[ecrea] CFP: Audiovisual Records and China-Africa relations, The Second China-Africa Film and Television Cooperation Forum

*/Audiovisual Records and China-Africa relations/*

*The Second China-Africa Film and Television Cooperation Forum*

/Call  for Papers and Film works/

A core challenge for China-Africa relations is learning to project its 
current self, its past and legacies, towards future scenarios. Yet, how 
can we envision the future for ChinaAfrica relations, a future that 
cannot yet be heard, seen or felt? Throughout history, the friendship 
and cooperation between China and African countries has only grown in 
depth. It has been an important topic of discussion amongst social, 
political and academic spheres alike. Audiovisual media has played a 
central role in these discussions. Every year, numerous audiovisual 
texts dissecting the multilevel dimensions of China-Africa relations are 
produced in China, as well other African and western countries. These 
audiovisual texts view the relation between China and many African 
countries from different perspectives and provide different views that 
act as cognitive references to world audiences, reshaping their 
knowledge of both China and Africa.

Audio-visual media has the potential of inscribing the future in the 
ongoing dialogues between the present and past of China-Africa 
relations. In this view, The Center for African Film and Television 
Research in the Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal 
University, intends hold *The Second China-Africa Film and Television 
Cooperation Forum* under the theme of *“Audiovisual Records and 
China-Africa relations”.* The forum will be held during the last week of 
April 2017, in the city of Jinhua, East China, in cooperation with the 
prestigious Chinese Academic Journal /Contemporary Cinema /along with 
/Star Times/, one of China’s largest media companies in Africa. The 
forum proceedings will include an *academic conference* as well as 
*public screenings of selected Africa Related Films.* The winners of the 
*/Spot light Africa /film review essay writing contest *will also be 
announced during the forum.

The Center for African Film and Television Research was founded in 2015, 
as part of the prestigious Institute of African Studies ( 
<http://ias.zjnu.cn/en/>http://ias.zjnu.cn/en/) 
<http://ias.zjnu.cn/en/>. It is the first research center in China to 
focus solely on African Film and Television. Its main aim is to become 
the leading voice in the field, creating awareness and promoting 
China-Africa relations. The /First China-Africa Film and Television 
Cooperation Forum /was held in December 2015, under the theme of 
/“China-Africa Film and Television Exchange”./ This forum was 
successfully providing a critical review of the past and present status 
of China-Africa film cooperation. It also provided a platform where over 
100 national and international scholars, filmmakers, actors and media 
professionals from all over the world came together to conduct in depth 
discussions on multiple related topics.

For this year’s Forum, we invite media professionals as well as 
academics concerned with audiovisual representations of China-Africa 
Relations to attend the forum and share their thoughts and ideas. The 
academic conference will also be under the theme *“Audiovisual records 
and China-Africa relations” *and we warmly**invite proposals from 
scholars, postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers from all disciplines 
working on topics that include (but not limited to)

-/Audio-Visual representations of China-Africa relations /

-/Viewing the relations between Chinese and African films under 
Transnational contexts /

-/Comparative research between Nollywood and other Transnational Film 
Industries such as Hollywood and Bollywood. /

-/Colonial cinematic practices and the development of African Cinema /

-/Africa between its visual interpretations and cognitions /

-/The Future of China-Africa film and television cooperation. /

**

Furthermore*, *in order to promote Chinese and African academic research 
in the field, cross-border exchange and cooperation, and to expand 
general awareness of China-Africa issues, the center is willing to 
collaborate with any organization, institute or person aiming to jointly 
promote China-Africa relations in the area of film and media studies. 
The center is also welcoming any party that would like to jointly 
organize a Chinese Film Section during any film festival, as well as any 
party interested in jointly organizing the upcoming ChinaAfrica Film and 
Television Cooperation Forum. You are also welcome to submit African 
films or Africa-related films for screenings during the Forum.


  Deadlines and important information

For those of you who would like to attend, please forward your proposals 
or participating information no later than the 1^st of February 2017, to 
the designated email: (_zhongfeiyingshi /at/ yeah.net) 
<mailto:(zhongfeiyingshi /at/ yeah.net)>_. The organizing committee will send 
out official invitations to all participating parties before the 15^th 
of March 2017. For those of you who need invitation letters earlier than 
the given date for visa applications, please specify your request in 
your email and we will do our best to provide you with what you need as 
soon as possible.

*Disclaimer*: All audiovisual materials submitted to the Forum will be 
published subsequently. All academic papers submitted to the conference 
will also be published collectively, outstanding papers will be selected 
for publishing in relevant Journals such as /Contemporary Cinema 
/and/African Studies./

Contact: Dr. Zhang Yong;  Dr. Hodan Osman Abdi; Miss: Pan Wenmin

            Tel: +86-18857925236; +86-57982287065

              Email: (_feizhoudianying /at/ 126.com) 
<mailto:(feizhoudianying /at/ 126.com)>_


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