#IFM2023
Conference Program
Free Admission
Dear Attendees,��A warm welcome to the #IFM2023 Annual Conference! We are thrilled to host a space where the themes of Care, Collaboration, and Craft will guide our journey toward in-depth exploration and meaningful dialogue on interactive film and media. As always, we are taking a dialogic approach by emphasizing lively discussions and debates rather than live presentations.�
To help you understand how our sessions will work, we have put together a comprehensive guidelines outlining the structure of each session type, be it dialogue, panel or workshop.
We strongly encourage you to familiarize yourself with these guidelines to make the most of the conference experience.�
#IFM2023
Conference Program
All our presentations have been previously recorded and are readily available on our YouTube channel playlist. Simply click on the titles of the papers to access them individually to watch their videos with abstracts. This way, you can delve into the rich content at your own pace and come prepared for engaging exchanges. In any case, during the live panels, presenters will provide a succinct recap of their respective topics.
We are proud to make this conference free admission, inviting all who are interested in these fascinating themes to join us. However, to access the conference via Zoom, you must register on our Eventbrite page. This step is crucial to securing your virtual conference seat and getting the Zoom link.
�Thank you for your interest and participation. We are eager to embark on this Care, Collaboration, and Craft journey with all of you. Get ready to engage, learn, and inspire!��Best Regards,�The #IFM2023 Annual Conference Team
Introduction
7–9 June 2023
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
12:15-1:15 PM (LA)
2:15-3:15 PM (Dallas)
3:15-4:15 PM (Toronto)
8:15-9:15 PM (UK)
11:30 AM-12:15 PM (LA)
1:30-2:15 PM (Dallas)
2:30-3:15 PM (Toronto)
7:30-8:15 PM (UK)
10:00-11:30 AM (LA)
12:00-1:30 PM (Dallas)
1:00-2:30 PM (Toronto)
6:00-7:30 PM (UK)
8:30-10:00 AM (LA)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM (Dallas)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Toronto)
4:30-6:00 PM (UK)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
6:00-7:00 AM (LA)
8:00-9:00 AM (Dallas)
9:00-10:00 AM (Toronto)
2:00-3:00 PM (UK)
Opening Session
(Duration 60’)
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
Keynote Talk
(Duration: 90’)
Panel II
(Duration: 90’)
Research-Creation
Workshop I
(Duration: 45’)
First Day Closing Session (Duration: 60’)
Andrew Utterson
Ithaca College, NY, USA
Michelle Smith,
McGill University, Canada
Pasha Partridge
Mélina Quittich-Niquay
Kester Dyer,
Carleton University, Canada
Elizabeth Miller, Concordia University, Canada
Laura Aguiar,
Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Judith Aston
University of the West of England, UK
The New Virtuality: A Creative Website on the Disappearing Differences Between Real and Unreal
Jenna Ng and Oliver Tomkins,
University of York, UK
Florian Mundhenke University of Alberta, Canada
Facilitator & University
Title, Speaker & University
Submitted (Video & Paper)
Panel Facilitator & University
Research-Creation Title, Creator & University
Paper Title, Speaker & University
Interactive Dialogue Sessions
Organizers Opening
Remarks
Stefano Odorico
Interactive Dialogue on
Care
Moderators:
Patty Zimmermann and Heidi Rae Cooley
Sharon Daniel
Filmmaker and Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Heidi Rae Cooley
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Co-Creation in Community-Based Storytelling
Augustus Segar,
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia
Day 1: Wednesday, June 7
Reflections on Corridor (2023): A Game-Like Experience
Cansu Nur Simsek, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Florian Mundhenke, University of Alberta, Canada
Delwyn Remedios and Deepak Mathew,
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
Max Schleser,
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Andrew Utterson
Ithaca College, NY, USA
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
Florian Mundhenke University of Alberta, Canada
Takeaways on
Care
Moderators:
Patty Zimmermann and Heidi Rae Cooley
Sessions Guidelines and Expectations
Click on the links for more info!
12:30-1:30 PM (LA)
2:30-3:30 PM (Dallas)
3:30-4:30 PM (Toronto)
8:30-9:30 PM (UK)
11:30 AM-12:30 PM (LA)
1:30-2:30 PM (Dallas)
2:30-3:30 PM (Toronto)
7:30-8:30 PM (UK)
Co-creating Transmedia Learning: A Hierarchical Shared Universe Approach
Pratama Atmaja and Andreas Sihananto, University of Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Indonesia
The Radical Restorative Justice of The People’s CDC
Leah Shafer,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA
‘Conversations with Men’: A Participatory Video Case Study in Southern Africa
Julia Cain and Booker Mwenzva, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Reece Auguiste
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Caring for Communities through AI Language
Using AI-MC to Challenge the Social Construction of Gender
Abby Cole,
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Practices of Care and Sites of Resistance in Contemporary Multimedia Multisensory Art
Emily Collins,
York University, Canada
Polina Zioga
Interactive Filmmaking Lab, UK
Dale Hudson
NYU Abu-Dhabi
Max Schleser,
Justin Leontini and
Melissa Wheeler,
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Interactive Dialogue on
Craft
Moderators:
Patty Zimmermann and Heidi Rae Cooley
Amir Husak
New School, New York, USA
Tech for Collaboration: How PGIS Can Mobilize Indigenous NRM
Shahreen Shehwar, York University, Canada
Making a Riot in the Gaming Space: Complicating the Successes of Riot Games
Angelene Vo, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Hudson Moura, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Day 2: Thursday, June 8
Facilitator & University
Title, Speaker & University
Submitted (Video & Paper)
Panel Facilitator & University
Research-Creation Title, Creator & University
Paper Title, Speaker & University
Interactive Dialogue Sessions
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
10:00-11:30 AM (LA)
12:00-1:30 PM (Dallas)
1:00-2:30 PM (Toronto)
6:00-7:30 PM (UK)
8:30-10:00 AM (LA)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM (Dallas)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Toronto)
4:30-6:00 PM (UK)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
6:00-7:00 AM (LA)
8:00-9:00 AM (Dallas)
9:00-10:00 AM (Toronto)
2:00-3:00 PM (UK)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
Takeaways on
Craft
Moderators:
Patty Zimmermann and Heidi Rae Cooley
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
Opening Session Second Day
(Duration 60’)
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
Research-Creation
Workshop II
(Duration 90’)
Panel IV
(Duration 90’)
Panel V
(Duration: 60’)
Second Day Closing Session
(Duration: 60’)
Panel III
(Duration: 90’)
Sessions Guidelines and Expectations
Click on the links for more info!
