Decolonising Filmic Experience: Workshop 1 on distribution and exhibition

Decolonising Filmic Experience is an attempt to bring together interested parties around the topic of decolonisation, as it pertains to accessing film viewing, making, exhibition, distribution and education. Each workshop intends to inquire: to what extent does decolonisation as a discourse penetrate the social worlds in which film circulates? How is filmic experience being utilised or reconfigured to frame such encounters? And, what is the relationship between decolonising discourses and anti-colonial movements, internationally?

This first workshop is concerned with decolonisation in film exhibition and distribution and will feature a keynote presentation by T A P E Collective, a film programming, distribution and education group, doing vital work in and around this area. T A P E was founded in 2015 by Angela Moneke and Isra Al Kassi as a response to the under-representation of minority groups on screen and in the film industries. Since its launch, T A P E has gone on to run educational and curatorial workshops, commission cutting-edge writing, provide consultation services to industry leaders and launch its own streaming platform. T A P E have distributed critically acclaimed films in recent years, including If the Streets Were on Fire, Lingua Franca and Bye Bye Tiberias.

Workshop 1 is now open for registration. The event will take place between 10am-3pm on Wednesday 8th May 2024 at the University of Hertfordshire. A programme will be shared with registered attendees, soon. The event is free and includes lunch.

Please email j.harvey4@herts.ac.uk if you have any questions about the event.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, through an award from the University of Hertfordshire’s AHRC Impact Acceleration Account.