[Commlist] Building Fronts: Radical Film Network Conference 2026

Building Fronts

Radical Film Network Conference 2026

Paris, June 12 to 15, 2026

Sorbonne Nouvelle University

The Radical Film Network(RFN) was founded in 2013 when a group of 
activists, academics, filmmakers and programmers involved in radical 
film culture in Britain met to discuss the ways in which they could work 
together to support its development, growth and sustainability. Since 
then, the RFN has grown rapidly, and now consists of more than two 
hundred organisations from forty countries around the world: from 
artists’ studios and production collectives to archives, co-ops, 
distributors, film festivals and exhibition venues, as well as a host of 
other less easily categorised groups and individuals.

RFN gatherings—conference and unconferences, festivals and meetings—aim 
to offer a space open to everyone interested in radical film cultures to 
meet, come together and share experiences and knowledge on how we 
conceive and develop our practice. Following the previous RFN 
conferences in Birmingham, Glasgow, New York City, Tolpuddle, Dublin, 
Nottingham, Berlin, Genoa and Madrid, the 2026 Radical Film Network 
conference will take place in Paris, from Friday 12 to Monday 15 June 2026.

Ninety years after the victory of the Popular Fronts in Europe, when 
fascism reemerges in a world threatened by climate crisis, while 
international politico-juridical institutions risk collapse in the 
context of the ongoing genocides in Palestine and other geopolitical 
zones, we extend an invitation to discuss the ability of cinema to 
document, question and transform reality—to build fronts. The 12th 
edition of RFN aims to incite a broad discussion on the history of 
militant, engaged and experimental cinema and its “state of the form,” 
focusing, among other aspects, on formal strategies, modes of production 
and distribution, pedagogical practices, and archival operations.

The Call for Papers will be launched in September 2026.

For any questions about the proposals, travel grants or the submission 
process, please send us an email (torfnfrance2026 /at/ gmail.com).

Subscribe to the mailing list for more information: 
https://radicalfilmnetwork.com/mailing-list/.

Organising committee

Isabel Castro (PRISM, Aix-Marseille UnIversity)

Teresa Castro (IRCAV, Sorbonne Nouvelle University)

Sonia Kerfa (ILCEA4, Grenoble Alpes University)

Beatriz Rodovalho (IRCAV, Sorbonne Nouvelle University)

Raquel Schefer (LIRA, Sorbonne Nouvelle University)v

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