[Commlist] 2nd Surviving and Thriving as a Filmmaker in the University Symposium

North East Universities Screen Network
*/2nd Surviving and Thriving as a Filmmaker/ /in the University/ Symposium*
  Culture Lab, Newcastle University,
June 17 – 18, 2025
“For ethnographers I am a filmmaker, and for filmmakers I am an 
ethnographer”.
Jean Rouch
Following the success of our inaugural symposium in 2024, the North East 
Universities Screen Network is delighted to announce the second 
/Surviving and Thriving as a Filmmaker in the University/ symposium at 
Newcastle University in June 2025. Please note that it is an in- person 
only symposium.

Our first one-day event proved the value of coming together to share 
experiences of teaching, researching, and making films within the 
university context. Many participants, however, expressed a desire for 
more time to reflect and connect. In response, this year’s symposium 
will span two days, providing greater space to exchange ideas, support 
one another, and develop strategies for navigating and flourishing under 
the challenging higher education landscape.

Through a programme of panel discussions, participatory sessions, and 
screenings, the symposium will examine our unique academic roles as 
filmmakers, focusing on the obstacles we face, but also on the creative 
potential of our often-liminal positioning.

This free event is open to all filmmakers working in academia, including 
postgraduate researchers, regardless of experience level. We 
particularly welcome colleagues interested in filmmaking as research to 
this in-person only symposium. Our aim is to foster dialogue and nurture 
a supportive community of practice that helps us all not only survive 
but thrive.

*Programme will be released in the next couple of weeks, *but for any 
other questions, please contact:
Ian McDonald: (_ian.mcdonald /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(ian.mcdonald /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)>_
*Book Your Place *_here <https://forms.office.com/e/WsAMJK1kAs>_
*Submit A Film* _here <https://forms.office.com/e/L9ZadV6340>_
*Call for Participants: Teaching & Assessing Filmmaking* _here 
<https://forms.office.com/e/vvN3jHbt4V>_
*Call for Participants: Filmmaking as Research* _here 
<https://forms.office.com/e/P93dVDM73B>_
Surviving and Thriving in the University is an initiative from The 
*North East Universities Screen Network* (NEUSN). We facilitate 
collaboration between staff and students from the five NE Universities 
(Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside) in subject 
areas related to screen-based production and industries. We seek to 
maximise the potential benefits of joint research, teaching, 
employability activities, skills development and income generation, in 
support of regional and national screen sector partnership, resilience 
and growth.

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