FSAC renamed FMSAC | L’ACÉC renommée l’ACÉCM

By On August 4, 2022 · In News

Following a successful motion at the 2022 Annual General Meeting, the Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC) is now the Film and Media Studies Association of Canada (FMSAC). In the weeks and months to come, this site, along with Association’s social media feeds, will be modified to reflect this change.

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CFP: Call for Chapter Proposals – Refocus: The Films of Agnès Varda

By On October 10, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Chapter Proposals – Refocus: The Films of Agnès Varda
Edited by Melissa Oliver-Powell and Natasha Farrell

Deadline for proposals: November 29, 2024 Notification of acceptance: December 17, 2024 Deadline for chapters: September 20, 2025

Renowned for her innovation, independence, and uniquely eclectic style, it is hard to overstate the importance of Agnès […]

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CFP: Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2025 Conference

By On October 7, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

CALL FOR PAPERS: Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2025 Conference

Wednesday, June 4 to Saturday, June 7 2025
Edmonton, Canada – University of Alberta
Co-sponsored by the University of Alberta and University of Lethbridge

The Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) invites proposals for presentations at its […]

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Job Posting: Associate or Full Professor in American film studies at Montclair State University, NJ

By On September 30, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

Associate or Full Professor of Film Studies

locations: Montclair, NJ
time type: Full time

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Montclair State University is seeking a Film Studies scholar of national standing to fill the Marie Frazee-Baldassarre Professorship in the Department of English. We are seeking a scholar with expertise in the history of American film from its […]

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Job Posting: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) – Film Studies

By On September 30, 2024 · In Job Postings, News

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) – Film Studies
The Faculty of Media, Art, & Performance at the University of Regina invites applications for a tenure-track position in Film Studies (Department of Film) at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing January 1, 2025 or July 1, 2025. Applicants must have a PhD in Film Studies or […]

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CFP: Perspectives on Materiality in Animated Media

By On August 19, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Panelists: Perspectives on Materiality in Animated Media

For the 2025 Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference, taking place in Chicago, we are looking to put together a panel that explores our shifting understandings of materiality in animated media.

As innovations and developments in digital technology continue to dominate the contemporary media […]

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CFP: Barbenheimer at Canadian Journal of Film Studies

By On July 30, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

CFP: Barbenheimer at Canadian Journal of Film Studies

Canadian Journal of Film Studies
Call for Papers
Special Issue: Barbenheimer

(Version française ci-bas)

On July 21, 2023, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie were both released, generating an estimated $235.5 million at the American box office that weekend. These two films seem complete […]

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Call for Submissions: CINEACTION 104 The Art Film

By On July 16, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

Call for Submissions, Issue 104 The Art Film

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CINEACTION 104 THE ART FILM
Issue 104 Call for Submissions: The Art Film
Queries and submissions to fjacob@yorku.ca and rlippe@yorku.ca.
Deadline Oct. 15, 2024

In the last few years, a revival of the art film […]

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Global Audio-Visual Archiving Conference and Graduate Summer Institute

By On June 11, 2024 · In News, Student News

Archive/Counter-Archive is thrilled to share the final schedule and registration information for the Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference: Building Alliances (GAVA), which will take place at the iconic TIFF Lightbox in downtown Toronto. This event promises to be an exceptional gathering of experts, enthusiasts, and innovators in the fields of media archiving and heritage.

Please direct […]

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CFP: Symposium – Film Festivals – Borders, Identities, Solidarities (UNIVE, Nov. 4-6, 2024)

By On May 21, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

CALL FOR PAPERS

Symposium: Film Festivals: Borders, Identities, Solidarities
University Ca’ Foscari of Venice
November 4–6, 2024

This symposium aims to explore how the issues of borders, identities and solidarities have been tackled by and through film festivals. As a repetitive practice happening in regular intervals and at the same place, film festivals […]

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CFP: Performance and Experience: A Collection of Essays on Acting by Non-Actors in the Cinema

By On May 6, 2024 · In Calls for Papers, News

CFP: Performance and Experience: A Collection of Essays on Acting by Non-Actors in the Cinema
Proposed by Catherine Russell

Actors without training who play characters in fiction films are usually referred to as non-professionals or non-actors and have come to proliferate in independent cinema and “global art cinema.” Little scholarly work has been devoted […]

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