[ecrea] Polish Cinema in an International Context 2nd Call for Papers

> 2nd Call for Papers
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> Polish Cinema in an International Context - 4-5 December 2009
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> An international conference, organised by 
> Cornerhouse, Manchester, Adam Mickiewicz Institute,
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> Warsaw, Polish Film Institute, University of 
> Central Lancashire, Preston and University of
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> Salford.
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> The conference is part of POLSKA! YEAR in the 
> United Kingdom, organised by Adam Mickiewicz 
> Institute and supported by Polish Cultural 
> Institute in London and Polish Consulate in Manchester.
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> This conference will consider Polish cinema in 
> an international context and feature 
> contributions form both leading Polish, UK and 
> international academics, as well as 
> professionals involved with the production, 
> distribution, archiving and promotion of Polish 
> films. The conference will especially address 
> the question of why, given Polish cinema under 
> communism's wide dissemination and popularity, 
> contemporary Polish cinema has much more 
> difficulty in crossing international borders. 
> The conference will be accompanied by a festival 
> of Polish cinema, hosted by Cornerhouse and 
> public discussions of Polish films. The 
> conference is addressed to the academic 
> community, as well as educators and promoters of 
> Polish films and the public at large.
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> Organising committee
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> Prof. Ewa Mazierska, School of Journalism, Media 
> and Communication, University of Central Lancashire
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> Dr. Michael Goddard, Lecturer in Media, Salford University
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> Please send abstracts of approximately 200 words 
> to Ewa Mazierska by the 1st of September 2009 
> at: (EHMazierska /at/ uclan.ac.uk) <mailto:(EHMazierska /at/ uclan.ac.uk)>
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> Subjects of papers may include but are not limited to:
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> Polish émigré filmmakers
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> Polish international co-productions
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> International successes and failures of Polish films
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> Polish films at international festivals
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> Polish cinema in the context of Eastern Europe and East-Central Europe
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> Polish cinema and the European avant-garde
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> Influence of Polish cinema on foreign films
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> The marketing of Polish films abroad
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> Adaptations of foreign works by Polish directors
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> Foreign characters and places in Polish films
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> Film and Polish migrations
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> The international reception of Polish films before and after 1989
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> Polish cinema and international film and critical theory
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> Special guests
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> Andrzej Zanussi, who made films in Poland and France
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> Andrzej Zulawski, renowned director, who made films in Poland and France
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> Keynote speakers
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> Prof. Ian Christie, Birkbeck, University of 
> London, leading expert on European cinema and avant-garde film and video
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> Dr. Peter Hames, Staffordshire University, 
> leading expert on Eastern European Cinema
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> Dr. Iwona Kurz, Warsaw University, leading 
> expert on Polish cinema, academic and film critic
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> Prof. Tadeusz Lubelski, Jagiellonian University, 
> leading expert on Polish cinema, academic and film critic
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> Prof. Miroslaw Przylipiak, Pomeranian Academy in 
> Slupsk, leading expert on Polish cinema, film critic and documentary filmmaker

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