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[Commlist] cine-excess call for papers
Wed Aug 11 09:49:18 GMT 2021
*_FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS - REMINDER _*
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*The 15th International Conference and Festival on Global Cult Film
Traditions*
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*Birmingham City University Presents:*
*/_Cine_/**/_Excess 15_/*__
*_Bodies as Battlegrounds: Disruptive Sexualities in Cult Cinema_*
*20th-24th October 2021*
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*Organised in Association with Birmingham City University*
*(Streamed conference and online screening season)*
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*Filmmaking Guests *
*Pollyanna Mcintosh*
Director/Darlin’/(2019) and Actress/The Woman/(2011),/The Walking
Dead/(2017 -2018)
*Recipient of the/Cine//-Excess 15/Innovator of Horror Award*
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*Brandon Cronenberg *
Director /Antiviral /(2012), /Possessor/ (2020)
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*Prano Bailey-Bond*
Director/Nasty/(2015),/Censor/(2021)
**A full Panel of International Filmmakers attending /Cine-Excess 15/ to
discuss ‘Disruptive Sexualities in Cult and Horror Cinema’ will be
announced soon.**
*Keynote Speakers*
*Alexandra Heller-Nicholas*
Deakin University
(Author of /1000 Women in Horror/)
*Dr Alison Peirse*
University of Leeds
(Editor of /Women Make Horror/)
For its *15^th annual edition*, /Cine Excess/ enters a new decade of
the twenty-first century and considers the diverse history and growing
hybridity of cult cinema and its representations. The focus of this
year’s conference theme: */Bodies as Battlegrounds: Disruptive
Sexualities in Cult Cinema/*, considers the extent to which the struggle
for inclusive representation by various marginalised groups is enacted
through a variety of classic and contemporary cult film genres and their
forms and technologies. This theme informs several filmmaking guests
attending /Cine-Excess/ 15, who will be participating in an exclusive
streamed interviews at the event.
The theme of */Bodies as Battlegrounds: Disruptive Sexualities in Cult
Cinema /*also informs the work of the two keynote speakers attending
/Cine-Excess/ 2021. Keynote *Alexandra Heller-Nicholas* has written
eight books on cult, horror, and exploitation cinema with a focus on
gender politics. Her seminal publications include /1000 women in
horror/ (BearManor Media, 2020) which maps women’s contributions to
horror from 1895-2018. She has also published /Rape-Revenge Films: A
Critical Study/ (McFarland, 2011), which will celebrate its 10-year
anniversary at /Cine-Excess/. In her keynote address, Alexandra will
explore the revision of her book which now includes a new chapter on
women directed rape-revenge films. Here, Alexandra rejects the idea that
women-led rape-revenge narratives are purely a post /#MeToo/ phenomenon.
Keynote *Alison Peirse* also considers women’s contributions to the
horror genre. Alison’s multi award-winning edited collection ‘Women Make
Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre’ (Rutgers University Press, 2021)
has been praised for transforming the discourse on women-led horror.
Building on this timely work, Alison’s keynote address considers female
shape shifters in cult and horror cinema, with a specific focus on the
disruptive werewolf archetype.
The focus on disruptive cults representations considered by both keynote
speakers also informs this year’s call for papers, which will consider
broader issues of gender diversity, sexuality, and representations of
marginalised groups as intersections embodied by the cult image.
*/Bodies as Battlegrounds: Disruptive Sexualities in Cult Cinema/* also
explores a range of global cinema traditions, subversive filmmakers, and
performers whose work can be understood as engaging with the
socio-political struggle for inclusive representation. Further topics
might also consider the work of classic and contemporary marginalised
and Queer filmmakers, alongside those performers whose works offer
social commentary with unconventional content, while issues of diaspora,
race, disability, and mental health are other key topics that will be
discussed by this year’s event.
Proposals are invited for individual papers or pre-constituted panels
that consider cult film case-studies within a range of differing
contexts that relate to this year’s theme. However, we would
particularly welcome contributions that focus on the following areas:
**
1. Feral in Female Form: Subversive Females and Animalistic Images
2. Trashed Selves and Transhuman Shells: Brandon Cronenberg and Body
Horror’s New Wave
3. Sexuality Re-Framed: New Interpretations of Disruptive Screen
Identities
4. Distinctive Visions: New Interpretations of Radical Cult Filmmakers
5. Troubling the Nation-State: Disruptive Visions of America in Cult
Cinema
6. Diverse Voices in Body Genre Cinema: Classic and Contemporary
Case-Studies
7. The Other Reframed: The Role of Sexuality and Identity in Horror
Remakes
8. Classic and Contemporary Visions of Queer Global Horror
9. Inclusion through Disruption: Disruptive Narratives in Educational
and Pedagogic Practices
10. National Cinema, National Bodies: Problematising British Cinema
Through Cult Genres
11. From Deviance to Diversity: Changing Struggles for Identity in
Queer Cinema
12. Screening Diversity, Challenging Desire: Celluloid Sin, Digital Sex
and Pornography
13. Margins Within Margins: LGBTQ+ Representations and Intimacies
14. Screening Rights and the Battle for Embodiment: Trans and Non-Binary
Voices on Screen
15. Fear in Folk: From Found Footage to Found Identities
16. Short, Sharp Shocks: Short Films as Radical Formats of the Self
17. Reconfiguring Violated Bodies: The Body as Battleground in Rape-Revenge
18. Cult Stars and Disruptive Performances
19. New Territories, Diverse Fears: Cult Film’s Indigenous Communities
20. Exhibition and Inclusivity: Industry Perspectives on Diverse Digital
Channels
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Over the past 15 years /Cine-Excess/ has developed a reputation as an
inclusive and safe space in which to present new work around global cult
film cultures. We welcome submissions from emerging and established and
scholars, activists, film makers and community groups.
Please send a 300-word abstract and a short (one page) C.V. by *23^rd
August 2021 *to:
Amy Harris
Co-Director of /Cine-Excess
/(Amy.Harris /at/ cine-excess.co.uk) <mailto:(Amy.Harris /at/ cine-excess.co.uk)>
(Cineexcess2021 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(Cineexcess2021 /at/ gmail.com)>
Professor Xavier Mendik
Director of /Cine-Excess/
(Xavier.Mendik /at/ cine-excess.co.uk) <mailto:(Xavier.Mendik /at/ cine-excess.co.uk)>
(Cineexcess2021 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(Cineexcess2021 /at/ gmail.com)>
A final listing of accepted presentations will be released on *27^th
August 2021*.
Filmmakers wishing to submit short and/or feature-length films for
consideration at /Cine-Excess 15/ should consult our Film Freeway page
for further information:
_https://filmfreeway.com/cine-excess <https://filmfreeway.com/cine-excess> _
For press enquires and guest updates about /Cine-Excess 15/ please contact:
Natasha Marburger
Co-Director of /Cine-Excess/
(_Natasha.Marburger /at/ cine-excess.co.uk)
<mailto:(Natasha.Marburger /at/ cine-excess.co.uk)> _
Delegate fees for /Cine-Excess 15 /are £50/£25 (concessions) for
attendance at online/streamed version of the 2021 event. This includes
entrance to all conference activities, related /Cine-Excess/ screenings,
and industry panels. For further information and regular updates on the
event please visit: _https://www.cine-excess.co.uk/call-for-papers.html
<https://www.cine-excess.co.uk/call-for-papers.html> _
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