We are excited to unveil the list of presenters selected for the 6th Interactive Film & Media International Conference. Every proposal underwent a rigorous review process by at least two members of our Organizing Committee.
This year, we've seen an unparalleled influx of exceptional proposals for both papers and research-creations from across the globe, marking a milestone for our conference. Given the exceptional quality and volume of submissions, we're delighted to extend the conference by another day.
This extension means our four-day event will now span from Tuesday, June 11, to Friday, June 14, 2024.
We congratulate all selected presenters and warmly welcome them to the #IFM community!
RESEARCH-CREATION PROPOSALS ACCEPTED
(alphabetical order by title)
A 360-Filmmaking Approach for Participatory Dissemination: Santa Lucia Di Mendola as a Case Study
Ilaria Vecchi, University of Leeds, UK
Stefano Odorico, Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland
All Coding is Always Transcoding: On Structures, Rhythms and Systems: New Media Interfaces for Performing and Embodying the Archive.
Laura Luna Castillo, University of Washington, USA
AR Cité: Imagine if the City Could Speak
Reisa Levine, Dawson College, Canada
Firgrove Reimagined
David Han, York University, Canada
Joel Ong, York University, Canada
Emergence as Method: the Virtuality of Grief and Remembrance in Memory Eternal.
Monique Tschofen, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Jolene Armstrong, Athabasca University, Canada
Queer Representation Matters
Natalie Krikowa, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Relational Possibilities: Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Artful Digital Storytelling with Black and Indigenous Aesthetic Forms
Dana Reijerkerk, Drexel University, USA
kYmberly Keeton, The University of North Texas, USA
Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative: Personal Stories as Products
Jess Shane, Pratt Institute, USA
The Great Tit is a Bird
Ar Ducao, New York University, USA
Virtual Aquapolis
Samara Smith, State University of New York at Old Westbury, USA
Laura Chipley, State University of New York at Old Westbury, USA
PAPER PROPOSALS ACCEPTED
(alphabetical order by title)
Aesthetic Influence, Narrative Structures, and Interactors' Agency in Social Media Self-Presentation
Rebecca Jinxiu Han, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Aliens Among Us: “Let me show you this photo of my dog.”
Liz Burke, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
A Kin-Aesthetic Cinematics: Artificial Intelligence, Breath, Kinaesthesia, and Relational Aesthetics.
Lisa Müller-Trede, University of Southern California, USA
An Ethnography of Collaboration in the Production of the Polyphonic Documentary ‘Can You Feel the Heat?’
Karen Boswall, Sussex University, UK
Zeynep Merve Uygun, Özyeğin University, Turkey
Vanessa Zallot, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
Beyond the ‘God-Trick’ – Multisensory Storytelling and Documentary Epistemology
Mandy Rose, University of the West of England, UK
Tom Livingstone, University of the West of England, UK
Choice, Chance and the Climate Crisis: Transforming Narrative Structures Through Combinatory and Generative Cinema.
Roderick Coover, Temple University, USA
Committed Documentary Practices in Digital Media Cultures: Community Building and Socio-Cultural Participation
Jasmin Kermanchi, University of Hamburg, Germany
Creatoon- Interactive Digital Storytelling
Maruf Rahman, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Defining “Done” in Oral History and Interactive Documentaries
Kathleen Ryan, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
David Staton, University of Northern Colorado, USA
Detangling the Multidimensional Barriers for a Better Interactive Experience
Emeka Ikebude, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Entangled Realities: Navigating Ethical Complexity in Refugee Interactive Narratives
Hudson Moura, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Exploring Space-Based Narratives: A Study on Interactive Documentaries and Community Engagement
Patricia Nogueira, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Exploring Virtual Bodies and Invisible Avatars as Storytelling Tools in Contemporary Narrative-Based Virtual Reality Projects.
Kath Dooley, The University of South Australia
From the South: Contemporary Documentary Filmmaking in Pakistan and Colombia
Umair Bilal, New York University Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates
Manuel F Contreras, New York University Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates
Girl-Bossing Too Close to the Sun—Exploring the Pitfalls of Navigating Capitalism and Neoliberalism in Parallel with OnlyFans
Angelene (Angie) Vo, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Home After War: Navigating Community and Literacy in Digital Media Landscape
Cansu Nur Simsek, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Imagined Communities and Reimagined Spaces of Delhi Metro: @metrodoodle on Instagram
Sonali Sharma, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Interactive Documentaries Informing Design: Starting a Conversation
Rengin Gurel, University of the West of England, UK
Life Narratives and the Cross-Cultural Communication of Documentary Films in the Post-Pandemic Era
Zhan Xiao, University of Exeter, UK
Media and Architecture: How Cityscapes and Built Environment are Defined by Cinema in India in the New Millennium.
Mallikarjun Naralasetty, Srishti Manipal Institute, MAHE, India
MEL 23.55
Max Schleser, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Metaphor, Database, History: Towards a Documentary Research Method for Filmmaker-Scholars
Daniel Rudin, UC Merced, USA
Of Disqus, Discourse and Dramatic Trolls
Bassey Ekpe, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria
Israel Wekpe, University of Benin, Nigeria
Optional Thinking and Loop Disentanglement Strategies in Films and Videogames.
Ben Shaul Nitzan, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Pixelated Personalities. Videogames, Personality Tests and What Their Confluence Says About Us.
Mauro Colarieti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Poetic Futurity: Envisioning Trans Narratives as Technopoetic Utopia
Silpa Joy, St. Joseph’s College Devagiri, India
Psychogeotherapy and A Framework of Collective Augmented Reality Game
Haoran Chang, York University, Canada
Yuemin Huang, East China Normal University, China
Reshaping Narratives: Authorship, Agency, and Digital Storytelling in Marginalized Settings
Chiara Ligi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Elettra Panepinto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sounding a Clearing: Social and Collective Listening Otherwise
Emily Collins, York University, Canada
The Entangled Career of Guo Xiaolu: Between China and the World
Gina Marchetti, Pratt Institute, USA
The Universe Peoples: Towards a Symptomatic Deep Ecology in OReilly’s
Jerald Lim, University of Utah, USA
Transmedia Stories and Practice. Shaping the Entanglements between the Internal and External Margins of Society.
Mariana Ciancia, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Francesca Piredda, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Understanding Unfiction: Conspiracy Theories, Immersive Escapism, and Falling Down the Rabbit Hole
Cameron Irby, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Web-based Documentary’s Legacy? The Sandbox Mindset
Frédéric Dubois, Ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln, Germany
The Interactive Potential of Emergent Narrative through Spatial Nesting of the Cinematic Experience.
Pavel Prokopic, University of Salford, UK
Jayne Sayer, University of Salford, UK
The Korsakowian Approach – A Metamodern Method that Shapes the Thinking Patterns of Those Who Apply It?
Florian Thalhofer, University of the West of England, UK / HSLU, Switzerland
The World, Storytelling, and Interactivity: A General Model of Interactive Narrative Systems from the Perspective of Human Learning
Pratama Atmaja, University of Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Sugiarto, University of Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Eka Mandyartha, University of Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Indonesia
What’s Our Name? Migrant Communities, Identity and Football in Latin America. Decolonising the British informal Empire in Chile and beyond.
Camilla Affleck, Liverpool John Moores University, UK