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2nd Call for Papers




Polish Cinema in an International Context - 4-5 December 2009




An international conference, organised by Cornerhouse, Manchester, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw, Polish Film Institute and University of Central Lancashire, Preston and University of Salford.




The conference is part of POLSKA! YEAR in the United Kingdom, organised by Adam Mickiewicz Institute and supported by Polish Cultural Institute in London and Polish Consulate in Manchester. 




This conference will consider Polish cinema in an international context and feature contributions form both leading Polish, UK and international academics, as well as professionals involved with the production, distribution, archiving and promotion of Polish films. The conference will especially address the question of why, given Polish cinema under communism's wide dissemination and popularity, contemporary Polish cinema has much more difficulty in crossing international borders. The conference will be accompanied by a festival of Polish cinema, hosted by Cornerhouse and public discussions of Polish films. The conference is addressed to the academic community, as well as educators and promoters of Polish films and the public at large. 




Organising committee 

Prof. Ewa Mazierska, School of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire 

Dr. Michael Goddard, Lecturer in Media, Salford University




Please send abstracts of approximately 200 words to Ewa Mazierska by the 1st of September 2009 at: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 




Subjects of papers may include but are not limited to:

Polish émigré filmmakers




Polish international co-productions




International successes and failures of Polish films




Polish films at international festivals 




Polish cinema in the context of Eastern Europe and East-Central Europe




Polish cinema and the European avant-garde 




Influence of Polish cinema on foreign films




The marketing of Polish films abroad




Adaptations of foreign works by Polish directors




Foreign characters and places in Polish films




Film and Polish migrations




The international reception of Polish films before and after 1989




Polish cinema and international film and critical theory




Special guests 

Andrzej Zanussi, who made films in Poland and France

Andrzej Zulawski, renowned director, who made films in Poland and France 




Keynote speakers 

Prof. Ian Christie, Birkbeck, University of London, leading expert on European cinema and avant-garde film and video

Dr. Peter Hames, Staffordshire University, leading expert on Eastern European Cinema 

Dr. Iwona Kurz, Warsaw University, leading expert on Polish cinema, academic and film critic 

Prof. Tadeusz Lubelski, Jagiellonian University, leading expert on Polish cinema, academic and film critic

Prof. Miroslaw Przylipiak, Pomeranian Academy in Slupsk, leading expert on Polish cinema, film critic and documentary filmmaker

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