Curation workshop - Call for application

Applicants need to submit a curatorial proposal related to cinema in less than 750 words. The curatorial project can be about any aspect of cinema like Film History, Culture and Theory, such as:

    • Film Institutions – Studios, Labs, Production/Distribution networks, Exhibition Centres etc.
    • Technological Aspects – Audio and Video Technologies – Celluloid, Video or Digital, Animation.
    • Film Appreciation, Criticism, Theory.
    • Genres, Stars, Movements, Regional Histories.
    • Film’s engagement with other Arts and Art Forms.
    • Film Society Movement.
    • Public Institutions – Film Schools, Archives, Film Development Corporations.
    • Film Festivals .
    • Film Sound – Any technological or aesthetic aspect of sound in cinema.
    • Film Labour – any aspect of human labour in film industry
    • Film Locations & Sites – Set Design.
    • Costumes.
    • Film publications & discourses like film magazines, publicity materials, posters, bill boards etc.
    • Film Reception – Theatre-audiences, fan clubs etc.
    • Gender and representation in Indian Cinema.

The final outcome of the curatorial project can be conceived in any of these forms :

  1. Film package or program
  2. The following formats related to Cinema :
    • Curated art project
    • A research study
    • Compilation of images, texts, sounds, or archival material.

Eligibility Criterion

  1. Applicants have to be a student who is an Indian National.
  2. Students under post-graduate programs in Film Institutes, Media Institutes and Universities enrolled in courses on cinema as major /minor can apply. Any Research fellow affiliated with any University/Institute pursuing research in the field of cinema.
  3. Submission of bona fide certificate along with the application from the Head of the Institution/Head of the Dept. is mandatory.

Number of seats & submission

  • Number of Seats: 20 (5 seats will be reserved for students from SRFTI)
  • Last date of submission: 31st January, 2024.
  • Link to submission form: (Google Form)
  • Link to bonafide certificate format: (Pdf)

Selection Process

  • Stage One: Evaluation and shortlisting of proposals submitted by applicants.
  • Stage Two: Online Interview with shortlisted applicants. The applicants have to pitch their curatorial idea/project online.

A jury consisting of film scholars and practicing filmmakers will do the final selection of candidates.

NOTE : There is no participation fee in the event for the selected candidates. Basic travel and hospitality of the selected candidates will be taken care of by SRFTI.

For further information or clarification of doubts, please write to : workshop@arcurea.srfti.ac.in

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