[Commlist] CFP #IFM2026 8th Interactive Film and Media Annual Conference

*EXTENDED DEADLINE – CFP #IFM2026 International Conference – Deadline: 
Monday, January 19^th *

Join us for the *8th Interactive Film and Media Annual Conference* from 
*June 9-12, 2026*, via Zoom.

The 8th Interactive Film and Media Conference is excited to announce its 
Call for Proposals centered around the provocative and multifaceted 
theme of "Yet-To-Be-Known."

We live in trying times. Cascading crises—from climate collapse to 
social injustice to political upheaval—mean that uncertainty is a 
defining condition of our moment. But we need not see the horizons 
before us as insurmountable. Interactive Film and Media invites 
proposals for its eighth conference that engage with the 
yet-to-be-known. Here, the yet-to-be-known is interpreted as a space of 
speculative inquiry and creative possibility. We ask: How might we 
reimagine knowledge, practice, and being in ways that embrace the 
indeterminacy we now face? How might we work together to harness the 
potentials of the here-and-now in order to anticipate new futures?

We seek proposals that explore the speculative as method, as critique, 
and as world-making gesture; we seek contributions that foreground the 
emergent, the unstable, and the transformative. Topics might include 
speculative ecologies, more-than-human ethics, radical pedagogies, 
future imaginaries of care, experimental archives, and technologies of 
resistance. Together, let us consider how the yet-to-be-known might 
become a site of collective imagination and critical intervention.

We welcome proposals for:

·*Papers*(500-word abstracts)

·*Research-Creation Projects*(interactive, artist/collective presentations)

·*New Book Presentations*(publication workshops)

🔗*Full CFP and submission forms*: IFM2026 Conference Website 
<https://journals.library.torontomu.ca/index.php/InteractiveFilmMedia/IFM2026>
📧 Submit by January 19th via the #IFM Journal’s Submission System.

*Why #IFM2026?
*✅*Full free admission* (no fees for participation or publication).
✅ A commitment to *inclusivity, equity, and accessibility*.
✅ Engage with a vibrant community of scholars, filmmakers, artists, and 
practitioners.

Don't miss your chance to join this exciting global conversation on how 
interactive media resonates in our lives.

📩 For inquiries: (ifmjournal /at/ torontomu.ca) 
<mailto:(ifmjournal /at/ torontomu.ca)> | (interactivefilmconference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(interactivefilmconference /at/ gmail.com)>

#IFM2026 International Conference

Save the Date: June 9-12

Call for Proposals Now Open 
<https://journals.library.torontomu.ca/index.php/InteractiveFilmMedia/cfp>

*Watch #IFM2025 Presentations:*https://t.ly/HPZpd <https://t.ly/HPZpd>

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**Organizing & Scientific Committee*

Hudson Moura, Chair (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

Heidi Rae Cooley (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Stefano Odorico (Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland)

Dale Hudson (New York University Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Jenna Ng (University of York, UK)

Leah Shafer (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA)

Marta Fiolić (NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Il Sun Moon (Kingston University, UK)

Logan Acton (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Sonali Sharma (Jamia Millia Islamia University, India)

Design Team: Darius Shah and Anika Vielhauer

Join the  #IFM list 
<https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/interactivefilmmedia> to stay updated 
on deadlines and discover our community's latest initiatives.

CONTACT EMAILS: (_ifmjournal /at/ torontomu.ca) 
<mailto:(ifmjournal /at/ torontomu.ca)>_ | (interactivefilmconference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(interactivefilmconference /at/ gmail.com)>

WEBSITE & SOCIAL 
MEDIA:<https://linktr.ee/ifmnetwork>_https://lnk.bio/ifmjournal 
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