Moving beyond the (de)colonial container: The work of film festivals

2025/02/19 by Estrella Sendra, Sheila Petty · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Cultural Industries and Urban Development #South Asian Cinema and Culture #Cinema and Media Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.33178/alpha.28.00

Abstract

This Alphaville issue brings together contributions that probe innovative approaches and methods of decolonising knowledge in screen cultures. Beginning with the question of what and whose knowledge is privileged, we seek to understand how film festivals, from inception to production, engage with knowledge paradigms to dismantle matrices of power and perform and promote artistic representations of sovereignty. We are particularly interested in work on film festivals that theorises and historicises (de)colonial frameworks for engaging with all aspects of film festivalisation.

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• Issue 28 is launched! “Moving Beyond the (De)Colonial Container: The Work of Film Festivals” edited by Sheila Petty and Estrella Sendra @ucclibrary.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @kingscollegelo [bsky, 12 points, 0 comments]

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