Film at the Crossroads of Media and Art
A special issue of Arts (ISSN 2076-0752). This special issue belongs to the section "Film and New Media".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2027 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: film and media art; interactive film; cinematic installation; transmedia storytelling; art and technology
Interests: videoart; digital media arts; experimental film & animation; audiovisual installation
2. Centro de Investigação e Estudos em Belas-Artes (CIEBA), 1249-058 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: film and media art; film aesthetics; intermediality; creative processes; contemporary film theory
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, titled "Film at the Crossroads of Media and Art," seeks to interrogate the evolving position of film within the contemporary media and artistic landscape. As cinematic practices increasingly intersect with, and are reshaped by, digital technologies, installation art, virtual reality, gaming, and networked platforms, traditional boundaries between the filmic, the artistic, and the medial are being dissolved and renegotiated. This issue aims to chart these transformations, exploring film not just as a distinct medium, but as a permeable and adaptive art.
The primary focus is on the theoretical, aesthetic, and practical intersections where film meets other art forms and media. This includes, but is not limited to interactive film, expanded cinema, video art, cinematic installations, transmedia storytelling, AI video, the impact of digital creation and dissemination on film aesthetics, and film's dialogue with performance, painting, or sculpture.
We welcome contributions that examine historical and contemporary case studies, offer new theoretical frameworks, or analyze emerging practices. The scope encompasses artistic creation, curation, preservation challenges, and audience reception in this hybrid context.
We aim to foster a deeper understanding of how film's ontology is changing and how it continues to influence and be influenced by broader artistic and media ecologies, thereby supplementing existing literature that often treats these fields in isolation.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 200–400 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors or to the Arts editorial office (arts@mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the special issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.
Dr. Bruno Mendes da Silva
Dr. Alexandre Martins
Dr. Hugo Martins
Dr. Pedro Pais Correia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- film and media art
- interactive film
- expanded cinema
- post-cinema
- intermediality
- digital film aesthetics
- cinematic installation
- transmedia storytelling
- art and technology
- hybrid moving image
- contemporary film theory
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