[KineJapan] Call for Papers: Kinema Club at Nippon Connection Film Festival(May 30 - June 1)

[Zahlten, Alexander]

Hello Everyone,

With apologies for running a bit late with this, please find below a call for papers for KCXXIII, held at the Nippon Connection Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Nippon Connection is still the best place in the world to catch up on the year in Japanese cinema – we actually recommend you join for the entire festival to catch some of the well over 100 films and chat with some of the (estimated) over 130 filmmakers present.

We hope to create a number of interesting synergies with the festival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year!

Also, keep your eyes open – another Kinema Club Call for Papers is coming soon, to be held in Kyoto on August 1-3.

All best,
Alex


Call for Papers for:



Kinema Club Conference for Film and Moving Images from Japan XXIII

at the

Nippon Connection Film Festival





Dates:                                     May 30 - June 1, 2025

Location:                                Frankfurt a.M., Germany

                                                Nippon Connection Film

                                                Festival

Proposal Deadline:               February 10, 2025



(Nippon Connection Film Festival dates: May 27 - June 1)



Organized by: Mari Kishi (Harvard University) & Alexander Zahlten (Harvard University)





We welcome proposals for the 23rd Kinema Club Conference for Film and Moving Images from Japan, to be held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary edition of the Nippon Connection Film Festival.



The workshop will consist of two sections, a primary one with micro-presentations / discussion groups and one with events that are coordinated the festival screening schedule. The latter will include roundtable discussions on broader topics, discussions of films screening at the festival, and (hopefully) conversations with filmmakers. Through this we hope to take advantage of the current films from all corners of Japanese moving image production showing at the festival, and the large number of filmmakers in attendance.



Workshop theme:

This workshop aims to use the opportunity of the 25th anniversary of the Nippon Connection Film Festival to take stock: To sample work currently in progress, to reflect on the recent decades of scholarship, and to discuss what are the urgent (and effective) interventions the study of film from Japan can supply now and in the near future.



Papers / Panels:

What are you working on right now? Proposals should focus on ongoing research in the early stages, ideally presenting preliminary results. The panels will provide ample time for discussion and for receiving questions and early feedback. The goal is for the conference to provide feedback at a crucial formative stage of research.



We ask for proposals to point - be it in methodology or topic - to the relevance of the project within the present and future of the study of film and moving images from Japan, or the future of film and moving images from Japan themselves. Questions they might address are: How is the field changing? Why did you choose this topic of research at this moment? What interventions are urgent now? What kind of interventions will be necessary in the near future? What does that mean for students / academic training? Micro-presentations will be five minutes in length, with the emphasis on leaving ample time for discussion.



We especially seek for graduate students to apply, and encourage drawing on dissertation topics. While obtaining funding for a conference taking place in Germany but organized from the U.S. presents challenges, we are working with the festival to make discounted hotel rooms available, along with discounted festival tickets.



Why at Nippon Connection?

Nippon Connection is one of the best venues in the world to gain an overview of the current state of all corners of moving image production from Japan – no other festival shows the same number of films or covers the same span of all moving image production in Japan. The festival usually features over 100 films and over 100 filmmakers, though for the 25th edition a higher number of guests than usual are expected. We aim to time Kinema Club sessions in the morning and at noon, leaving the afternoons and evenings for viewing film. Discounted tickets will be available for conference participants.



The conference is generally open for non-presenting attendees, but registration is required.





Proposals:



Panel papers:              Please send abstracts of up to 200 words and a short bio (up to 100 words).





Note: When sending a proposal please indicate if you are also open to participating in a roundtable.



Proposal submission: kc.at.nc.2025 at gmail.com<mailto:kc.at.nc.2025 at gmail.com>





Deadline for paper proposals: February 10








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