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Multivoicedness!in!European!Cinema!!Representation,!Industry,!Politics!

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An!ECREA!Film!Studies!Section!Conference!!!

10–11!November!2017!University!College!Cork,!Ireland!

ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA!is!the!learned!society!for!communication!scholars!across!Europe!and!beyond.!Individuals,!institutions!and!associations!have!chosen!to!become!members!of!ECREA!to!join!a!large!community!devoted!to!the!development!and!the!quality!of!communication!research!and!higher!education!in!Europe.!

ECREA!hosts! three!networks! (Central!and!EastDEuropean;!Women’s!and!Young!Scholars;)! as!well! as!17! thematic! sections,!each!developing! their!own!activities.!Every!year,!PhD!students!gather! together!with! leading!scholars!during! the!ECREA!Summer!School.!ECREA!has! its!own!Book!Series!which!publishes!at! least!one!volume!of!original!and!innovative!academic!work!every!year.!

All!activities!within!ECREA!are!developed!and!organized!to!serve!the!community,!enhance!the!quality!of!communication!research!and!higher!education,!provide!opportunities!to!exchange,!share!and!collaborate,!and!to!promote!the!interests!of!communication!scholars.!More!importantly,!ECREA!is!a!bottom!up!organization!where!various!projects!and!ideas!are!emerging!and!materialising,!driven!by!the!energy!and!enthusiasm!of!the!members.!

ECREA Film Studies Section Chair!Gertjan!Willems!(Ghent!University)!!

ViceEChair!Sergio!Villanueva!Baselga!(Universitat!de!Barcelona)!

ViceEChair!Laura!Rascaroli!(University!College!Cork)!!

The!Film!Studies!Section!of!ECREA!believes! that! the!medium!of! film!deserves! full!academic!attention! in!a!communications!context.!Ranging! from!early!cinema!experiences!in!European!metropolis,!to!the!contemporary!blockbuster!multiplexes,!film!has!always!been!at!the!forefront!of!European!popular!culture.!DVD!and!the!Internet,!digital!cameras!and!projection!urge!us!to!reconsider!and!renew!the!existing!theories!and!research!on!film,!cinema!and!the!moving!image.!!

We! approach! the! phenomenon!of! film! in! its! broadest! sense:! film! as! content,! as! cultural! artefact,! as! commercial! product,! as! lived! experience,! as! cultural! and!economic! institution,!as! symbolic! field!of! cultural!production,!as!media! technology,!etc.!On!a!methodological! level,!we!strive! towards!openness!and!multilevel!approaches! to! the! study! of! historical! and! contemporary! cinema:! film! text,! context,! production,! representation! and! reception.! Cultural! studies! perspectives,!historical! approaches,! political! economy,! textual! analysis,! audience! research! all! find! their! place!within! the! section.!We!want! to! leave! behind! the! institutional!tensions!between!humanities!and!social!sciences!approaches.!

The! Film! Studies! Section! wants! to! broaden! the! visibility! for! film! studies! in! other! communication! studies! fora,! connecting! with! international! film! studies!organisations.!We!convene!panels!at!international!conferences,!provide!scholarly!information!and!foster!debate!and!exchange!on!matters!relevant!to!the!section!members.!

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University College Cork Established!in!1845,!University!College!Cork,!(UCC)!is!one!of!the!premier!research!institutions!in!Ireland.!!As!Ireland’s!first!fiveDstar!university!(QS),!UCC!boasts!a!vibrant,!modern,!environmentally!sustainable!campus!and!a!topDranked!student!experience.!Supporting!approximately!20,000!students!pursuing!undergraduate!and!postgraduate!studies,!the!University!provides!the!full!range!of!academic!disciplines!and!plays!a!crucial!role!in!the!development!of!Ireland's!knowledgeDbased!society.!Recognised!internationally!for!the!quality!of!its!research,!UCC!is!ranked!in!the!top!2%!of!universities!worldwide!based!on!the!quality!of!our!research!output!and!peer!esteem.!Our!researchers!collaborate!with!close!to!700!of!the!world’s!top!universities!across!110!countries.!

Film and Screen Media at UCC The!Discipline!of!Film!and!Screen!Media!at!University!College!Cork!is!a!vibrant!community!of!lecturers,!researchers!and!graduate!students;!it!publishes!the!peerDreviewed,!openDaccess!Alphaville:*Journal*of*Film*and*Screen*Media!and!it!regularly!organizes!talks!by!scholars!and!filmmakers,!masterclasses!with!professionals,!conferences!and!workshops.!Film!and!Screen!Media!at!UCC!is!housed!in!stateDofDtheDart!facilities!for!the!teaching!and!learning!of!film!and!of!filmmaking,!including!a!digital!cinema!and!two!editing!labs.!

