The Finalists of the CINAMAA Cinematic Studies Research Papers Call Have Been Announced

In collaboration with our Saudi Arabian partners @Cinamaa_sa, FIPRESCI launched a Call for Papers dedicated to Cinematic Studies. We invited scholars, critics, and researchers to submit proposals exploring diverse aspects of cinema and its critical discourse. As a result, we received 32 high-quality applications from 21 countries.

We would like to sincerely thank all applicants for their ideas and projects. We greatly value the perspectives and research interests reflected in every proposal, and we would be pleased to remain in contact for potential future collaborations and upcoming calls. We warmly encourage to follow FIPRESCI’s activities and to consider submitting new proposals in the future.

The joint FIPRESCI–Cinamaa Committee carefully reviewed all submissions, evaluating the quality and originality of the proposed projects, and selected the following finalists:

Steffen Moestrup (Denmark), Jose Solis (Honduras), Matthew Tan (Malaysia), Yasser Medina (Dominican Republic), Rosa Barotsi (Italy), Francesco Maggiore (Italy), Olivia Popp (Germany), Davide Abbatescianni (Ireland), Paulo Portugal (Portugal), Salome Kikaleishvili (Georgia), Nicola Angerame (Italy), Ernesto Peña Gonzalez (Cuba).

Congratulations to the finalists! Follow @Cinamaa_sa and @fipresci for updates on the progress of the project.

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