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Welcome to our network newsletter! We are thrilled to share with you the latest developments in our mission to make a positive impact in our community. We invite you to share your news and relevant calls with us!
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In this newsletter you can expect: |
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Accepted Presentations for #IFM2025 Resonances Conference Program |
A list of the papers, research creation presentations, and book release
events that will be featured in the #IFM2025 Resonances Conference.
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#IFM Resonances:
Dan Streible |
Join your #IFM colleagues on March 4 at 3pm ET for a #Resonances conversation
with Dan Streible.
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Conversations across Screen Cultures |
An online initiative featuring live interviews and discussions with film and media scholars, media artists,
and programmers continues its 2024-2025 season on February 18
at 7:00pm ET with Anna Huff.
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#IFM Journal |
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Call for Articles:
Publish with the Interactive Film and Media Journal: Where Theory, Innovation, and Creativity Meet.
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Accepted Presentations for #IFM2025 Resonances Conference Program
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We are excited to unveil the list of presenters selected for the 7th Interactive Film & Media International Conference. Every proposal underwent a rigorous review process by at least two members of our Organizing Committee.
Our four-day event from Tuesday, June 10, to Friday, June 13, 2025, will now span in several time zones. Keep updated!
We congratulate all selected presenters and warmly welcome the new ones to the #IFM community!
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Research-creation proposals accepted(alphabetical order by title) |
Drink The River: Towards an embodied understanding of the Eden
Rosa Prosser (Independent, UK) Everything We Did: Perpetual Karaoke, Film, Archive, Performance, Exhibition
Maria Ruban and John Lloyd (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Living Room: An Interactive Documentary
Caterina Sartori (University of Manchester, UK) Lucid Assemblage
Quinn McMahon and Jenna Ng (University of York, UK) Resonating Histories: Guaman Poma and Machiavelli in Pixel Art
Nico Valdivia Hennig (University of California, Riverside, USA) Solastalgia: Documenting Disaster Through Interactive Documentary
Jolene Armstrong (Athabasca University, USA) and Monique Tschofen (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) Papernest: Insects through the Lens of Multimedias Anne E. Pfister, Alexandria Kledzik and Susie Mabry (University of North Florida, USA)
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Paper proposals accepted(alphabetical order by title) |
And Yet… The Paradox of Generative AI Griefbots
Siobhan O'Flynn (University of Toronto, Canada) Compañía de Funciones Patrióticas: Artistic Activism, Virtuality, and Performance in Argentina
Maximiliano de la Puente (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) Echoes of the Canadian Aporia: NFBC’s Media Resonances and the Democratic Public Sphere
John Bessai (University College of the North, Canada) Empathy and Resonance in Interactive Digital Climate Fiction: The Role of Theory of Mind
Niveda B and Anitha Devi V (Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India) Exploring Resonances in Audio Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis of On the Record
Sven Yan (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China) From the Death of the Author to Digital Darwinism: Teaching with Artificial Intelligence, Digital Media, and the Resilience of Identity
Rena Kim (Independent, USA) Happenings: Finding New Forms for Traumatic Shared Histories
Monique Tschofen (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) Howlround: Urban Resonances and Feedback Loops in the Art of Loopntale -
Melanie Wilmink (Woosong University, South Korea)
I Am Not Myself: Exploring Identity, Satire, and Social Critique Through Digital Avatars on Instagram
Nawa Fatima and Mohd Fehmeed (AJK Mass Communication, Jamia Millia Islamia, India)
Interactive Storytelling, User Agency and Emerging Gender Narratives in the Web Space
Bassey Nsa Ekpe (Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria) and Uwaoma C. Nwazue (University of Maiduguri, Nigeria)
Ludonarrative Media as a Bridge Toward the Complexity Out There: An Interdisciplinary Lens Revolving Around the Resonance Theory
Pratama Wirya Atmaja, Andreas Nugroho Sihananto, Tri Puspa Rinjeni, and Rizka Hadiwiyanti (University of Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, India)
Reflections from the Urban Classrooms: Technology, Self, Surveillance and Datafication
Shruti Nagpal (Independent, India)
Representation of Reality and Truth: An Analysis of Media Objectification at the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
Maruf Rahman (University of Texas at Dallas, USA) Senses and Sense-ability: From Care to Resonance
Sabine Winter (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
The Weight of What Was: Lingering, Memory, and Temporality in Immersive Media
Livia Alexander (Montclair State University, USA)
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New books session(alphabetical order by title) |
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The Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional NarrativesThe Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional Narratives
Angelica Cabrera Torrecilla (Osaka University, Japan) and Francisco Saez de Adana (University of Alcala, Spain)
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The 7th IFM Annual Virtual Conference engages with the theme RESONANCES, exploring how media fosters deep and meaningful connections in our daily lives.
