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British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies #BAFTSS2026
BAFTSS is making available 7 Conference Bursaries of up to £200 each to support attendance at the Association's annual conference for those members who are postgraduate researchers (including MA and PhD students).
Complete the form: www.baftss.org/conference-b...
Deadline: 20th March 2026.
Deadline extended to February 13th February, 23.59 GMT!
27.01.2026 16:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP.
16.01.2026 10:44 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
#DavidLynch would've turned 80 today. He's inspired endless appreciation & commemoration in the past year; here's my small contribution: substack.com/home/post/p-... @emersonsofilm.bsky.social @dorianawards.bsky.social @bsfc.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social @baftss.bsky.social @oaffc.bsky.social
21.01.2026 03:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Deadline approaching for BAFTSS PGR Poster Showcase 2026: Friday 30th January 2026.
It’d be fantastic to see posters from BAFTSS Colour & Film SIG’s PGR members!
For further information and designs from previous years, see the BAFTSS website: www.baftss.org/pgr-poster-s... @baftss.bsky.social
In a sector under attack - from govt refusal to fund HE; KPI- and cuts-obsessed VCs; plagiarism engines; culture warriors - mutual support, sharing of experience and collaboration are more important than ever. Please consider participating in this important @baftss.bsky.social scheme in either role.
12.01.2026 10:34 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0BAFTSS continues to run its Early Career Mentoring Scheme, which has been invaluable to helping ECRs in this increasingly precarious sector. This is a call for new mentors and mentees to take part in the scheme!
For more info: www.baftss.org/early-career...
#baftss #earlycareermentoringscheme
The BAFTSS PGR Poster Showcase is now open to applications for next year's annual conference in Bournemouth, 15-17 April 2026. You could win a prize of £150!
www.baftss.org/pgr-poster-s...
#baftss #cfp #pgr #conference
Join the seminar & book launch (online): Color Protocols: Technologies of Racial Encoding in Chromatic Media (MIT, 2025) 4pm – 5:30pm (UK), 12noon – 1:30pm (EST) Thursday 30th October 2025
Event details: colourandfilm.com/cfps/
Registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon.... @baftss.bsky.social
BAFTSS now has a LinkedIn page, please do give us a follow!
Link: www.linkedin.com/in/baftss-ne...
The BAFTSS PGR Poster Showcase is now open to applications for next year's annual conference in Bournemouth, 15-17 April 2026. You could win a prize of £150!
www.baftss.org/pgr-poster-s...
#baftss #cfp #pgr #conference
The 2026 BAFTSS conference will take place at the Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott hotel, 15 - 17 April 2026.
The deadline for submissions is 5th December 2025.
The full CFP, along with submission instructions, can be found here: www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html
#baftss #filmstudies #cfp #callforpapers
Thrilled to share the very open Call for Proposals for BAFTSS 2026 on 15-17 April in Bournemouth. Amid all the stress and uncertainty of HE, the annual conference is a great place to reconnect, reflect, think new thoughts and make new plans. Join us! @baftss.bsky.social
www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html
Book Launch! Color Protocols: Technologies of Racial Encoding in Chromatic Media 16:00– 17:30(UK) 12:00 – 13:30(EST) 30th Oct 2025. What is at stake when categories like color, race ðnicity are transformed into an industry standard?
Registration: colourandfilm.com/cfps/
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So sad to hear the news that dear filmmaker and educator Funke Oyebanjo has lost her battle with cancer. I had the privilege of knowing her through the @nahemii.bsky.social exec and spending happy times with her at @baftss.bsky.social. Please support her fund www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-sa...
14.08.2025 11:35 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
📢Forthcoming New Connections talk📢
Dr Yunzi Han, "What if we temporarily move beyond the patriarchal paradigm? A gendered reading of the gestational journey in Iranian film Heiran (dir. Shalizeh Arefpour, 2009)"
24/06/25, University of Sheffield
www.baftss.org/new-connecti...
