[Commlist] CFP - The International Circulation of National Cinemas and Audiovisual Content

* The International Circulation of National Cinemas and Audiovisual 
Content: The Challenge of Convergence and Multiplatform Distribution in 
the European Context*

Catholic University of Milan | 17-18 September 2019

Conference organized by Massimo Scaglioni (Catholic University of 
Milan), Emiliano Morreale (Sapienza University of Roma), Paolo Noto 
(University of Bologna)

Organizing Committee: Paola Brembilla (University of Bologna), Damiano 
Garofalo (Catholic University of Milan), Luca Peretti (The Ohio State 
University), Elena Prati (Catholic Universiy of Milan)

Deadline for proposals: * 31 March 2019*

Info: 
https://www.italiancinema.it/the-international-circulation-of-national-cinemas-and-audiovisual-content/

*Call for papers*

As one of the main outcomes of the “CInCIt: The International 
Circulation of Italian Cinema” research project, financed by the Italian 
Ministry for Universities and Higher Education (MIUR) under the auspices 
of the ‘PRIN 2015’ scheme, this conference aims to focus on the 
circulation and distribution of cinema and audiovisual content in the 
European contexts in a comparative way. Given the recent mutations of 
the film industry and distribution technology in the digital age, there 
are clear lines and trajectories that divide the European countries in 
terms of their ability to circulate their media products – and with them 
a specific image of a culture – across the continent.

The research carried out within the CInCIt project has highlighted some 
of Italia cinema’s directions of transformation and adaptation from a 
transnational perspective, which could be verified by means of a 
comparison with other European contexts. The case studies that the 
research group has analyzed, in part available on www.italiancinema.it 
<http://www.italiancinema.it>, reveal already three findings: that over 
the last decade the international pathways for film circulation have 
undergone change (involving, in the Italian case, the reduction of 
exports towards traditionally welcoming countries, such as France); that 
some traditionally strong  areas of European production (middlebrow art 
cinema, for instance) struggle to exploit the new system of distribution 
windows and above all to access over-the-top platforms; and that new 
geographical clusters for circulation are emerging (the North-European 
market, for example, but less obviously also a Mediterranean circuit for 
the distribution of comedies).

Considering the increasing importance of digitization and streaming 
culture in audiovisual media consumption, i.e. the most important and 
visible driver of this transformation, patterns of distribution and 
circulation quickly become urgent issues in Film and Media studies. The 
European media and creative industries vary in their ability to 
circulate both inside and outside national borders: it is important to 
understand both these different trajectories in depth, and the potential 
of the various politics of sustainability for different national cinemas 
abroad.

Possible proposals are invited in (but not limited to) the four main 
following areas:

- The challenges and opportunities of film distribution: from film 
festivals to the movie theaters crisis;
- National cinemas and transnational circulation;
- Circulation practices and new technologies: OTT platforms, streaming 
and on-demand offerings, informal and piracy practices of video consumption;
- European series and their global visibility and success.

We invite abstracts for 20-minute presentations. Abstracts should be 
between 250-300 words in length and should be accompanied by a brief 
biographical note. The deadline for submissions is * 31 March 2019* . 
Accepted papers will be confirmed by 30 April 2019. The official 
language of the conference is English. Please send abstracts to 
(info /at/ italiancinema.it).

Two keynote speakers will be announced later.

Scientific Committee: Luca Barra, Giulia Carluccio, Marco Cucco, Ruggero 
Eugeni, Michele Fadda, Mariagrazia Fanchi, Massimo Locatelli, Giacomo 
Manzoli, Catherine O’Rawe, Marta Perrotta, Dana Renga,Tomaso Subini, 
Daniela Treveri Gennari.


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