[Commlist] CFP: Sightlines: Filmmaking in the Academy 2023 Festival & symposium

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Call for creative works and papers:

*Sightlines: Filmmaking in the Academy 2023*

The University of South Australia in collaboration with the 
Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association 
(ASPERA), is pleased to announce the fourth Sightlines festival to be 
held from June 29-30 in Adelaide, South Australia.

This event will run alongside the 2023 Australian Screen Production, 
Education and Research Association (ASPERA) conference, to be held at 
Flinders University in Adelaide from June 28-29.

Sightlines 2023 will be part festival and part symposium.  It continues 
to have two main purposes: to showcase the full range of screen 
production that occurs in the higher education sector; and to contribute 
to the development of screen production as an academic research 
discipline. The focus of this event will be screenings and 
demonstrations of screen-based creative practice research (showcasing 
completed works and works in-progress), drawing in practitioners working 
with an array of platforms and methodologies.

The inaugural Sightlines festival at RMIT in Melbourne in 2014 showcased 
the quality and diversity of creative screen-based works produced in the 
higher education sector, including short and feature-length work 
suitable for cinema exhibition, documentaries, dramas, essay and 
experimental films. In 2016 Sightlines’ scope extended to also include 
presentations of work from other sites of exhibition, such as 
screenwriting, online, interactive and non-linear productions. This 
continued in 2019 at third RMIT-based event, which explored a variety of 
research frameworks to imagine new possibilities for the screen 
production sector. In 2023 we add an additional showcase of virtual 
reality works.

*In 2023 we are calling for the following types of proposals:***

-Exhibition of creative works (screen practice research outputs) 
accompanied by a short practitioner introduction and/or post-screening talk

-Exhibition of short virtual reality works (Meta Quest 2 compatible) to 
be accessed via headsets at programmed times throughout the event.

-20-minute papers, presentations or pre-formed panels addressing key 
areas of contemporary screen production as research. Presentations could 
include exhibition of screen practice research in-progress or discussion 
of screenplay works.

*Creative works (and accompanying research statements) or papers might 
directly or indirectly explore the following topics or questions:*

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-Ethical issues for screen-based creative practice research

-New screen technologies and approaches to practice

-Responses to the climate crisis

-Localised storytelling in a globally connected world

-Collaborative filmmaking and filmmaking collectives

-Distribution and exhibition of filmmaking research within/outside of 
the academy

-The rise of audio-visual essay making as an alternative form of scholarship

-How is film and filmmaking in the academy evolving?

-How can creative practice research in screen production be funded or 
otherwise supported?

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Sightlines has had many conversations around the peer-review process 
and publication of screen works. We understand this is a critical 
process, and we will be encouraging and facilitating delegates to pursue 
publication and dissemination of their works in an issue of /Sightlines 
Journal/ following the 2023 event.

*   Submission guidelines:*

-*/Exhibition of Creative Works/*

Please submit a preview copy via online link with the accompanying 
information:

-Title

-Name of presenter and other relevant key creative contributors

-Medium/format

-Running time

-A 300-word *research statement* that contextualises the work. This may 
be a statement that explicates the background, significance and 
contribution of the work. This statement should provide an understanding 
of the context of the work, the community of practice in which you are 
operating, any research question/s your work seeks to address, how the 
importance of the work can be understood, and/or how the impact of the 
work might be measured.

-Short presenter biography

We accept creative works from Australian and international researchers 
that contribute to understandings of screen production research as well 
as other fields. Any screen production completed after *2018* is 
eligible, but we ask that you contextualise the work with your 
accompanying statement. If your work has specific exhibition 
requirements, please include these in your submission.

-*papers or panels addressing key areas of contemporary screen 
production as research*

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Please submit a 300-word abstract outlining your proposed paper or 
panel, including your name, title and affiliation of each 
presenter/panellist. Please also include a short biography (100 words 
maximum) for each presenter/panellist.

Please contact Kath Dooley if you have any questions or concerns: 
(kath.dooley /at/ unisa.edu.au) <mailto:(kath.dooley /at/ unisa.edu.au)>

Please submit all proposals via the Sightlines email address (also cc in 
Kath Dooley):

(sightlines /at/ aspera.org.au) <mailto:(sightlines /at/ aspera.org.au)>

*Deadline:*

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Abstracts and previews of films to be submitted by Friday January 20, 2023.







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