics including:



• Processes and power relations in commissioning, funding and distribution
• Arab film festivals and their impact
• Current debates about documentary ethics and aesthetics
• Voices and representation: who gets to tell which story?





REGISTRATION AND PROGRAMME

Registration is now open Early booking advised



The £109 registration fee (£59 for students) covers the screening on 10 
April and conference on 11 April, including conference documentation, 
lunch, refreshments and administration costs.

Registration for the conference on 11 April is only £99 standard rate 
(£49 for students).

Please download the registration form from 
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri/research-centres/arab-media-centre/events/arab-documentaries-recording-whose-reality 
and send to Helen Cohen (H.cohen02 /at/ westminster.ac.uk)

A provisional programme is available on line.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Kind regards,

Katharina Noetzold



Dr Katharina Noetzold
Associate Research Fellow
Arab Media Centre
University of Westminster
School of Media, Arts and Design
Watford Road
Harrow HA1 3TP
E-Mail: (K.Notzold /at/ westminster.ac.uk)

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