First impressions from our second conference

The second conference organised by our Research Network examined The Industrial Context of Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe. The event provided an excellent platform for an exchange of ideas and perspectives between academia and the film industry. Seven distinguished speakers, including diversity adviser Parminder Vir, OBE, filmmakers John Akomfrah and Abdelkrim Bahloul and German film producer Ralph Schwingel attracted an international audience. Please visit the Photo Gallery for some first impressions.

We should like to thank everyone who contributed to the conference making it such a stimulating and enjoyable experience.

Delegates came from as far as Göteborg, Istanbul, Sydney and Samarkand. The conference highlighted in particular the complex and often conflicting positioning of films made by migrant and diasporic films when they are entered at film festivals or distributed across different European countries. Speakers also emphasized how policies that promote cultural diversity have changed over the past two decades and the implications this has for ethnic minority filmmakers in Europe.

Podcasts with the highlights of this conference and a detailed conference report will follow soon. 

We should like to thank everyone who contributed to the conference making it such a stimulating and enjoyable experience.

Posted by Daniela Berghahn on 17 Jan 2007 •