[Commlist] Call For Papers: International Film Festivals Studies Symposium

*International Film Festivals Studies Symposium*

*Adana/Turkey, September 15-16, 2022*
*http://www.screenfest.org/sempozyum-2/ 
<http://www.screenfest.org/sempozyum-2/>*


Abstract Submission Deadline                                            
      July 01, 2022
Notification of Acceptance                                              
           August 01, 2022
Registration                                                            
                       August 03, 2022
Announcement of the Symposium Program                         August 07, 
2022
Symposium Dates - September                                              
   15-16, 2022
Invitations to Submit Selected Full-Length Papers             November 
01, 2022
Deadline for Submitting Full-Length Papers                        
 February 01, 2023
Publication of E-Book                                                    
              March 01, 2023

*No payment is required for participation*


International Film Festival Symposium will be organized by Screenfest: 
Journal of Film Festival Studies within the scope of the TUBITAK 1001 
No. 121K234 project titled Film Festivals in Turkey: Structure, Economy, 
Organization and Audience Profile (Case Study of the Film Festivals of 
Antalya, Adana, Istanbul, and Ankara). The symposium will take place on 
15-16 September 2022 in Adana Golden Boll Film Festival in cooperation 
with Adana Golden Boll Film Festival.

*THEME
*
*Transforming Film Festivals: Sustainability of Film Festivals
*
Film festivals are examined theoretically under many different headings 
(http://www.filmfestivalresearch.org/ 
<http://www.filmfestivalresearch.org/>). Film festivals have been 
affected by the changes in daily life practices: the pandemic, the 
global climate crisis are the first ones that come to mind… These 
interactions also determine our lifestyle and ways of doing business. If 
we do not change our lifestyle with sustainable habits and do not adopt 
sustainable ways of doing business, it does not seem possible to prevent 
the global climate crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst 
for us to rethink this issue. The sustainability of the global festival 
cycle has become debatable during the pandemic process. How do the two 
main components of film festivals (films and festival) (Valck, 2020) 
interact on the sustainability topic? In the global film industry, green 
practices for sustainability in film production are becoming 
commonplace. Within the global film festival cycle, some festivals are 
also developing serious policies on sustainability. In this context, how 
can film festivals make use of sustainability? What does a film festival 
need to ensure sustainability? (Fischer, 2013) In the symposium, we will 
try to establish the relationship between film festivals and 
sustainability, which is generally defined as meeting the needs of today 
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own 
needs. In a sense, we will talk about the future of film festivals. 
Today, it has become a necessity to develop social, economic and 
environmental policies for the sustainability of film festivals. 
Therefore, it has been observed that it is easier for film festivals 
that have developed their sustainability policies within the global 
festival cycle to create their ecosystem. This symposium aims to bring 
together discussions on the economic, social and environmental 
sustainability of film festivals. In this context, we want to contribute 
to the usability and importance of sustainability as a concept in film 
festival studies. By approaching sustainability in an inclusive and 
critical way, we can develop useful concepts and approaches for film 
festival studies. The symposium focuses on the theme of sustainability 
from a conjugation perspective, on the axis of transversality, within 
the scope of economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Economic sustainability:

Sustainable film festivals and working practices; sustainable paradigms 
in film festival management; sustainable financing and sponsorships; 
sharing economy and film festivals; accumulation strategies of film 
festivals; organization and corporate identity of film festivals; film 
festivals, cultural economy and sustainability; film festivals as 
cultural economies driving sustainable development; sustainability of 
funding/pitching/forums; local contribution of film festivals within the 
scope of cultural and creative economy,

Social sustainability:

Ecosystem of film festivals; the role of film festivals in social 
development; film festivals as a social system; spectators/cinephiles 
within the scope of social sustainability; developing the culture of 
watching films in cinema for children and young people; development of 
social interaction models; joint film festivals; access of disadvantaged 
groups to film festivals; film festivals and anti-discrimination 
policies; promoting gender equality, diversity and inclusion at film 
festivals,

Environmental sustainability: greening film festivals

Green policies of film festivals; improving the carbon footprint of film 
festivals; film festivals and the use of innovative energy solutions; 
cooperation with partners that reduce carbon emissions; waste 
management, recycling, energy and water conservation at film festivals; 
cooperation with partners and associations with sustainable policies; 
the role and function of film festivals in the development of “green 
cinema” in the cinema industry; eco-friendly film festivals,

The International Film Festival Symposium focuses on the main theme of 
Transforming Film Festivals: Sustainability of Film Festivals, and is 
also open to papers containing both empirical and theoretical approaches 
and making an interdisciplinary reading on the following topics:

Film festival history and literature,

Method in film festival studies,

Jury and awards

Programming, film curating,

Relation of film festivals with the national cinema and film canons,

Collaboration of film festivals and the film industry,

Film festival audience/cinephilia,

Approaches to short films in film festivals (fiction, documentary, 
animation, experimental),

Project development workshops in film festivals, forums, pitching,

Global film festival cycle and film market

Thematic film festivals,

The concept of festival film,

Transnational film festivals

Online film festivals,

COVID-19 pandemic and film festivals

The symposium aims to contribute to the film festival studies as an open 
platform to academics, film festival staff, film critics and film 
industry professionals.

The languages of the symposium are Turkish and English. The symposium 
will be held face-to-face during the film festival. However, depending 
on the process of the pandemic, it can also be done online. Information 
on this subject will be shared in the future. Accepted abstracts will be 
included in the e-book of “Abstracts” and selected full texts will be 
included in the e-book of “’Film Festivals II” which will be published 
by De Ki Publications.

Please visit the symposium website at 
http://www.screenfest.org/sempozyum-2/ 
<http://www.screenfest.org/sempozyum-2/>

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