Film!and!Screen!Media!at!University!College!Cork:!www.ucc.ie/en/filmstudies!

Alphaville:*Journal*of*Film*and*Screen*Media:!www.alphavillejournal.com!

Special panels The! conference! includes! two!HoMER!—!History! of!Moviegoing,! Exhibition,! and! Reception! Project!panels.!The!project!was!founded!by!an!international!group!of!cinema!scholars!in!June!2004.!It!aims!to!promote! understanding! of! the! complex,! international! phenomena! of! film! going,! exhibition,! and!reception.!See:!homernetwork.org!

The! conference! also! hosts! two! FFRN! panels.! The! Film! Festival! Research! Network! (FFRN)! is! a! loose! connection! of! scholars! working! on! issues! related! to! film!festivals,!founded!by!Marijke!de!Valck!and!Skadi!Loist!in!2008.!See:!www.filmfestivalresearch.org!

Conference Organisers Anders!Marklund!(University!of!Lund)!

Laura!Rascaroli!(University!College!Cork)!

Sergio!Villanueva!Baselga!(Universitat!de!Barcelona)!

Gertjan!Willems!(Ghent!University)!

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Conference Venue The!conference!takes!place!in!the!O’Rahilly!Building!(ORB)!University!College!Cork,!in!rooms!and!public!areas!on!the!Ground!Floor!and!on!the!Second!Floor.!

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FRIDAY!10!NOVEMBER!!!!

12:00–13:20! REGISTRATION! BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FLOOR,!SOCIAL!AREA!

13:30–14:45! WELCOME!&!KEYNOTE!1! BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FLOOR,!G27!!

Welcome!address:!Dr!Gertjan!Willems!(Ghent!University)!!

Chair:!Professor!Laura!Rascaroli!(University!College!Cork)!Professor!Ewa!Mazierska!(University!of!Central!Lancashire)!

“From!Multivoicedness!to!Solipsism:!Voices!of!Animals!in!Contemporary!ArtEhouse!European!Cinema”!!

15:00–16:30! PANELS!1,!2! BLOCK!A,!2ND!FLOOR!ROOMS!

PANEL!1!

REPRESENTING!WOMEN’S!VOICES!

Chair:!Abigail!Keating!(UCC)!

Room:!ORB!201!Vesi!Vukovic!(Antwerp):!Multivoicedness!Silenced:!

Representation!of!Rape!as!a!Patriarchal!Punishment!for!Emancipation!of!Women!in!Yugoslav!New!Films!

Fiona!Handyside!(Exeter):!Voices!From!the!Margin?!European!Girlhood!in!Bande*de*filles!(Sciamma,!2014)!and!Mustang!(Ergüven,!2015)!

PANEL!2!

THE!MARGINS!OF!INDUSTRIAL!PRACTICES!

Chair:!Laura!Rascaroli!(UCC)!

Room:!ORB!212!Stefano!Baschiera!(Queen's!University!Belfast):!

Location!Hubs,!Production!Mobility!and!Fiscal!Incentives:!Inwards!Investment!in!Europe!and!the!Cinema!of!the!Margins!

Cristina!Formenti!(Milan):!From!Centre!Stage!to!the!Margins:!The!Involution!of!the!Italian!Animated!Documentary!

Christel!Taillibert!(Nice!Sophia!Antipolis):!Internet,!a!New!Way!for!the!Distribution!of!Documentaries?!The!Example!of!Tënk!

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16.30–17.00! COFFEE!BREAK! BLOCK!A,!2ND!FLOOR,!SOCIAL!AREA!

17.00–19.00! PANELS!3,!4,!5! 2ND!FLOOR!ROOMS!

Panel!3!

WOMEN!FILMMAKERS!BRIDGING!THE!GAP!

Chair:!Helle!Kannik!Haastrup!(Copenhagen)!

Room:!ORB!201!!

Jenny!Jansdotter!&!Stina!Bergman!(Karlstad):!Hearth!at!Heart:!Swedish!Female!Filmmakers!Negotiations!of!the!InDbetween!

Andrea!Virginás!(Sapientia):!Working!Women’s!Voices!in!Eastern!European!Cinema:!A!Comparative!Analysis!of!Character!Iconography!and!Career!Paths!

Melanie!Bell!(Leeds):!Women’s!Voices,!Women’s!Histories:!Speaking!from!the!Margins!of!British!Film!Production!

Mar!BinimelisEAdell!(UVICEUCC)!&!Elena!Oroz!(Carlos!III,!Madrid):!Bridging!the!Gap!Between!Training!and!Professionalization!in!Women!Filmmakers!

Panel!4!

TRANSNATIONAL,!COSMOPOLITAN,!GLOBAL!

