Upcoming Event: VOX Populi: the ABC of Revolution, a presentation by Lara Baladi
When: Wednesday February 20th, 6 PM Where: GEM Lab Vox Populi is an ongoing project by Lara Baladi, including a series of media initiatives, artworks, publications, an open source timeline and portal into web based archives of the 2011 Egyptian…
Upcoming Event: Symposium on Digital Asia: Migrant Mediations, (Self)-Surveillance, and Smart Urbanism
Where: GEM Lab, FB 630.15 (1250 Guy Street, 6th Floor) When: February 18, 9:30 AM About the event: Please join us for a one-day symposium on the theme Digital Asia, with invited speakers Feng-Mei Heberer (New York University) and Fan Yang…
The CGFSSA is seeking volunteers and proposals for the annual Masters student colloquium!
The Concordia Graduate Film Studies Student Association is currently planning the annual Masters student colloquium, “Emerging Ideas in Film and Media Studies” on April 25. The event is a great chance for us to share our research and writing, and to get…
Upcoming Event: Special Screening of “The Independents” + Q&A
Where: Concordia University – DeSève Cinema When: Saturday, February 16th, 6:00-10:00 PM Synopsis: The Independents is a musical comedy/drama about three struggling singer-songwriters whose chance-meeting rekindles each of their fading dreams of making it in the music business. Join us for a special…
Upcoming Workshop: Publication Nuts and Bolts with Masha Salazkina
Where: Concordia University, EV 2.776 When: Monday February 4th, 2-4 PM This is an announcement that Masha Salazkina will be leading a workshop entitled “Publication Nuts and Bolts” on Monday February 4th. This workshop will cover questions related to various facets…
Cinema Politica and Regards syriens collective present the Montreal premiere of STILL RECORDING
When: Monday, January 28/7:00 PM Where: Concordia University, H-110 Admission: By donation ($5-10 suggested). *The venue is wheelchair accessible. Childcare provided on site by the Montreal Childcare Collective with 24 hour notice (https://childcarecollective.wordpress.com/about/) Synopsis STILL RECORDING is a feature documentary…
Upcoming Event: CitMoS presents An Inside Look at the Afghan Film Archives
Cinema in the Midst of Struggle, in collaboration with la lumière, presents: “An Inside Look at the Afghan Film Archives” Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Ariel Nasr January 19th, 2019 | 7pm la lumière | 7080 Rue Alexandra #506 |…
Upcoming Event: Master Class and Screening with Filmmaker Salomé Lamas
Master Class with Salomé Lamas: “Peripheral Bodies” Where: 688 rue Sherbrooke, Room 295 When: January 15, 4-6 PM About: Director Salomé Lamas associates the filmmaker’s task with that of the translator. This class explores the relationship between language, symbolic systems, images, and…
Call for Papers: Harvard’s Graduate Conference “Bad Romance: The Ethics of Love, Sex, and Desire”
Where: Harvard University When: March 29-30, 2019 Proposals Due: January 15, 2019 Keynote Speaker: Nancy Bauer ( Tufts University) Panel Respondents: Moira Weigel (Harvard), Robert Reid-Pharr (Harvard), and others. *** The #MeToo movement has raised questions about the ethics of love, sex, and desire.…
Shout Out! Giuseppe Fidotta wins the Concordia Stand-Out Graduate Research Award
Giuseppe Fidotta, a third year doctoral student in the Film and Moving Image Studies Program, is the latest recipient of Concordia’s Stand-Out Graduate Research Award, a $1000 prize given twice a year to students recognized for demonstrating exemplary research skills…
Upcoming Event: The Maribor Uprisings – Politics of Alternative Media, Monday Dec. 10
Where: La lumière collective, 7080, rue Alexandra #506 H2S 3J5 Montreal, Quebec When: Monday December 10, 8 PM This is a free event. Maribor Uprisings (2017) is an interactive film by Maple Razsa & Milton Guillén, and is presented in…
“The Labour of Media (Studies): Activism, Education, and Industry” Kicks Off This Thursday
“The Labour of Media (Studies): Activism, Education, and Industry,” organized by a collective of PhD students in Film and Moving Image Studies and Communications Studies at Concordia, is set to begin Thursday with a workshop and keynote with Vicki Mayer, Professor…