EIFAC 2007

The second Edinburgh International Film Audiences Conference took place at the Filmhouse,Edinburgh, March 22 and 23, 2007.

Speakers

Opening Speaker: David Bruce, Chair of Glasgow Film Theatre

Papers

  • Charlotte Hains Lyon: Kill Bill 2: A "Worthy" Film for Meaning-making
  • Vincent Bouchard: The Role of the bonimenteur in the Film Reception in Zair
  • Tomas Axelsson: Movies, Mind and Meaning — Studying Audiences and Favourite Films
  • Brigid Cherry: Gothics and Grand Guignols: the Female Audience and the Gendered Aestetics of Cinematic Horror
  • Adan Avalos: The Naco in Mexican Film: Border cinema and Migrant Audiences
  • Oluyinka Esan: Audience Pleasure and Nollywood Success
  • Melanie Selfe & Marting Barker: Researching 'Risky' Audiences
  • Martin Barker: Researching Audiences Across Countries and Cultures
  • Gail Ashurst: “Made in Summerisle, conceivably: Made in Britain, most definitely!” National Identity and Responses to the US remake of The Wicker Man.
  • Lisa Shaw: Stardom and Memory in Brazil: Remembering the Stars of 1950s’ Brazilian Musicals
  • Maria Antonia Vélez-Serna: The Construction of Popular Taste According to Colombian Film Makers of the 1940s
  • Amy Hardie: Analysis of Cross-European Focus Groups on Cinema Documentary Audiences
  • Emily Munro: Managing ‘The Audience’ (work in progress)

Abstracts

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