This year’s conference delves into how personal and communal experiences shape our interactions and understanding of the world. We encourage submissions that critically engage with the theme and its subtopics, including:
Response: How do we form thoughtful responses to crises in an unstable world? Resilience: How can media practices adapt and resist in the face of 21st-century challenges? Solidarities: What strategies can build solidarities across social differences to challenge dominant narratives? Collective: How can collective actions and media practices deepen shared experiences and foster alternative futures?
The conference promotes inclusivity and equity, with no fees for participation or publication.
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#Resonances event
featuring Dan Streible |
Please join your #IFM colleagues on March 4 at 3:00pm ET for a #Resonances conversation with Dan Streible. The #Resonances conversations are an extension of the #IFM conference – an opportunity for our community to gather in discussion around our mutual work and interests. The events will feature #IFM members in conversation with artists, scholars and practitioners.
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Dan Streible joined the NYU Cinema Studies faculty in 2006 as an Associate Professor. In 2014 he transitioned from Associate Director to Director of the department’s master’s program in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation. Since 1999, he has organized the biennial Orphan Film Symposium, a four-day international gathering of archivists, scholars, curators, and artists devoted to the study and preservation of all manner of neglected moving images. He teaches courses in film history, curating, archival research, and documentary, and has published historical research on movie exhibition, early cinema, amateur works, nontheatrical film, and moving image preservation. His publications include the book Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States (2012, co-edited with Devin Orgeron and Marsha Orgeron), which was named Best Edited Collection by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in 2013. Streible also authored the books Fight Pictures: A History of Boxing and Early Cinema (2008), and Emile de Antonio: A Reader (2000, co-edited with Douglas Kellner). In 2012, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named him an Academy Film Scholar. He has organized and curated ten editions of the NYU Orphan Film Symposium, most recently at the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (April 2016) and EYE Netherlands Filmmuseum (2014). He serves on the National Film Preservation Board and was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (2004-06).
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Conversations across Screen Cultures features Anna Huff on February 18 |
Conversations Across Screen Cultures, an online initiative featuring live interviews and discussions with film and media scholars, media artists, and programmers continues its 2024-2025 season on February 18 at 7:00pm ET with Anna Huff, Assistant Professor of Digital Arts at Hamilton College. |
Anna Huff’s work spans performance, sound, technology, mixed media, and interactivity. She frequently engages intersections of body, object, and ritual to reveal social and technological structures that tie individuals to communities. Huff is also a founding member of media performance collective Cloud Eye Control, creating interactive and time-based work that addresses speculative futures and the impact of technology on the human psyche. She also has released several albums of music under the moniker Anna Oxygen.
She has special interests in interdisciplinary pedagogy, collaboration, and potentials for “liveness” and community building across digital and hybrid platforms. Huff was a recent performance fellow at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Additional performances and presentations include the New Museum; Redcat, Los Angeles; MoMA PS1; and Festival A Mil, Chile; among others. She previously taught at Cornell University’s Department of Art, and the CalArts Center for Integrated Media. Huff holds an M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts, and a B.A. from The Evergreen State College.
Conversations Across Screen Cultures is a collaboratively produced speaker series that creates space for dynamic conversations among screen studies scholars and practitioners. Sessions feature open discussion and dialogue between speakers and attendees. Begun by Patty Zimmermann during the pandemic lockdown, Conversations Across Screen Cultures honors Patty’s legacy by promoting connection and collaboration as critical modes for screen studies practice.
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| Click here to register in advance for this meeting |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Direct any inquiries you may have about this event to: shafer@hws.edu.
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#IFM JournalCall for articles |
Publish with the Interactive Film and Media Journal: Where Theory, Innovation, and Creativity Meet.
We invite submissions from scholars, practitioners, and artists engaging with themes across digital storytelling, interactive cinema, gaming, VR, AI, social media, activism, and much more.
Our journal champions interdisciplinary and critical approaches to film, media, and technology, seeking contributions that challenge conventions and foster inclusivity, equity, and dialogue. By publishing with us, your work becomes part of a global conversation within a community of readers and creators.
Submission Highlights:
Continuous Publication: We operate on a rolling publication model, with one continuous issue per year. Accepted papers are published as soon as they successfully complete our double-blind peer review process, giving your research the opportunity to reach readers quickly. Publication Types: We accept Original Research Papers, Creative Works, Case Studies, Book Reviews, and Interdisciplinary Essays that offer new perspectives on film, media, and digital studies. Open Access: All publications are free to access, ensuring that your work is widely and freely available to a global audience.
To learn more about submission guidelines and become part of a journal that’s redefining film and media scholarship, visit our submission page. Make your contribution to the future of film and digital media studies—submit today! |
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#IFM Newsletter | Issue 3 - February 2025
Send your news or inquiries to ifmjournal@torontomu.ca Communications Coordinator: Leah Shafer Design: Darius Shah and Marta Fiolić
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