[Commlist] Cine-Excess 2024 - Film Festival and Conference

*_Cine-Excess International Film Festival and Conference 2024 
<http://bit.ly/cine-excess-2024>_*

Online Conference

Blood Ties: The Family in Cult and Horror Cinema, 21-24 October 2024

In-Person Symposium

Friday 25 October 2024 (Birmingham, UK)

Blood Ties Screening Season

21-27 October 2024

*_Scheduled Guests (Online)_*

“/Gremlins/at 40: Joe Dante in Conversation”

*Joe Dante*, director of/Gremlins/, celebrates the film’s fortieth 
anniversary with delegate Q&A

“Blood Ties Over Time: Cast and Crew Reflect on/The Texas Chain Saw 
Massacre/”

*Allen Danziger*(“Jerry”), *Ted****Nicolaou*(Sound Department),*Daniel 
Pearl*(Cinematographer) and*William Vail*(“Kirk”) celebrate fifty years 
of/The Texas Chain Saw Massacre/with an exclusive streamed roundtable 
discussion

Keynote Address: Professor Tony Williams

*Tony Williams*, Professor of Film Studies at Southern Illinois 
University, provides this year’s keynote address

*_Final Schedule & Registration_*

We’re delighted to announce that the final schedule for/Cine-Excess/2024 
is now live and available to view at the following 
address:http://bit.ly/cine-excess-2024 <http://bit.ly/cine-excess-2024>

This year’s theme, “Blood Ties: The Family in Cult and Horror Cinema,” 
is central to our online international conference (21-24 October) as 
well as our in-person symposium on Friday 25 October.

As part of this event, we are honoured to host Professor Tony Williams, 
author of/Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror 
Film/(Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1996; University Press of 
Mississippi, 2014), as our keynote speaker. This online keynote address 
takes place on Wednesday 23 October where Professor Williams will be 
discussing the importance of familial representations within a range of 
horror films including/The Texas Chain Saw Massacre/.

Professor Williams’ keynote will be complemented by over 40 additional 
talks and discussions provided by international scholars who will be 
participating both online and in-person.

/Cine-Excess/2024 is open to scholars, students and members of the public.

Tickets can be purchased as the following delegate passes:

*Delegate Pass 1: Online Conference*

Price: £100 / £50 (concessions)

/Includes virtual access to the online conference, related online 
screenings and filmmaker talks./

//

*Delegate Pass 2: Online Conference & In-Person Symposium*

Price: £150 / £75 (concessions)

/Includes all the benefits of the online conference delegate pass*as 
well as*admittance to the in-person symposium on Friday 25 October and 
lunch/refreshments on the day. This pass also allows access to all 
listed Cine-Excess screenings at ODEON Birmingham New Street (prior 
booking required)./

**

*_Screening Season_*

To complement this year’s theme,/Cine-Excess/2024 features the “Blood 
Ties” screening season which considers subversive representations of the 
family in cult and horror cinema. The season is comprised of in-person 
UK premieres alongside a range of streamed releases, many of which are 
being made available for international audiences to watch.

“Blood Ties” has been co-curated with*Black Mandala*, a prominent 
production and sales company, who/Cine-Excess/are now proud to 
collaborate with.

The “Blood Ties” screening season is open to academics, students and 
members of the public (*18+*); in-person screenings take place at ODEON 
Birmingham New Street, while online releases can be accessed via 
the/Cine-Excess/streaming platform.

A special online screening pass to watch all/Cine-Excess/2024 streamed 
screenings can be purchased for £20, available 
fromhttp://bit.ly/cine-excess-2024 <http://bit.ly/cine-excess-2024>.

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