Facilitator & University
Title, Speaker & University
Submitted (Video & Paper)
Panel Facilitator & University
Research-Creation Title, Creator & University
Paper Title, Speaker & University
Interactive Dialogue Sessions
12:00-1:00 PM (LA)
2:00-3:00 PM (Dallas)
3:00-4:00 PM (Toronto)
8:00-9:00 PM (UK)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM (LA)
1:00-2:00 PM (Dallas)
2:00-3:00 PM (Toronto)
7:00-8:00 PM (UK)
Anupama Gowda, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Collaboration & Co-Creative Media Making in Precarious Times.
From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern & Matters of Care
Anna Wiehl,
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Marta Fiolić,
NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Anna Wiehl
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Digital Craft: Establishing a Relational Vocabulary
Logan Acton,
University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Fragments of Diary: Diaristic Practice in Moving Image’s Time and Space
Il Sun Moon,
Kingston University, UK
Collaboratively Re-imagining Spaces through Socially-Engaged Creative Practices
Sonali Sharma,
Jamia Millia Islamia University, India
Leah Shafer
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA
Brenda Longfellow
York University, Canada
James Slaymaker,
University of Southampton, UK
Interactive Dialogue on
Collaboration
Moderators:
Patty Zimmermann and Heidi Rae Cooley
Ersan Ocak
TED University Ankara, Turkey
Crafting attention in Immersive and Interactive practices
Reşat Fuat Çam and
Melis Behlil,
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Polyphonic Documentary: Interactive Practices
Stefano Odorico,
Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland and Leeds Trinity University, UK
Judith Aston,
University of the West of England, UK
Day 3: Friday, June 9
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
10:00-11:00 AM (LA)
12:00-1:00 PM (Dallas)
1:00-2:00 PM (Toronto)
6:00-7:00 PM (UK)
8:30-10:00 AM (LA)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM (Dallas)
11:30 AM-1:00 PM (Toronto)
4:30-6:00 PM (UK)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
6:00-7:00 AM (LA)
8:00-9:00 AM (Dallas)
9:00-10:00 AM (Toronto)
2:00-3:00 PM (UK)
7:00-8:30 AM (LA)
9:00-10:30 AM (Dallas)
10:00-11:30 AM (Toronto)
3:00-4:30 PM (UK)
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
Opening Session Final Day (Duration 60’)
Panel I
(Duration: 90’)
Research-Creation
Workshop III
(Duration: 90’)
Panel VII
(Duration: 60’)
Panel VIII
(Duration: 60’)
Conference Closing Session (Duration: 60’)
Panel VI
(Duration: 90’)
Takeaways on
Collaboration
Moderators:
Patty Zimmermann and Heidi Rae Cooley
Organizers Closing Remarks
Stefano Odorico
Sessions Guidelines and Expectations
Click on the links for more info!
Hudson MOURA, Chair �(Toronto Metropolitan University, recently renamed, Canada)
Heidi Rae COOLEY �(The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Stefano ODORICO �(Technological University of the Shannon, Ireland and Leeds Trinity University, UK)
Patricia ZIMMERMANN�(Ithaca College, New York, USA)
VOLUNTEERS COORDINATOR
Kawshani FERNANDO
DESIGNERS
Darius SHAH
Anika NOEHRE
#IFM2023 CONFERENCE TEAM
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CONTACT EMAIL: interactivefilmconference@gmail.com
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Abdul LODHI
Agalyaa SIVARAM
Aliya BATOOL
Diana ALEXANDROVA
Gowtham SELVARAJAH
Jasmeen DEENG
Pamela SHAROV
Sophie KUWABARA
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#IFM2023
Conference Program
Volunteers
7–9 June 2023
ZOOM ASSISTANTS
Abdul LODHI
Abraham FESSEHAYE
Adelaide KYEI
Agalyaa SIVARAM
Aliya BATOOL
Ariana RAHIMI
Diana ALEXANDROVA
Fareeha BUSHRA
Gowtham SELVARAJAH
Gurjot RIAT
Holina PIRZAS
Jelane GRAHAM
Kayla JACHECKI
Madavi SOORIYA
Oryana MIKHAEAL
Pamela SHAROV
Sophie KUWABARA
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