ACF206 - Contemporary Topics in Screen Cultures
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Sian Mitchell |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALC216, AMC236 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Film festivals are of increasing importance to filmmakers, industry professionals, audiences, and scholars alike. Emerging over 70-years ago to drive the global distribution of film, festivals now play a pivotal role in our understanding of local and international screen culture. Festivals also inform our appreciation of the creative industries economy. This unit offers a critical introduction to film festivals today. It explores major international festivals (such as the Berlinale, Cannes, Venice, and the Sundance Film Festival) and also addresses smaller and alternative festival circuits such as identity-based, genre, web, and retrospective film festivals in Australia and across the world. Topics we will explore include: different types of film festivals, festival hierarchies and circuits and the global festival landscape, festival programming and organisation, issues of film production, distribution and exhibition, the relationship between festivals, economies and cities, festivals and cultural capital, and the future of festivals.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain the historical and contemporary contexts and functions of local and international film festivals | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Evaluate the topics and issues established in film festival studies and the study of screen culture | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Develop and plan a film festival program including themes, sections, logistics, and audience identification | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual or Group) Film/Web-festival presentation | 1200 words or equivalent (5-minutes for an individual, 10-minutes for a group) | 30% | Ongoing |
| Assessment 2: Program review | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Plan a short film festival program | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ACF206 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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