[ecrea] Latin American Women's Filmmaking

*REGISTRATION OPEN <https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8653>***

*Latin American Women’s Filmmaking 
<https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8653>***

*Senate House, University of London, 18^th -19^th  September 2017*

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Forming part of the programme of events organised by the *Centro de 
Estudios La Mujer en la Historia de América Latina*, hosted by the 
*Institute of Modern Languages Research* and the *Institute of Latin 
American Studies* (University of London), and with the participation of 
the *Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies* (Birkbeck, 
University of London), we are pleased to announce the call for papers 
for the conference ‘*Latin American Women’s Filmmaking*’ which aims to 
contribute to the ongoing project of reviewing and rewriting Latin 
American film history and theory with women directors placed centre stage.

Latin American filmic production has rightly held a celebrated place in 
the global cinematic canon with many key filmmakers and theorists 
receiving significant scholarly and public attention. Traditionally, 
however, the vast majority of these acclaimed practitioners have been 
men. While recent years have witnessed an increase in the international 
popularity of notable directors such as Lucrecia Martel, Anna Muylaert, 
and Claudia Llosa, and in studies of women’s filmmaking in Latin 
America, much work remains to be done. Women have played a crucial role 
in the region’s rich cinematic history, yet many female artists have yet 
to be included in the overarching narrative of Latin American cinema 
history. Moreover, their contribution to the politics and aesthetics of 
the region’s filmic landscape has not been fully recognised or analysed. 
Indeed, the new critical methodologies required to examine these 
contributions are still under construction. This conference seeks to 
address each of these concerns.

*Keynote Speakers:*

·*Dr Deborah Shaw* (University of Portsmouth) and *Dr Deborah Martin* 
(UCL), editors of the forthcoming volume /Latin American Women 
Filmmakers: Production, Politics, Poetics /to be published with I. B. 
Tauris and launched during the conference.

·*Professor Lucia Nagib* (University of Reading), author of /The New 
Brazilian Cinema/ (2003) and /Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, 
Utopia/ (2007).

This conference was made possible thanks to the generous support of the 
*John Coffin Memorial Trust*, the *Cassal Endowment Fund* (School of 
Advanced Study, University of London), the *Birkbeck Institute for the 
Humanities*, and *Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality (BiGS)*.

*The event is open to the public and all are welcome. A small fee of £30 
(£15 students and concessions) will be charged to cover the cost of 
catering. Please register at: 
**https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8653* 
<https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/8653>**

*The programme for the conference can be viewed **here* 
<https://symphony-live.s3.amazonaws.com/GwB2T25GIyOMtyYv29LsutoHFLSVtzfGxwxFcML2ytQlqktTU8XH8y3p9U5f57Zc/Latin%20American%20Programme%20.pdf>*.*

IMAGE CREDIT: Still from /Hijas de la violencia /(1998) directed by 
Marita Barea. The Film will be screened during the conference with the 
director in attendance.


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