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Sharing links, since 2008, to #OpenAccess film/AV media scholarship and online resources, and news/free events of note; Honorary Professor at Aarhus University; Senior Visiting Fellow at University of Reading; she/their. https://linktr.ee/filmstudiesff .. more

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Nov 11

I’m gathering a list of #OpenAccess or #freelyaccessible #Film, #Television, #ScreenStudies, #audiovisualmediastudies Publications, Editors and Advocates People at Bluesky. Please let me know if you’d like me to add you. go.bsky.app/NBipNnW

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · 22h

Issue 64.5 of Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (published open access online) is now available!
More here: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/oa-is...

Journal of Cinema and Media Studies - Oa-issue

quod.lib.umich.edu

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · 2d

Via Jason Mittell: “Check out ADAPTIVE FORMS, Gregory Brophy & Shawn Malley's fabulous new open-access book on contemporary science-fiction - complete with video essays on ARRIVAL, SNOWPIERCER, BLACK PANTHER, UNDER THE SKIN, etc.!!!” www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Adaptive Forms: Videographic Criticism and Contemporary Science Fiction Film

An examination of media adaptation in contemporary science fiction film, with 14 video essays <br><i>Part of the <a href="https://www.leverpress.org/videographicbooks/">Videographic Books</a> series</...

www.fulcrum.org

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Summer 2025 issue of Literature/Film Quarterly is now out:
lfq.salisbury.edu#gsc.tab=0

Screenshot of contents page of latest issue of Literature Film Quarterly

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Aug 5

Check out the brilliant and valuable “Copyright Law and Filmmaking” Special Issue of SCREENWORKS, a marvellous collaborative effort between copyright law expert Bartolomeo Meletti, guest editor, and practice researcher Estrella Sendra, SCREENWORKS associate editor.
 doi.org/10.37186/swr...

Volume 15.2

Vol. 15.2 Copyright Law and Filmmaking Special IssueISSN 2514-3123https://doi.org/10.37186/swrks/15.2

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Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · Aug 5

New episode up now. A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, with guests Dave Haslam and Melanie Williams in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. @davehaslam.bsky.social @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/245...

245. A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney — Backlisted

Dave Haslam and Melanie Williams join us to discuss A Taste of Honey (1958), Shelagh Delaney's first play, written and produced when the author was not yet 20 years old. To describe this as an ...

www.backlisted.fm

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 31

The examples range from Hollywood classics and European independent cinema to experimental, animated, and documentary films.

Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 31

Based on an overview of interdisciplinary research on characters in film and other media, the book develops its own approach to understanding how characters are formed and experienced, how they interact with culture and society, and how they can be analysed and interpreted.

Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 31

The thoroughly revised English edition of Jens Eder’s book on characters is now available via open access. You can download it for free here (or purchase a printed copy): www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... .

Characters in Film and Other Media: Theory, Analysis, Interpretation

Characters are central to the creation and experience of films and other media. Their cultural significance is profound, but they also raise a wide range of questions. This book provides a comprehensi...

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 29

Punctum Books has just published the great open access collection Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be, edited by Alisha Karabinus, Carly A. Kocurek, Cody Mejeur, Emma Vossen.

punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...

Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books

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Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social · Mar 31

Hello world! We’re a new nonprofit that brings together academic, libraries & university-based publishers. We’ll be launching a large collection of hundreds of HSS diamond #openaccess journals in Jan. 2026.

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Ariel Avissar @arielavissar.bsky.social · Jul 24

TV Dictionary - entry #118: The Tripods, by David Martin-Jones

Another lovely entry from David - and a reminder that, even after an entire year's hiatus, the TV Dictionary is always accepting new additions!

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TV Dictionary - The Tripods

"The Tripods" in one word. Part of the TV Dictionary collection: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8660446

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Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social · Jul 22

I've been working on this project for a long time and am excited to finally share "The Video Essay About The Show" publicly! It's a multipart video essay about "The Show About The Show," the cult webseries - check it out:

The Video Essay About The Show

For the past year, I’ve been working on a long-form project that I’m finally ready to share publicly. In Fall 2024, I taught a new course entitled Faking Reality: Mockumentaries, Hoaxes…

justtv.wordpress.com

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 22

A new video by Jacob Smith ‘The Holes We Left Behind’, which forms the latest addition to the Audiovisual Approaches and the Archive dossier in MOVIE: a journal of film criticism. vimeo.com/1099652055

The Holes We Left Behind

This video essay has been published in Movie: a journal of criticism issue 12, and an accompanying statement can be read here.