Chair:!Aidan!Power!(UCC)!

Room:!ORB!G27B!!

Humberto!Saldanha!(UCC):!The!Cosmopolitan!Worlds!of!Portuguese!Cinema:!Imagining!the!(PostD)Nation!as!a!Process!of!Worlding!

Renata!Šukaitytė!(Vilnius):!The!Birth!of!the!Nation!and!the!Politics!of!Dissensus!in!Jonas!Mekas’!Documentary!Lithuania!and!the!Collapse!of!the!USSR!

Ayşe!Toy!Par!(Galatasaray):!Film!Lecturers!and!Their!Audiences!in!Turkish!Cinema!in!the!1940s!

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Panel!5!

A!CONTINENT!IN!MOTION!

Chair:!Anders!Marklund!(Lund)!

Room:!ORB!244!

Jamie!Steele!(Bath!Spa):!Transnational!and!Transcultural!Approaches!to!Belgian!Cinema:!Analysing!Representations!of!Belgium’s!Diasporic!Communities!

Michael!Gott!(Cincinnati):!Representing!Europe’s!Margins:!Silence,!Solidarity!and!Speaking!with!One!Voice!in!Indignados!

James!Mulvey!(UCC):!The!Silence!of!BecomingDMigrant!

Sabine!Haenni!(Cornell):!Voices!without!Borders!

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!19.00–20.30!

!WINE!&!FINGER!FOOD!RECEPTION!

!BLOCK!B,!2ND!FLOOR,!SOCIAL!AREA!

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SATURDAY!11!NOVEMBER!!

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9.15–9.30! ADDITIONAL!REGISTRATION! BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FLOOR,!SOCIAL!AREA!

9.30–11.00! PANELS!6,!7,!8! GROUND!&!2ND!FLOOR!ROOMS!

PANEL!6!(FFRN)!

FILM!FESTIVALS!AND!ENGAGEMENT:!AUDIENCES,!COMMUNITY!AND!RESPONSIBILITY!

Chair:!Skadi!Loist!(Rostock)!

Room:!ORB!G27!Marijke!de!Valck!(Utrecht):!Winning!Hearts!and!

Minds:!Innovating!Audience!Engagement!at!Human!Rights!Film!Festivals!

Carmen!Herrero!(Manchester!Metropolitan):!The!Beyond!Babel!Multilingual!Film!Festival!

Tanja!C.!Krainhöfer!(Independent!scholar)!&!Thomas!Wiedemann!(LMU!Munich):!The!Berlinale:!A!Path!towards!Unity!in!Diversity?!Examining!the!Contribution!of!the!Berlin!International!Film!Festival!towards!promoting!the!diverse!film!culture!of!the!European!Community!(1980–2016)!

PANEL!7!

POLICY,!IDENTITY,!DIVERSITY!

Chair:!Gertjan!Willems!(Ghent)!

Room:!ORB!212!

!Miguel!Ángel!CasadoEdelERío!(Basque),!María!

Jesús!Díaz!González!(Coruña)!&!Almudena!González!del!Valle!(Pontificia!Comillas):!Centralization!and!Peripheries!in!Contemporary!Film!Policies:!Spain!and!the!United!Kingdom!as!a!Case!Study!

Jaap!Verheul!(New!York):!The!Multiculti!Farce:!Film!Policy!and!Cultural!Diversity!in!the!Netherlands!

Andrea!Morán!Ferrés!(Carlos!III,!Madrid):!Europa!Cinemas:!Where!the!European!Identity!Lies?!

PANEL!8!(HoMER)!

CINEMATIC!FOREIGNNESS,!FILM!POPULARITY!AND!AUDIENCES!

Chair:!Clara!PafortEOverduin!!(Utrecht)!

Room:!ORB!244!!

Daniela!Treveri!Gennari!(Oxford!Brookes)!

Clara!PafortEOverduin!!(Utrecht)!&!

Pierluigi!Ercole!(De!Montfort)!!

will!present!a!comparative!paper!integrating!the!work!of!the!presenters!

11.00–11.30! COFFEE!BREAK! BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FLOOR,!SOCIAL!AREA!

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11.30–13.00! PANELS!9,!10,!11! GROUND!&!2ND!FLOOR!ROOMS!

PANEL!9!(FFRN)!

FILM!CIRCULATION!ON!THE!FESTIVAL!CIRCUITS!

Chair:!Marijke!de!Valck!(Utrecht)!

Room:!G27!!

Skadi!Loist!(Rostock):!World!Cinema,!Film!Festivals!and!the!Politics!of!Circulation!

Maria!Luna!(Universitat!Autònoma!de!Barcelona):!Colombia!in!Cannes:!A!French!Passport!to!the!World!Cinema!Dreamland!

