Academic Conference on Film, Television and Media

“New trends in research, teaching and practice in motion picture education”

AFDA, in association with CARA (Cilect African Regional Association) invites local and international researchers interested and working in the interdisciplinary research fields of film studies and the education of film and television to submit proposals for papers for a one day conference held in Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the conference is to stimulate research in areas of interest for Film, Television and Media schools, and to share ideas across the globe, with a particular focus on film education in Africa.

The conference provides a platform for papers that will stimulate thinking around the content and methodologies of film and media studies curricula, and teaching practice for the new millennium. Standard research papers on the topic will be considered, as well as action research papers on film or media production, and papers on teaching methodologies for film and media production. The CARA conference has been scheduled to coincide with the international CILECT Congress which happens at the same venue from the 2nd to the 4th of May 2012. Delegates from over 148 international film schools attend this bi-annual event which has been hosted since 1952 in various international locations over 4 continents in the world. 2012 is an historic moment as it is the first time that Africa will host this prestigious event.

For more information on the CILECT Congress, please contact Mandy at mandy@afda.co.za.