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 21

A new translation into English by Andrew Castillo of Víctor Erice’s text about Nicholas Ray. metrograph.com/like-in-a-mi...

Like In A Mirror - Journal - Metrograph

A new translation of Victor Erice’s tribute to Nicholas Ray.

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Senses of Cinema @sensesofcinema.bsky.social · Jul 19

Our latest issue is packed with 12 Feature articles, as well as new interviews, festival reports, book reviews, and more. Wherever and however these inspired texts find you (and in whatever direction they propel you next), we hope you enjoy Issue 114 of Senses of Cinema.

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Senses of Cinema @sensesofcinema.bsky.social · Jul 19

"As the world continues on a downward spiral of violence and authoritarianism, Senses is left with no choice but to remain committed to the emancipatory power of cinema and its rigorous reflection..." Issue 114 of Senses of Cinema is out now: www.sensesofcinema.com/issues/issue...

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 18

I cannot wait to begin working alongside the amazing existing @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellows as well as my fellow new FBAs.

Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 18

And huge thanks to my beloved partner and family without whom I wouldn’t have had the essential love and support that have sustained me in my rather unconventional academic career trajectory (in the last 18 years, at least).

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 18

Many thanks must go, especially, to all those who proposed and supported my nomination and election.

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 18

Very honoured and deeply grateful: to have been elected yesterday as one of the new Fellows of the @britishacademy.bsky.social, an institution I have loved since it funded my PhD study many moons ago.

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 18

The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in 2025 – a higher number than in previous years due to new Fellowship places for candidates whose research spans more than one discipline www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-wel...

The British Academy welcomes 92 new Fellows in 2025

92 distinguished scholars have today been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 18

Applications are still open for the Mid-Career Fellowships. The scheme allows UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a major project and share their insights with the wider public. Apply now: buff.ly/VOWVPuC

White banner with an image of a person speaking in front of an audience during a presentation. The words 'Mid-Career Fellowships' are written on the right-hand side.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 18

The British Academy welcomes 92 new Fellows in 2025

92 distinguished scholars have today been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social · Jul 18

My new video essay featured in the first issue of Cinégraphia, the journal of the Sydney Literature and Cinema Network.
vimeo.com/1074720429
You can find the journal at the link below
openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Cinegraphia/...

The Anthropocene Will Eat Itself

Featured in the first issue of Cinégraphia: Journal of Literature, Film, and Other Media https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/Cinegraphia/issue/view/1380 Screening…

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jul 12

New open access book edited by Jens Eder, Britta Hartmann and Chris Tedjasukmana! Also available for purchase for libraries, etc. intellectdiscover.com/content/book...

Understanding Video Activism on Social Media | Intellect

What political power do videos on social media have? In what ways do they exert influence, shape publics and change political life? And how can committed civil society actors in this field assert them...

intellectdiscover.com

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Vinzenz Hediger @vinzenzhediger.bsky.social · Jul 9

The time has come to reinvent academic publishing. Over the last years conglomerates have bought up once respectable publishers and turned them into rent extraction machines, generating obscene profits from tax-payer funded research and unremunerated academic labor./
mediastudies.hypotheses.org/6850

Sale of the Amsterdam University Press (AUP) film, media and communication list to Taylor & Francis – Resignation of series editors and editorial board members

It is with great dismay that we, the undersigned, learned that the film, media and communication list of Amsterdam University Press (AUP) has been taken over by Taylor & Francis, a subsidiary of Infor...

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Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · Jun 23

One of the best movie rediscoveries of the last decade was the Iranian film CHESS OF THE WIND (Mohammad Reza Aslani, 1976). It's currently available for free online with English subtitles mediaspace.msu.edu/media/Chess+...

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎬Great films back on the big screen at Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 23 - Sun 27 July, Bristol)

Thanks to Silk Factory for this amazing new trailer showcasing some of our 80+ screenings and events lineup.

Passes & tickets are available with a 20% discount when you book 4+ screenings - link in bio 🎟️

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Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hi Tomáš, very happy to share on any open access items you share as and when you share them!

Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jun 14

And here are all the videos screening today in the Audiovisual Essay forum at the Marienbad film festival: marienbadfilmfestival.com/program/

Screenshot of videos in the audiovisual essay forum at the Marienbad Film Festival.

Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Jun 14

Here are the other videos published in this issue of [in]Transition: intransition.openlibhums.org

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