Número especial sobre Festivales y sus Contextos Socioculturales

Número especial coordinado por Aida Vallejo y Tânia Leão. Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2021): Festivales de cine y sus contextos socio-culturales Aniki. Revista Portuguesa da Imagem em Movimento https://aim.org.pt/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/789   Dossier temático Introdução: Festivais de cinema e os seus contextos socioculturais Tânia Leão, Aida Vallejo, 80-100. Em Português (Portugal). https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v8n1.789 Rafael Morato Zanatto. O I Festival… Continue reading Número especial sobre Festivales y sus Contextos Socioculturales

Número especial sobre Festivales en América Latina

  A special issue on Latin American Film Festivals has been just published by the Chilean academic journal Comunicación y Medios. Available open access here: https://comunicacionymedios.uchile.cl/ (articles in Spanish and English). Acaba de publicarse el número especial sobre Festivales de cine en América Latina en la revista académica chilena Comunicación y Medios. Disponible en acceso… Continue reading Número especial sobre Festivales en América Latina

Rethinking the Canon: the Role of Film Festivals in Shaping Film History

Vallejo, Aida (2020) “Rethinking the Canon: the Role of Film Festivals in Shaping Film History”. In Studies in European Cinema, 17(2), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411548.2020.1765631 This article explores the intersections of festivals and film canons to vindicate the active role of the festival site in shaping film history. The recent growth of film festival studies has demonstrated… Continue reading Rethinking the Canon: the Role of Film Festivals in Shaping Film History

Documentary from the Festival to the Museum

“From the Festival to the Museum: Expanded Formats in Documentary Film” [paper] NECS European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. 30th June, 9:00-10:45. Paris, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3. Panel “Between Documentary and Experimental Realms: Avant-Doc, Past and Present. Co-sponsored by the Workgroups “Documentary Film” and “Cinema & Contemporary Visual Arts”.

Book: Film Festivals and Anthropology

Film Festivals and Anthropology Edited by Aida Vallejo and María Paz Peirano See table of contents and intro here (free pdf): www.cambridgescholars.com/film-festivals-and-anthropology This collection explores the intersections between anthropology and film festival studies. Film and anthropology scholars map ethnographic film festivals and ethnographic approaches to festivals worldwide. The book provides a historical reconstruction of most… Continue reading Book: Film Festivals and Anthropology

Documentary at film festivals in Iberoamerica

Transnational Connections. Film Festivals and Documentary in Latin America and Spain [paper] NECS conference 2016. The University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee, in Potsdam (Germany). Panel A 12: Film Festivals in Latin America and Spain, Sponsored by Film Festival Research Workgroup. Thursday, 28.7.2016, 11:00-13:00 (27-30.July.2016) Panel organized in collaboration with the research project ‘The transnational relations… Continue reading Documentary at film festivals in Iberoamerica

DOCUtalks at University of the Basque Country

DOCUtalks (14-15 April 2016) at University of the Basque Country DOCUtalks. Professionals Talk about their International Experience in documentary filmmaking, production and programming. Download program / Descarga el programa completo / Ikusi programa osoa: docutalks2016 https://www.ehu.eus/ehusfera/docutalks/   + información en inglés, euskera y castellano:

I-docs at Film Festivals

Aida Vallejo & Stefano Odorico. “Reinventing the Festival Space:  The Challenges of Interactive Documentary Exhibition” [paper] Panel: i-docs Audiences & Exhibition. Thursday, March 3, 2016. 14:00 (venue: Cinema 2) I-docs symposium 2016. “Exploring interactive documentary storytelling” University of the West of England (Bristol, U.K.)

CFS talk at University of St Andrews: Documentary and film festivals

CFS Talk: Dr Aida Vallejo (University of the Basque Country):  ‘The Festival Ecosystem as Documentary Breeding Ground’. University of St Andrews (Scotland) November 3 , 5:15 pm – 7:00 pm This event is free and open to the public. Organizers: Prof. Dina Iordanova, Centre for Film Studies Venue: Byre Theatre- Studio