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On #Materiality

December 13, 2022/in Autumn 2022_#Materiality, Festival Reviews, Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

The discussion of media often meanders between the way media objects are perceived as written texts, projected audiovisual messages, or recorded music on the one hand and material objects on the other. Materiality in the sense of physical matter is considered multi-sensory and in a direct relation to the perceiving body, traditionally – particularly in the arts – associated with processes of valorisation as in the term and concept of ‘aura’. But media studies have long established perspectives beyond simple notions of matter. Even light, sound, and energy have entered the discourse, and materiality can be traced in any and all understandings of media. This special section brings together some of the latest post-digital perspectives on the long-standing discussion of materiality in our ever-changing media landscapes. The contributions represent today’s broadness of the field and discourse, connecting media from their analogue pasts to their materially ambiguous futures.

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On greening film festivals: The environmental impact of film festivals and their future design and operation

December 13, 2022/in Reviews, Autumn 2022_#Materiality, Festival Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

This roundtable brings together several film festival organisers and scholars to compare notes on the general impact of film festivals on the environment and to anticipate future directions for greening the sector. The event was hosted by The Creative School Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University. This is an edited transcript of the roundtable that took place on 13 January 2022 via Zoom.

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The post-pandemic festival: Identity, crisis, and curation at Sheffield DocFest 2022

December 12, 2022/in Reviews, Autumn 2022_#Materiality, Festival Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s largest documentary festival, returned this year for its first predominantly in-person edition following two years of pared back, online, and hybrid editions in 2020 and 2021. Returning in June 2022 as a six-day event comparable in size and scale to the 2019 festival, this year’s edition was framed in part as […]

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Embracing hybridity beyond the pandemic: The contrasting cases of PÖFF and SGIFF

December 12, 2022/in Reviews, Autumn 2022_#Materiality, Festival Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

Embracing hybridity beyond the pandemic: The contrasting cases of PÖFF and SGIFF Film festivals have developed to be hybrid multi-layered, ever-expanding complex events that include diverse activities, engage multiple stakeholders, serve various purposes[1] and take place in multiple and diverse places.[2] The outburst of the pandemic at the beginning of 2020 caused an unpredictable crisis […]

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Mirror, mirror on the wall: AKS International Minorities Festival Pakistan 2021  

June 19, 2022/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2022_#Rumors /by Greg DeCuir

AKS International Minorities Festival is a film festival that seeks to showcase films and art projects, as well as to create a dialog around the representation of minorities, particularly immigrants, sexual minorities, trans people, and people of colour. Since 2014, the festival has been held annually both in Pakistan and Denmark, establishing itself as an […]

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Film festivals and market intelligence: From audience surveys to data analytics?    

June 7, 2022/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2022_#Rumors /by Greg DeCuir

Audience research has become an increasingly significant aspect of film festivals. The development of hybrid and online film festivals has enabled opportunities to generate more knowledge about the festival audience. That resembles broader developments in today’s culture and society, which relies on online data to take audience knowledge to a higher level. Indeed, industry observers […]

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Porn film festivals during pandemic times: San Francisco PornFilmFestival and UNCENSORED in lockdown

June 8, 2021/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2021_#Solidarity /by Greg DeCuir

In 2020, a lot of film festivals were cancelled or postponed to 2021. Others were organised in person (following the security measures imposed in each country regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, reducing the number of people in a closed space). Most festivals opted for online or hybrid options. Some festivals chose to use online platforms, turning […]

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One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival: Limits of (de)centralised management during the pandemic

June 8, 2021/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2021_#Solidarity /by Greg DeCuir

The One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (One World), which takes place in March, opens the Czech festival season. Since its inception in 1999, initiated by a human rights campaigner Igor Blaževič, this has become a reputable event and one of the major European human rights film festivals. In terms of the total number […]

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The Human Rights Film Network: Festival resilience in the time of Covid-19 

June 8, 2021/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2021_#Solidarity /by Greg DeCuir

The year 2020 was marked by Covid-19 health emergencies disrupting lives and societies on a global scale. No country or sector of our everyday life has been left unscathed by these unprecedented levels of sudden change and urgent adaptation that we all have experienced in different ways. Creative sectors also needed to quickly adapt and […]

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Nearby the Festival International du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis: Rethinking proximity in times of COVID-19

June 7, 2021/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2021_#Solidarity /by Greg DeCuir

It has been a decade since the streets of Saint-Louis have been hosting the only international documentary film festival in Senegal. Travelling speakers and local griots[1] enthusiastically announce the arrival of the Festival International du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis, also known as Stlouis’DOCS, gathering around 10,000 people for the past few years. The 11th edition […]

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The 2020 Boston Latino International Film Festival: Continuing the fight for social justice virtually

June 6, 2021/in Festival Reviews, Reviews, Spring 2021_#Solidarity /by Greg DeCuir

Amidst violent police killings of people of colour, a global health pandemic, and a grassroots surge in activism calling for social justice in the US and abroad, the Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLIFF) was more crucial than ever in 2020. Launching virtually from 23-27 September 2020, the community festival continued with its nearly twenty-year […]

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Story within a story: Vues d’Afrique in the time of COVID-19

December 6, 2020/in Autumn 2020_#Method, Festival Reviews, Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

Le Festival international de cinéma Vues d’Afrique is North America’s largest and longest-running African film festival. Established in Montreal in 1984, it has been held annually ever since. Its 36th edition was set to open on 17 April and run until 26 April, when, just a few weeks before the opening, festival organisers had to […]

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Beyond a shadow of a doubt: For the Elche International Independent Film Festival dying is not an option

December 6, 2020/in Autumn 2020_#Method, Festival Reviews, Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

Since March 2020 Covid-19 has led to a wave of cancellations in the event industry.[1] The Mobile World Congress of Barcelona, the world tourism exhibitions in Berlin and Shanghai, and the International Trade Fair for Wire and Cable in Dusseldorf, for example, were cancelled. The impact on tourism worldwide is far-reaching and has been a […]

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The International Labour Film Festival in Turkey

December 6, 2020/in Autumn 2020_#Method, Festival Reviews, Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

In Turkey Covid-19 poses a particularly significant threat to the fragile existence of alternative exhibition networks, such as arthouse cinemas, film collectives, and small-size film festivals. The future of film exhibition and production has been among the hot topics in the wake of the lockdown.[1] The role of film festivals in the public sphere, as […]

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Come together? Curating communal viewing experiences for hybrid and online film festivals

December 6, 2020/in Autumn 2020_#Method, Festival Reviews, Reviews /by Greg DeCuir

In the wake of Covid-19, watch parties and watch-alongs have become increasingly popular forms of audience engagement, providing communal viewing experiences. As singular events or film series they have made use of streaming platforms such as Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitter, or Instagram. For film festivals, which are currently facing the challenge to go hybrid […]

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