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What becomes of film once it leaves the cinema? How do moving images work in settings beyond the classical dispositive of the public screening – in the home, the scientific laboratory, the classroom or in public spaces? And how does technological change – particularly the emergence of digital photography and the proliferation of network communication – affect the shape and uses of moving images?

Based on a conception of moving image culture that exceeds and challenges the established methodological frameworks of cinema studies, this Graduate Research Training Program examines a wide variety of configurations of film including, and beyond, the classical cinema space. Twelve doctoral students and two postdoctoral fellows per cohort will study these different aspects of moving image culture with the input and under the supervision of fifteen established researchers in an interdisciplinary setting, addressing topics in film and media studies, philosophy, musicology and literature.
Kolleg event
29.06.2025 • 6/29/25 11:30
DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt am Main
A conversation with Dai Junha
Renowned Chinese feminist cultural critic Dai Junha will present Jia Zhangke's 2013 film “A Touch of Sin” in conversation with Zhiyi Yang, professor of sinophone literatures in Frankfurt, and Vinzenz Hediger, director of the Graduiertenkolleg “Configurations of Film”.
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“The Documentary Audit: Listening and the Limits of Accountability” von Pooja Rangan
The new book by our Mercator Fellow Pooja Rangan "The Documentary Audit: Listening and the Limits of Accountability" will be published in July 2025.
Kolleg event
14.07.2025 • 7/14/25 18:00 – 7/14/25 20:00
IG 7.214
Pooja Rangan: ACCESS DENIED: DOCUMENTARY’S CARCERAL APORIA. Mercator Lecture
Mercator Fellow Pooja Rangan will give a talk titled "ACCESS DENIED: DOCUMENTARY’S CARCERAL APORIA" on July 14th, 6pm.
Kolleg event
08.05.2025 – 24.07.2025
Black Atlantic Cinema
Kolleg event
08.04.2025 • 4/8/25 11:00 – 4/8/25 18:00
IG-Farben-Haus | Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Julie Dash: “Reimagining Black Cinema”
Julie Dash will join us in Frankfurt for the series "Reimagining Black Cinema" on April 8th, 2025.
Kolleg event
25.11.2024 • 11/25/24 18:00 – 11/25/24 20:00
Media Room 7.214 IG-Farben Building
„Collective Voicing and the Labor of Localization in Cinema and Media History“ by Kaveh Askari
Mercator Fellow Kaveh Askari will give a lecture on the topic "Collective Voicing and the Labor of Localization in Cinema and Media History" on November 25th, 18:00.
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Moving Image Memes (working title)
The editors of "Moving Image Memes" (working title) call for papers. Please send your contributions by June 15, 2025.
Kolleg event
08.07.2024 • 7/8/24 18:00 – 7/8/24 20:00
Media Room 7.214 IG-Farben Building
Masha Salazkina: From Socialist Screens to Global Pop: Unearthing Alternative Narratives
Mercator Fellow Masha Salazkina will give a lecture on the topic "From Socialist Screens to Global Pop: Unearthing Alternative Narratives" on July 8th, 18:00.
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New publication in open access: “Tacit Cinematic Knowledges”
Out now in open access from meson press: Based on a conference organized by the first cohort of PhD candidates in the Research Training Program “Konfigurationen des Films”, this publication introduces the concept of tacit cinematic knowledge to designate a broad variety of epistemic environments in which knowledge is configured in and through cinematic practices, and in the interaction with moving images.
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“World Socialist Cinema Alliances, Affinities, and Solidarities in the Global Cold War“ by Masha Salazkina
Mercator Fellow Masha Salazkina’s book “World Socialist Cinema Alliances, Affinities, and Solidarities in the Global Cold War“ named “Best Scholarly Book of 2023” by the Chronicle of Higher Education.