Edinburgh International Film Audiences Conference

EIFAC is a bi-annual conference concerned with film audience research. It aims to provide a space where film audience researchers and others can come together to present completed work and discuss on-going as well as future work.

The 3rd conference is on March 26-27, 2009, at the Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. A pass for both days costs £160 (£85 for students) and a pass for one day costs £85.

Programme

The final programme is available. We are proud to confirm the following speakers:

Opening speaker: Ian Christie, from the School of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck, University of London.
Plenary speakers:
- Professor Martin Barker, Professor of Film and Television Studies,
  Aberystwyth University, co-editor of Particip@tions.
- Dr. Emily Munro, Head of Learning, Glasgow Film Theatre.
- Robin McPherson, Screen Academy, Napier University.
Closing speaker: Dr Sean Perkins, Research Executive at the UK Film Council.

"It was wonderful to see the range of national and international contexts in which suchresearch is being carried out. It reconfirmed my conviction that audience research is one area in which we can build closer ties with the film industry and film exhibitors in particular."