CMCS 2025 Book Launch & Film Screenings
| Hope you had a wonderful end to June! Last month, we celebrated the launch of the groundbreaking anthology Diverging the Popular Gender and Trauma, AKA the Jessica Jones Anthology (University of Calgary Press). The live screenings and chat with editors and authors Mary Grace Lao, Kiera Obbard, Pree Rehal, and Jessica Bay, along with filmmaker Christine Sawka Fraser, are now archived here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFW9Tbw8cQ0  Upcoming Events Join, connect, and introduce yourself during our live screenings and panel talk, coming up on Sunday, July 6, and July 20th. You can read the film summaries and note the screening times (links below).  Login: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0I_3q_Swec Bring questions on the curated works or general inquiries on research, production, and distribution. Our congratulations go to all current CMCS-nominated film directors, including Emile Buylsand, Kate MacAlister, Moritz V:3res, Myah Stokes, and Arwen Saleah Mercado. Many thanks to special guests Aurélie Garon, George Tsouris, and Karen Klami for joining our panels this month.  Login: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpWmIPCF7OYCall for Submissions Kindly note that our final extended deadline for CMCS submissions is July 31. We have received a high number of significant works and look forward to the best presentations at our final event in downtown Toronto from 5 to 8 pm on August 30! This event will also celebrate the 12th anniversary of CMCS which was inaugurated by board members Louis Massey and Anita Krajnc, among many more, in August 2013! This year’s anniversary & festival event will include a fun, vegan potluck, so join us with your best plant-based option!   For selection criteria of submissions, please read our guidelines at https://filmfreeway.com/WallofFameFestival Huge thanks to our venue, Wishbone, at 600 Bay Street, Toronto (Suite 308 for screenings & 305 fo potluck on the 3rd floor). Our venue, Wishbone, is a unique grassroots organization, supporting one of our main social justice causes, i.e., animal rights, alongside human rights and environmental ethics. With a flourishing library resource centre and a media studio for ongoing podcast shows, photography sessions, painting meetups, language classes, and art exhibits and screenings, Wishbone stands out as one of the best non-profit organizations, facilitating education, art, training, and activism for all species. Special acknowledgments go to the owner, Sue Saphr, who is also a great feminist role model for all. More info: https://wishbonearlab.ca/ Production CMCS is now in post-production for its feature film (TBA). While finishing this feature, we are honoured to have our first short film, The Leak, nominated as a Finalist at the World Film Festival among the two selections earlier. That’s all for now!Join our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@cmcs_media for our advanced notification on upcoming panels and live chats, and connect on our Instagram www.instagram.com/cmcs_media for updates and conversations. If you feel this newsletter is inspiring, please share this edition with scholars, artists, students, and friends, exploring scholarship and art practice within and beyond celebrity culture. For media inquiries, you may contact info@cmc-centre.comHave a great start to July, and see you on the 6th and 20th!Best,Samita Nandy Director, Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Member, Feminist Media Studio, Concordia University (Montreal) URL: www.cmc-centre.com | https://feministmediastudio.ca/dr-samita-nandyLaunched in 2013, the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) is an international research and production network that coordinates media commentaries within and beyond celebrity culture. We now proudly sponsor the IMDb-registered Wall of Fame – an international film festival that celebrates and screens unique moving images overlooked in the tabloid politics & economy of fame. Located in Toronto and Lisbon, the festival is based on our conference series and publications, which can be accessed on our website www.cmc-centre.com |
| References: Ethical Fashion and Glamour: Styling and Branding the Persona Becoming Brands: Celebrity, Activism and Politics Building Bridges in Celebrity Studies Celebrity Studies Celebrity & The Media A Companion to Celebrity Persona Studies: An Introduction Personas and Places Fame in Hollywood North Popular Culture & the Intellectual Becoming Media Critics Bridging Gaps: Higher Education, Media and Society CrossBridge Teaching Compassion Media Experts Prof. P. David Marshall Dr Anita Krajnc Dr Louis Massey Dr Samita Nandy Dr. Basuli Deb Dr Jackie Raphael Dr Celia Lam Dr Ian Dixon Dr Jacque L. Foltyn Dr Douglas Machado Dr Mira Moshe Dr Hilary Wheaton Sutikshya Mallick Founder & Director Dr Samita Nandy Advisory Board Dr Anita Krajnc Dr Samita Nandy Dr Jackie Raphael Dr Celia Lam Dr William Huddy Dr Frank Wilson Dr Nicole Bojko Dr Basuli Deb Dr Hilary Wheaton Editorial Board Dr Robert Caine Dr Hilary Wheaton Dr Jarret Ruminski Dr Will Visconti Nidhi Farfagalia Kiera Obbard Georgia Hertz Christine Bode |