BAFTSS has nineteen Special Interest Groups (SIG) representing specific strands of our disciplines; these are listed below with their Convenors.
Purpose
The SIGs propose discipline-specific panels to the annual BAFTSS conference, and organise a variety of activities in the sector, such as symposia and conferences, journal special numbers, working groups, etc. Some have links to journals or other organisations. Each SIG has its pages accessible from this menu tab.
How to Join a SIG
If you are interested in joining one or more of the SIGs, please ensure that you are a BAFTSS member (see here how to join) and select the relevant SIG when joining/renewing your membership; then, please email the relevant convenor(s) directly.
List of Current SIGs (and Convenors)
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Amateur Cinema (Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes)
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Animation (Malcolm Cook, Sam Summers & Jemma Gilboy)
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Archives and Archival Methods (Llewella Chapman, James Fenwick, Matt Melia)
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British Cinema & TV (Melanie Williams)
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Colour & Film (Sarah Street, Liz Watkins)
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Documentary (Alisa Lebow, Silke Panse)
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East Asian Screen Cultures (Kiki Tianqi Yu, Victor Fan, Ruby Cheung and Lin Feng)
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Essay Film (Romana Turina, Jill Daniels)
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Euro-Bollywood (Rajinder Dudrah, Gyorgyi Vajdovich, Bernhard Fuchs, Monia Acciari)
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Film & Philosophy (Davina Quinlivan & Dominic Lash)
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French & Francophone Cinema (Kate Ince, Ginette Vincendeau)
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German Screen Studies (Helen Hughes, Elizabeth Ward)
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Horror Studies (Kate Egan, Shellie McMurdo, Laura Mee)
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LGBTQ+ Screen Studies SIG (Daniel Sheppard, Amy Harris)
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Performance and Stardom (Julie Lobalzo Wright, Leanne Weston)
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Practice Research (Charlotte Crofts, John Twycross)
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Psychoanalysis & Film (Alice Haylett Bryan, Ben Tyrer)
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Screen Industries (Jack Newsinger, Steve Presence, Andrew Spicer)
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Screening Sex (Darren Kerr, Donna Peberdy)
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Transnational Film & TV (Yael Friedman, Maryam Ghorbankarimi)
Report on SIG Activities 2017-2018
SIG Newsletters
SIG Newsletter (May 2020, issue 2)
SIG Newsletter (October 2020, issue 3)
SIGs (Special Interest Groups)