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🚨As part of my MA research I am looking into the effects of open access (OA) publishing within film academia in the UK. Please share with your networks if that’s you, would like to reach as many people as possible :) forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
09.06.2025 15:00 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0🚩Wrapping up #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium! Thanks to the brilliant presenters, keynote Mary Harrod, our sponsors @baftss.bsky.social, @officialbaas.bsky.social, @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social & all attendees! Special thanks to my co-organizers @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social & @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social ❤️
09.06.2025 22:14 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🚩The #SpottingRedFlagsSymposium kicks off today @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! Stay tuned for live updates!
Organized by @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social & @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social & myself
Sponsored by @baftss.bsky.social & @officialbaas.bsky.social & @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
A recording of the book launch for Feeling Colour is online m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsGh... Author Bregt Lameris (Open Universiteit, Nl), was joined by Joshua Yumibe (MSU) & Lucy Fife Donaldson (St Andrews). Thanks to the speakers and all who joined us @baftss.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social
29.05.2025 14:55 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Registration still open for our SEXUAL ECOLOGIES workshop @crasshlive.bsky.social! Thanks to @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social and @baftss.bsky.social for the support. 🌱
30 May 2025
Programme and registration here: tinyurl.com/f4kjdhs2
This week (3pm-4:15pm Friday 23 May 2025. online) we invite you to join Bregt Lameris (Open Universiteit, NL), Josh Yumibe (Michigan State) and Lucy Fife Donaldson (St Andrews) to discuss Feeling Colour and film.
Full details & registration colourandfilm.com/cfps/
All welcome. @baftss.bsky.social
Registration open: Colour Fantastic Revisited: Across Global Histories, Theories, Aesthetics, Archives. 25-28 May 2025. The event is organised by EYE Film Museum, Universities of Amsterdam & Utrecht with Colour in Film (Colour Group GB &HTW Berlin) www.eyefilm.nl/en/programme... @baftss.bsky.social
19.05.2025 18:45 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0🚩Spotting Red Flags Symposium (June 9, King's College London)🚩
Schedule & free registration: spottingredflagssymposium.eventbrite.com
Organized by @victoriapistivsek.bsky.social, @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social, @matthewhilborn.bsky.social
Sponsored by @baftss.bsky.social & @kingsfilmstudies.bsky.social
This poster is for "Gothic: Children's Horror Gothic" with Xanthe Pajarillo, held on Zoom on Thursday, 24th April, 6- 7:30 pm GMT. It features whimsical Gothic elements, such as Coraline, Casper the Ghost, and a wolf in the background, designed for a children's horror theme with playful spooky imagery.
A spooky Easter treat dropping tomorrow⬇️
🗣 Xanthe Pajarillo
🧒Children's Horror Gothic
📅24th April
🕐6 - 7.30pm GMT, Zoom
@xanthepajarillo.bsky.social investigates children as audiences of horror. She co-hosts the Kindergeist Podcast & is a member of @baftss.bsky.social 📽️
Well done to @baftss.bsky.social for taking two important stands this week. Proud to be a member and align myself with both of these.
24.04.2025 11:55 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0We're proud that @baftss.bsky.social has issued a strong statement in solidarity with our trans, non-binary and intersex members, in light of the UK Supreme Court ruling last week. You can read the full statement here: www.baftss.org/uk-supreme-c...
25.04.2025 06:23 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
3. I'll also be speaking, along with other fab presenters, at the next BAFTSS Horror Event (@baftss.bsky.social), NO SAFE SPACE: PLACES AND SPACES OF HORROR CINEMA
Wed 30 April | 📍Zoom - registration free & open to all: forms.office.com/e/3vQFi35du0
📢Forthcoming New Connections talks📢
- Dr Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal, "Watch and Learn: Film and British Education (c. 1900)" (30/04)
- Dr David Melbye, "Evolution of Horror Jazz: African American Music in Postwar British Crime Cinema" (6/05)
www.baftss.org/new-connecti...
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Looking forward to speaking tomorrow @adaptationsig.bsky.social work-in-progress session on my research into Jacques Tati/Monsieur Hulot!
👉 bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/8620108006...
#jacquestati #monsieurhulot #frenchcinema #frenchfilm
#filmstudies
