In 2021, it was voted one of the best horror film festivals in the world by Dread Central.Īpplications are particularly welcomed from early career researchers, PhD students, and junior colleagues. FGBFF is a festival run by women, championing horror by women and non-binary filmmakers. The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival will launch the special issue in an online, live showcase event. In addition, there will be opportunities for festival engagement. Contributors to this special issue will develop networks in the fields of screen media practice and videographic criticism, diversify their career prospects with new technical skills, and publish a double–peer-reviewed output in the groundbreaking feminist journal. The second aim is to train and mentor scholars in how to think about, make and publish video essays. This special issue opens out the field by illuminating films and filmmakers working outside of these contexts. It also attempts to broaden the field of study: much of the scholarship to date on women and horror has focused on white anglophone women.

This issue builds on the excellent work undertaken to date on women’s film history and develops it in relation to horror film.

The purpose of the special issue is two-fold: This scheme is funded by the AHRC, as part of Alison Peirse’s AHRC Fellowship in Feminist Horror Cinema. All training will be provided during an eight-month mentorship scheme. No experience in filmmaking or video essays is required. Each contributor will produce a video essay (5 – 10 minutes) and an accompanying piece of reflective writing (800–1000 words). This issue will be published in late 2023. You are invited to submit a proposal for our special issue on women filmmakers working in global horror cinema.

Call for Papers: Dead Women & Gendered Death in Visual Culture.

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