1st Alternative Film/Video Research Forum @ Alternative Film/Video Belgrade
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Alternative Film/Video Belgrade, we are organizing the first Alternative Film/Video Research Forum. This two-day event (6-7 December 2012) running concurrently with the festival (5-9 December 2012) will gather a group of researchers and writers who are concerned with alternative/experimental/avant-garde/underground works of film, video, and new media, for an intimate forum where papers will be delivered and discussions held. The theme for this initial forum is researching and teaching alternative film and video. How has this field of inquiry been shaped over the years and what are the current challenges that those working in this area face? What are the blind spots in writing the history of alternative film and video and what are the future directions? Currently we are accepting abstracts of 300 words along with short paragraph bios for consideration. Accommodation will be provided for selected research forum participants. Please forward submissions to Greg de Cuir, Jr., Selector/Programmer for Alternative Film/Video Belgrade, no later than 1 August 2012 at gdecuir@yahoo.com.
Alternative Film/Video Belgrade (Serbia) is the premier international festival in the Balkans for new film and video tendencies and one of the oldest festivals of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1982 as an antidote to commercial film and video-making and to support radical practices in celebrating the moving image. Alternative Film/Video Belgrade is organized by and hosted at Academic Film Center, which was established in 1958 as a ciné-club and where many legendary filmmakers in the former Yugoslavia worked, including Živojin Pavlović, Tomislav Gotovac, Kokan Rakonjac, and others. Visit the website at www.alternativefilmvideo.org/.