Documentary Film Festivals as Sites of Knowledge Production

Wednesday, August 2 – 10:30 – 12:00 A.M.
Patricio Guzmán – Alianza Francesa
Coordinadora: Aida Vallejo Vallejo, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU (Spain).

1. Ezra Winton, Concordia University, Montreal (Canada),
“The Program is Political: The Cultural Politics of Documentary Festival Curating”.

2. Antoine Damiens, Concordia University, Montreal (Canada),
“Documenting Film Festivals: Documentaries about LGBT/Q Festivals, Archives of feelings, and Cultural Memory”.

3. Svetla Turnin, Cinema Politica,
“The Female Gaze and the Push for Gender Equality at Documentary Festivals”.

4. Phillipe Meers, University of Antwerp (Belgium) & Jasper Vanhaelemeesch, University of Antwerp (Belgium),
“Tales that travel: Two Itinerant documentary film festivals in Mexico and Central America”.