BAFTSS has eighteen 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, Eve Benhamou)
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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 & Will Higbee)
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German Screen Studies (Helen Hughes, Elizabeth Ward)
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LGBTQ+ Screen Studies SIG (Daniel Sheppard, Adam Herron, Amy Harris)
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Performance and Stardom (Julie Lobalzo Wright)
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Practice Research (Charlotte Crofts, John Twycross)
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Psychoanalysis & Film (Marlo De Lara, 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 (Rajinder Dudrah, Deborah Shaw, Yael Friedman)
Report on SIG Activities 2017-2018
SIG Newsletters
SIG Newsletter (May 2020, issue 2)
SIGs (Special Interest Groups)