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Events and Workshops

  • Global Circulations of Film Theory Conference
    The Global Circulations of Film Theory Conference took place 30-31 August 2024 at King’s College London.
  • Registration is now closed for the Global Circulations of Film Theory conference
    30-31 August 2024.
  • Third BFI Workshops
    The third series of BFI workshops ‘Latin American Cinema: Between Theory and Practice’ took place at BFI Southbank on 19 and 26 June and 3 July 2024. 
  • Third Network Symposium
    The third of our network symposia took place online on Friday 8 March. We are pleased to share the recording of the event below. The topic of this symposium was the ‘circulations’ of film theory. Like the themes of the first and second network symposia, on the ‘sites’ and ‘practices’ of film theory, the ‘circulations’… Read More »Third Network Symposium
  • Second BFI Workshops
    The second series of BFI workshops ‘Decolonising Film Theory Through Asian Cinema’ was held at BFI Southbank on 6, 13, and 20 February 2024.
  • Call for Papers: Global Circulations of Film Theory Conference
    This conference aims to revisit the question of what film theory is by asking where it takes place, how we recognize it, and where we find it across international locales. Starting from the premise that film theory is global, multiple, and coeval rather than something that emanates from the West and then spreads, the conference will focus on bringing to light marginalized or hitherto unknown histories of film theorizing, as well as new engagements with entrenched theoretical debates from different geopolitical perspectives.
  • Second Network Symposium
    The second of our network symposia took place online on Saturday 16 September. We are pleased to share the recording of the event below. The topic of this symposium was the ‘practices’ of film theory, prompting discussion of the porous boundary between theory and practice, with practice being understood in a broad manner to encapsulate… Read More »Second Network Symposium
  • First BFI Workshops
    The first series of BFI workshops ‘Re-envisioning Film Theory: Sites of Circulation between Europe and Africa’ was held at BFI Southbank on 13 and 20 June and 4 July 2023.
  • First Network Symposium
    The first network symposium of the Global Circulations of Film Theory network took place online on Saturday 22 April. We are pleased to share the recording of the event below.  This is the first of three online symposia that will run during the course of the project centred on three core concepts (sites, practices, circulations)… Read More »First Network Symposium