The second Scottish International Film Education conference takes place today at Glasgow, University, and building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, the conference will feature filmmakers, classroom teachers, policy makers, academics and audience members discussing the future of film education, both in Scotland and further afield.
The conference is in partnership with Screen Scotland, the British Film Institute, Edinburgh College of Art, Africa in Motion and University College London, and details can be found on the Evenbrite website.
Jamie Chambers is founder of the conference and the Film Education Journal – the world’s first peer-review publication dedicated to exploring the many, developing questions of film education.
He describes the conference as an international interdisciplinary conversation that “looks to the expertise of countries such as Africa, where there are some really innovative, dynamic traditions of film education.”
He added: “And also to Europe – where there are many, deeply-rooted traditions of film education that we can learn so much from. Alongside the global, however, needs to be a strong commitment to and engagement with the local, as celebrated in our afternoon event with Glasgow teachers.
“We have filmmakers speaking such as the amazing African filmmakers Eric Kabera and Imruh Bakari as well as celebrated Scottish BAFTA-winning documentary-maker Emma Davie, and Gideon Koppell, the director of ‘Sleep Furiously’, and those involved with film festivals such as Firdoze Bulbulia, the director of the Zanzibar International Film Festival, and Dr Lizelle Bischoff who founded Africa in Motion.”
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here