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Cristina Formenti

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Lecturer & Researcher in Film Studies @University of Groningen. President of the Society for Animation Studies. Author of The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution (Bloomsbury 2022) and Il mockumentary (Mimesis 2013)

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Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Apr 9

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.

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Research Colloquium in Film and Audiovisual Media is back!

Check out the schedule for the upcoming semester. We have an exciting lineup of international speakers who will be sharing their latest research.

@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @rug.nl

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Society for Animation Studies (SAS) @sasanistudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

We can't believe it's been a week since the end of #SAS36! It was such a great event. We also can't stop thinking about the animation @joanna-quinn.bsky.social made during her keynote. Here is a version she created just for us! Thanks, Joanna!

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Misha Mihailova @mihailova.bsky.social · Jul 11

Extremely informative panel on environmental sustainability in animation at #SAS36! @drcriformenti.bsky.social

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Society for Animation Studies (SAS) @sasanistudies.bsky.social · Jul 10

David Sproxton, co-founder of Aardman, closes #SAS36 with his keynote talking about his career.

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Society for Animation Studies (SAS) @sasanistudies.bsky.social · Jul 8

Joanna Quinn talking about analog vs. drawn approaches during her keynote at #SAS36.

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Society for Animation Studies (SAS) @sasanistudies.bsky.social · Jul 9

Cristina Formenti and Misha Mihailova, co-presidents of SAS, kick off the annual general meeting! #SAS36

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Society for Animation Studies (SAS) @sasanistudies.bsky.social · Jul 10

SAS’ Co-President Cristina Formenti takes the stage to discuss the environmental footprint of digital animation
#SAS36

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Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congrats!!!

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Apr 10

Our film students (@unigroningen.bsky.social / @facultyofartsug.bsky.social) run 2 film clubs, outdoing themselves in their competition. After conducting exclusive interviews w/ Peter Greenaway, Julie Delpy & Thomas Vinterberg, the other guys came up with this: www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
Goed bezig!

An Afternoon with Actor Guy Pearce: Conversation and Q&A

Join us on April 25th from 14:00 to 17:30 at the Marie Loke Zaal for a special event with acclaimed actor Guy Pearce who will join us for an in-person...

www.rug.nl

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Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Apr 9

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University of Groningen - Faculty of Arts @facultyofartsug.bsky.social · Apr 8

🎉 Congrats to prof dr Annie van den Oever and dr Cristina Formenti for winning the runner-up place for best edited volume and best article (respectively) at this year's British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies Conference! 👇 @unigroningen.bsky.social
www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...

Winners: Publication Awards 2025

[The shortlists can be found here .]

www.baftss.org

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Mar 10

Come to Groningen to learn about THE POLITICS OF FILM in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Mar 12

Come to Groningen to learn about SCREEN ACTING in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!

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Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Mar 7

End of a loong week!

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Feb 26

Come to Groningen to learn about CONTEMPORARY COMPLEX CINEMA in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Mar 1

Come to Groningen to learn about CONTEMPORARY FILM AESTHETICS in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Feb 28

Come to Groningen to learn about ANIMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!

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Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social · Feb 25

Come to Groningen to study film and contemporary audiovisual media in our one-year MA track!

www.rug.nl/masters/film...

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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · Feb 7

Visible Evidence XXXI CFP on the theme of "community:"

www.visibleevidence.org/conference/v...

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David McGowan @animatedstardom.bsky.social · Jan 8

A reminder that the deadline for submitting paper/screening proposals for the 36th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference is 11:59pm GMT on Friday, January 10. CFP information here: sas2025.cargo.site/call-for-pap...

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Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Dec 2

Out now… and in open access!
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Nov 29

Being the international keynote speaker at a conference taking place in your own country? Done!

Cristina Formenti @drcriformenti.bsky.social · Nov 22

Happening next week!