Call for Papers: Special Edition of Media International Australia (MIA) on The Documentary. Editors: Maree Delofski and Jane MIlls (Australian Film,Television and Radio School) Editorial Consultant: Prof. Elizabeth Jacka (University of Technology, Sydney) A special documentary edition of Media International Australia (MIA) focusing on documentary will be published in November 1996. Documentary filmmakers, theorists, critics and media analysts are invited to explore issues raised in debates about the form currently taking place. The following list is an indication of some early discussions between the editors and potential contributors: * New technology and the documentary: updates of current trends in technology and multimedia and their impact on style and content * The role of the documentary filmmaker in multimedia production * Designing the documentary: Does the 'deco doc' mean a further retreat from truth and reality * The observational film - is it time the fly-on-the-wall was swatted? * Women documentary filmmakers - in the 70s women and the documentary went together like a horse and carriage. Do they still present a different perspective? * Video diaries: home movies * Visual anthropology; imperialism, colonialism and the post-colonial response * Infotainment - death to documentary? * Whose voice is it anyway? An examination of point of view and the function of the narrator * Audience success of films in which the line between "fact" and "fiction" is consciously blurred * The best of debates and papers from recent and forthcoming documentary festivals and conferences (Melbourne, Sheffield, Amsterdam, Flaherty Seminar etc) This list,of course,is not conclusive and the editors look forward to receiving a wide range of ideas and proposals for articles which will make for an exciting and original edition. Potential contributors please note: Deadline for one paragraph article proposals is 23 November 1995. For further information regarding proposals, deadlines etc, please contact: Jane Mills Head of Screen Studies Australian Film Television and Radio School e-mail: [log in to unmask] fax: (61) 02 887 1030 direct office telephone: (61) 02 8056567 postal: PO Box 126, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia About Medial International Australia: Media International Australia (MIA) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal of research and information on media and telecommunications. Each issue contains extensive reviews of books and periodicals. Theme articles are commissioned for each issue along with articles on current controversies and more general articles. Recent and future theme issues include: media barons; queer media; cinema:past and future; new media; the future of the press. ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]