PANEL!10!

CULTURES!&!IDENTITIES!

Chair:!Barry!Monahan!(UCC)!

Room:!G27B!!

Emre!Çağlayan!(Middlesex):!Parables!of!Imprisonment:!40*Quadratmeter*Deutschland!as!political!allegory!

Nicholas!O'Riordan!(UCC):!After!the!Crash:!Movements!in!Accent!Representation!in!PostDCeltic!Tiger!Irish!Film!

Temmuz!Gürbüz!(NUI!Galway):!Punk!Heritage!and!its!Effects!in!European!Cinema!

PANEL!11!

CROSSING!BORDERS!

Chair:!Jill!Murphy!(UCC)!

Room:!244!!

Helle!Kannik!Haastrup!(Copenhagen):!The!Case!of!Haneke’s!Amour:!Art!Cinema!and!Awards!Crossing!Boundaries!

Huw!Jones!(York):!Listening!to!the!Multiple!Voices!of!Audiences:!the!Reception!of!NonDnational!European!Film!in!Bulgaria,!Germany,!Italy,!Poland!and!the!UK!

Ana!Vinuela!(Paris!Diderot):!Changing!the!Image!of!French!Cinema!in!the!US:!The!Role!of!the!“Young!French!Cinema”!Programme!

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13.00–14.00!

13.30–14.00'

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LUNCH!!

ECREA'BUSINESS'MEETING'

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BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FL.,!SOCIAL!AREA!

BLOCK'B,'GROUND'FLOOR,'G27B'

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14.00–16.00! PANELS!12,!13,!14! GROUND!&!2ND!FLOOR!ROOMS!

PANEL!12!

CINEMAS!IN!TRANSNATIONAL!EUROPE!

Chair:!Ciara!Chambers!(UCC)!

Room:!G27!!

Loretta!Goff!(UCC):!“I!Get!Very!Territorial!About!My!Identity”:!Ruth!Negga!as!a!“New!Irish”!Transnational!Star!

Kyle!Barrett!(Waikato):!ReDthinking!Scotland!as!a!Transnational!Cinema:!Social!Realism,!Creative!Practice!and!MicroDBudget!Production!

Andrew!Higson!(York):!The!Resilience!of!Popular!National!Cinemas!in!Contemporary!Europe!

Eduard!Cuelenaere,!Gertjan!Willems!&!Stijn!Joye!(Ghent):!Translating!Cultures!while!Crossing!Borders:!An!Exploration!of!Cultural!Identities!in!the!Low!Countries!through!the!Prism!of!the!Monolingual!Remake!

PANEL!13!

OTHER!VOICES!

Chair:!Mary!Noonan!(UCC)!

Room:!G27B!!

Andrei!Gadalean!(St!Andrews):!Desiring!in!Tongues:!Queerness!and!the!Rejection!of!Intersectionality!in!Contemporary!Eastern!European!Cinemas!

Eleni!Varmazi!(Bahcesehir):!The!Weirdness!of!Contemporary!Greek!Cinema!

Lydia!Papadimitriou!(Liverpool!John!Moores):!Beyond!Nationalisms?!Μultivoicedness!in!Matanic’s!The*High*Sun*

Anders!Marklund!(Lund):!Popular!Polyglossia:!Integrating!Foreign!Languages!and!Identities!in!Contemporary!Successful!National!European!Feature!Films!

PANEL!14!

RETHINKING!EUROPE!WITH/THROUGH!THE!ESSAY!FILM!

Chair:!Brenda!Hollweg!(Leeds)!

Room:!244!

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Brenda!Hollweg!(Leeds):!Essaying!Europe:!NonDfiction!Film!Practice,!Voice!and!the!Archive!

Igor!Krstic!(Reading):!Reconsidering!Sudeuropa:!Essayism!and!the!Figure!of!the!Migrant!!

Laura!Rascaroli!(UCC):!The!Lyrical!Voice!of!the!Inaudible:!Pietro!Marcello’s!Cinema!and!the!Poetic!Argument!

16.00–16.30! COFFEE!BREAK! BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FLOOR,!SOCIAL!AREA!

16.30–18.00! KEYNOTE!2!! BLOCK!B,!GROUND!FLOOR,!G27!!

Chair:!Dr!Anders!Marklund!(University!of!Lund)!!

Professor!Chris!Wahl!(Film!University!Babelsberg!Konrad!Wolf)!!“On!the!Visibility!and!Audibility!of!Diversity:!Film!Heritage!Politics!and!Polyglot!Films”!

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Concluding!Remarks:!Anders!Marklund!(Lund),!Laura!Rascaroli!(UCC),!Gertjan!Willems!(Ghent)!