We are delighted that our special issue on Early Cinema in the British Colonies has been nominated for a @baftss.bsky.social publication award! You can read the introduction and several of the articles for free here www.tandfonline.com/toc/repv20/2...

In just over a month I'm contributing to a panel at the @baftss.bsky.social conference on navigating research/pedagogy as an 'independent scholar'. I strongly dislike the term 'independent' and wonder about other possible terms. Has anyone come up with a better alternative?

We are pleased to announce that the conference website, including the schedule is now live: www.baftss.org/conference-2... Places are limited - register early to avoid disappointment. Deadline: 8th March 2026. Queries can be directed to [email protected]

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!

The other news is....we're running a symposium in June (supported by @baftss.bsky.social and B-Film). See below for the CFP.

#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

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.

BAFTSS 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 &ethnicity are transformed into an industry standard? Registration: colourandfilm.com/cfps/ @baftss.bsky.social

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...

📢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... @baftss.bsky.social

🚨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...

🚩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 ❤️

🚩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

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

🚩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

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.

We'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...

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... @baftss.bsky.social

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

Thanks to Doris Schedlitzki, Professor of Organisational Leadership at London Met, for the latest review: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/culture-c...

Looking forward to delivering a PechaKucha presentation tomorrow on my doctoral research into the OSS 117 films, and the James Bond connection, alongside these other distinguished speakers @unibirmingham.bsky.social! #oss117 #jamesbond #frenchcinema

A pleasure to present on the OSS 117 and James Bond films for the CAL PG PechaKucha panel yesterday, hosted by Dr. Cai Lyons @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Great to also give @licencetoqueer.com a mention! 👉 lnkd.in/ewk4_Mts #jamesbond #oss117 #filmstudies #phd #pgr #licencetoqueer

Honored to have my essay “The environmental footprint of animated realism: An ecomaterialist exploration of contemporary digital animated documentaries” (@necsusjournal.bsky.social 13:1, 2024) awarded as runner-up by @baftss.bsky.social in the Best journal article/chapter category.

registration is now open for "Rethinking Rhythm in Film" at @angliaruskin.bsky.social on May 22nd - it's FREE and includes refreshments and lunch. Online attendance is also possible - there's a link on the website (no need to register for that). @baftss.bsky.social www.aru.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

The 2025 BAFTSS New Connections programme is starting next week with Dr Beth Pyner's talk, hosted by the Centre for Screen Cultures and the St Andrews Institute for Gender Studies. More info: www.baftss.org/new-connecti... Sponsored by @manchesterup.bsky.social @baftss.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted that Working Women on Screen: Paid Labour and Fourth Wave Feminism, edited by @ellietomsett.bsky.social @nweidhase.bsky.social and myself, won the Best Edited Volume award from @baftss.bsky.social for 2025. Big thank you to all of our contributors! www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...

Whoop! Working Women on Screen: Paid Labour and Fourth Wave Feminism, edited by @poppywilde.bsky.social @nweidhase.bsky.social and I, won the Best Edited Volume award from @baftss.bsky.social for 2025. Huge congratulations to our contributing authors! 🎉 www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-... Join Lainy Malkani, Shaminder Nahal (c4), Rogan Productions (Uprising),Prof.Anamik Saha for a panel on fighting the far right & racism on screen. Sonic Screen Lab, @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social & baftss 5.30-7pm, 14th April, SE1 6SB @baftss.bsky.social

@baftss.bsky.social Awards are out! ✨ Cycles of Labour won Best Videographic Criticism @veronikahanakova.bsky.social @m-tremcinsky.bsky.social 🔥 Towards a Film Theory from Below is Runner-Up, Best Monograph Endless thanks for the support!

I am super excited by this news. Our video essay "Cycles of Labour" has won the @baftss.bsky.social award for videographic criticism! My biggest thanks go to my colleagues @veronikahanakova.bsky.social & @jirianger.bsky.social thank you both very much for allowing me to be a part of this project!

One week left to submit a proposal for Sexual Ecologies! Academic papers, creative responses, video essays…all welcome! Details here: tinyurl.com/2b4tu8r6. Generously funded by @baftss.bsky.social @crasshlive.bsky.social @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social

1/3 The annual awards for practice for the @baftss.bsky.social have just been posted (www.baftss.org/winners-prac...) and the most deserved winners of the Videographic Criticism prize are @veronikahanakova.bsky.social, Martin Tremčinský & @jirianger.bsky.social! 👏👏👏

Thanks @baftss.bsky.social for the award! #baftss2025

Had such an amazing few days at @baftss.bsky.social conference! After a full day of watching fantastic talks yesterday, I had the chance to be part of the Comedic Aesthetics panel today and present on Nollywood rom coms and the single-girl apartment ✨

Watched Children of the Wicker Man today at #BAFTSS2025 - a film that delves deep into fractious family relationships surrounding the film, not to mention the fascinating details about the film’s chequered production. Amazing work @ellwrig.bsky.social, Chris Nunn & all! 🙏 #childrenofthewickerman