[Commlist] CFP: 3rd Film festivals symposium

/*“FILM FESTIVALS, FUNDS AND FILM INDUSTRY”*/

*3^rd FILM FESTIVALS SYMPOSIUM, April 7-8-9, 2023*

*(42^nd  ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, April 7 - 17, 2023)*

*Istanbul, Turkey*

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As part of the project "/Film Festivals in Turkey: Structure, Economy, 
Organization, Audience Profile (The case of Antalya, Adana, Istanbul, 
Ankara Film Festivals)/" no. TUBITAK 1001 121K234, the 3^rd FILM 
FESTIVALS SYMPOSIUM, organized by /screenfest:/ The Journal of Film 
Festival Studies, will be held in cooperation with the /Istanbul Film 
Festival/ on April 7-8-9, 2023 within and during the Istanbul Film 
Festival. The Symposium Organization Committee would like to thank 
İstanbul Film Festival for their cooperation and support. The Symposium 
aims to provide an academic debating platform that embraces all aspects 
of film festivals.  We cordially invite you to the Film Festival Symposium.


*CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS*

Marijke de Valck, Utrecht University/Netherlands

Skadi Loist, Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf/Germany

Tamara L. Falicov, University of Missouri-Kansas City/USA

Ana Vinuela, Sorbonne Nouvelle University/France


*CONFIRMED GUEST FILM FUND DIRECTOR (Online)*

Jeske van der Slikke,/Hubert Bals Fund-International Film Festival 
Rotterdam/Netherlands


Abstract and Panel Proposal Submission Deadline	February 15, 2023
Notification of Acceptance	February 25, 2022
Registration	March 01, 2023
Announcement of the Symposium Program	March 10, 2023
Symposium Dates	April 7-8-9, 2023
Invitations to Submit Selected Full-Length Papers	June 01, 2023
Deadline for Submitting Full-Length Papers	July 01, 2023
Publication of E-Book	September 01, 2023

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LOCATION: The French Institute of Istanbul -Turkey

/_No payment is required for participation_/

Participants are required to cover their own travel and accommodation 
expenses. A list of local hotels as well as information regarding 
additional events will be posted on the symposium’s website.

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*THEME*

*FILM FESTIVALS, FUNDS AND FILM INDUSTRY*

In the film industry, film festivals and funds play a significant role, 
especially for post-1990s independent cinema/arthouse films, in terms of 
both their increasing influence on the circulation of films across 
national borders and production activities (Wong, 2011). Given the fact 
that arthouse films/independent cinema generate limited box office 
revenues and face distribution problems festivals and their funding 
become increasingly important. This development has led to the emergence 
of a symbiotic relationship between films and festivals, with festivals 
occupying an important position in the global arthouse film economy 
(Valck, 2020). Funds serve a crucial function in the festival ecosystem 
in terms of creating a network for co-productions (Vinuela, 2018) in 
addition to production support.  In this context, particularly how 
arthouse films will be produced and distributed constitutes the main 
debate. It is worth discussing whether international film festivals and 
supranational funds as talent finders, play an increasingly active role 
as producers (Ostrowska, 2010; Loist, 2011; Valck, 2017) in the shaping 
and funding of independent cinema/arthouse film (Falicov, 2010; 2017; 
Chan, 2011; Ross, 2011; Vallejo, 2020) while at the same time enabling 
films to penetrate the global circuit (Iordanova, 2009). To this end, we 
seek answers to the following questions at the intersection of film 
festival studies and media industry studies:

Which (new) research methods do we need in the field of media industry 
studies? What research gaps need to be filled in studies on festivals 
and funds? What are the dominant approaches in the current debate? How 
do festivals and funds shape world cinema? How can we take the field of 
and the debates around film festival studies and media industry research 
further? Within the framework of these questions, the topics to be 
addressed in this symposium include but are not limited to the following:

- network and circuit of national/regional/supranational funds,

- film festivals, funds and global cinema culture,

- state funds in the context of hegemony or cultural diplomacy,

- funds as soft power of countries in hegemonic ascendancy,

- supranational funds' quest for authenticity and artistic quality,

- critique on funds’ role in imposing Western aesthetic standards,

- constructing national cinema by festivals’ film selection policies and 
supranational funds,

- supranational funds, national specificity and the search for new 
solutions,

- supranational funds' role in promoting diverse cinema cultures and 
transnational cinema,

- external factors on the decision-making processes of the funds,

- data-driven research on industry practices in terms of funding,

- funds' contribution to theatrical distribution of arthouse films,

- flexible/labor intensive working conditions in the context of 
sustainability of festivals and funds,

In this regard, we believe that there is a need for further 
collaboration between academics, industry professionals and executives. 
How can professionals, academics and filmmakers cooperate to achieve 
increased transparency on funding? In this framework, the criteria for 
selection and evaluation of funds (along decolonialized standards, 
ecological thresholds or detailed mission statements that may be 
fund-specific, etc.) can be put up for discussion.

In addition to focusing on the main theme of "Film Festivals, Funds and 
Film Industry", the 3^rd  Film Festivals Symposium is also open to 
papers based on both empirical and theoretical approaches with an 
interdisciplinary reading on the following topics:

- the history and historiography of film festivals,

- methodology in the studies on film festivals,

- jury work and awards,

- programming, curating,

- film festivals - national cinema and cinema canon,

- film festivals' audience/cinephile,

- funding of film festivals,

- film policy and film festivals,

- global festival circuit and film market

- distribution and circulation in relation to film festivals

- approach to short films in festivals (fiction, documentary, animation, 
experimental),

- thematic festivals,

- transnational film festivals,

- online film festivals,

- the COVID-19 pandemic and film festivals.


The Symposium welcomes academics, festival staff, film critics and film 
industry professionals. The Symposium will be held in Turkish and 
English. The Symposium will be an in-person event taking place during 
the 42^nd Istanbul Film Festival. It may, however, be held online 
depending on the course of the pandemic. We will share further 
information on this issue in the upcoming process. The accepted 
abstracts will be published in the “Abstracts e-Book” and the accepted 
full texts will be published in the “Film Festivals III e-Book” to be 
published by De Ki Basım Yayım.


For more information about the Symposium, please visit at 
http://www.screenfest.org/istanbul/ <http://www.screenfest.org/istanbul/>

Feel free to reach out to us in case you have any questions 
(infoscreenfest /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(screenfest /at/ gmail.com)>

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