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The Oxford Brookes Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network

 
Newsletter

 

Welcome to the second edition of the Creative Industries Research and Innovation (CIRIN) newsletter! Our Network brings together researchers, professionals, and local communities to share their expertise on this diverse sector. The network builds on the well established research history in various aspects of the Creative Industries, especially through the intersections of different disciplinary perspectives. As a cross-disciplinary and collaborative Network, we explore critical issues and key themes around both local and global dimensions of the Creative Industries.

We will be officially launching the Network at the forthcoming Festival of the Creative Industries in May, but we have other news and events planned for the next few months!

FESTIVAL OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES - May 2021
 
We are currently finalising the programme for the Festival of the Creative Industries. We have just received confirmation, though, that Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Chancellor, is going to join us to discuss the future of the Creative Industries in a Q&A on Friday 7th of May at 11am GMT.
The following events are an example of how the Network can promote activities from across different disciplinary sectors. More events will come and if you have any potential content for the newsletter please feel encouraged to contact creativeindustries@brookes.ac.uk
CREATIVE COMMUNITIES EVENT
15-20 March 2021

This event aims to bring together representatives from different communities across the city of Oxford in order to discuss their creative priorities and find ways to engage them in the planning of a Creative City with the collaboration between Oxford City Council (OCC), Oxford Brookes University, and any other relevant organizations. During this event, the Brookes Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network (CIRIN) chair and leads will discuss with the OCC representative and community representatives the needs and priorities for a creative city:

What is the role of creativity in your community?
What types of creative activity do you/your communities have access to/or take part in?
What are the barriers for taking part in creative events/activities?
What do you see as the benefits of being involved in creative activity?
What ideas do you have for tackling some of these barriers?

The results and action points of this key meeting will be fed into the Creative City workshop, where representatives from different organizations (Brookes, OCC, OXLep, etc.) will discuss ideas on the development of the Creative Hub and the involvement of staff, students, businesses, local communities and the general public.

For further information please contact creativeindustries@brookes.ac.uk
CREATIVE CITY: BRAINSTORMING EVENT
12-17 April 2021

This event aims to bring together representatives from different organizations (Oxford Brookes University Creative Industries Research and Innovation Network, Oxford City Council, Economic Growth Board, Economic Strategy Team, OXLep, etc.) to discuss ideas of developing a creative city that is accessible for all part of our communities in the city of Oxford and the involvement of staff, students, businesses, local communities and the general public. Topics of discussion will include: social and creative enterprise, strategic relations with the universities and their students, creation of labs for projects’ development, involvement of creative energy from marginalised areas of the city, inclusive economy, etc.

For further information please contact creativeindustries@brookes.ac.uk
Film Industries Virtual Masterclass Series
An Exploration in a Foreign Language Film Distribution Model which Combines Profit and Non-Profit Efforts during COVID-19
Dr. Hiu Man Chan
9th March 2021 at 17 - 18.30 GMT
 
Please register here in order to join.
This masterclass will use a recent online film festival, Chinese Cinema Season, as a case study, to explore opportunities, issues and challenges in digital film distribution during COVID-19, in particular, when it comes to foreign language films in the UK and Europe. What is the reaction from sales agent when it comes to licensing rights? What are the most common issues with existing platforms? What type of challenges and new opportunities can be found in the new approaches to programming? How can non-profit efforts intervene into film distribution and exhibition for a cross-cultural programme and what are the potential funding opportunities? This masterclass will also imagine the future of audience engagement with foreign language films.

Dr Hiu Man Chan is Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries at De Montfort University. Her research and consultancy specialise in film relations between the UK, EU and China. She is founder and director of UK-China Film Collab, the most active not-for-profit organisation with this particular advocacy. She is a hybrid type of academic with 15 years’ experience in the film industry and an alumna of Oxford Brookes University.She currently works as an Independent Consultant and a Development Executive at Rocliffe, (an independent UK production company) and aspires to introduce sustainable filmmaking policies and strategies to Central and Eastern Europe, starting with her country of origin – Hungary. Zsofia will be sharing her experiences of navigating the film industry and inspiring change during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Film Industries Virtual Masterclass Series
Feature Documentary Distribution - New Hybrid Models for Release
Daniel Green (Dogwoof)
10th March 2021 at 17 - 18.30 GMT

Please register here in order to join.
Daniel Green is Head of Home Entertainment at Dogwoof, one of the world’s leading documentary sales agents and distributors. He oversees the digital release of all of Dogwoof’s titles both in the UK and internationally, as well as the company's direct-to-consumer platform Dogwoof On Demand. In this session Daniel will address new models for the release of feature documentary films in the contemporary distribution context.
Film Industries Virtual Masterclass Series
Exploring and Photographing Old Movie Theatres in Southeast Asia
Philip Jablon (Southeast Asia Movie Theatre Project)
11th March 2021 at 17 - 18.30 GMT

Please register here in order to join.
In contemporary Thailand, going to the movies involves a trip to one of the hundreds of shopping malls throughout the country, where movie-goers purchase tickets to a multiplex theatre operated by one of two national theatre chains. But for almost the entirety of the 20th century, Thailand’s movie theatre geography consisted of single screen, stand-alone movie theatres located in nearly every urban centre throughout the country. Photographer and author of the recently published book Thailand’s Movie Theatres: Relics, Ruins and the Romance of Escape will be presenting images from his photographic archive of these important leisure time venues. This pictorial tour will explore Thailand’s grand old movie theatres, past and present, and their unique architectural languages. Highlights will include some exciting developments in the field of movie theatre conservation in Thailand, as well as comparisons with developments in neighbouring Myanmar.
 
Philip Jablon has been documenting stand-alone movie theatres in Southeast Asia since 2009. He has written extensively about these buildings, their historical role in society and the need to preserve them. His articles and essays on the subject have appeared in The Bangkok Post, Frontier Myanmar, The Nation (Thailand), GQ (Thailand), The Asia Sentinel, as well as other publications. In 2019 his first book, Thailand’s Movie Theatres: Relics, Ruins and the Romance of Escape, was published. Support for his work has been provided by grants from the Jim Thompson Foundation and The Thai Film Archive, and corporate sponsorship from Mingalar Cinemas. When not living and breathing stand-alone movie theatres in Southeast Asia he spends his time in his native Philadelphia, Pennsylvania trying to figure out which old chain stores used to be movie theatres.
Film Industries Virtual Masterclass Series
Creating individual “dream” jobs in the new media reality
Nikolaj Nikitin (SOFA - School of Film Advancement)
16th March 2021 at 17 - 18.30 GMT

Please register here in order to join.
SOFA - The School of Film Advancement was established in 2013. Initially designed as a residential workshop in the former Europe’s Cultural Capital Wroclaw, it grew very fast from a yearly single training event into a one-year cycle programme with three residential workshops in Warsaw (Poland), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Vilnius (Lithuania), additionally accompanied by e-learning throughout the whole year. The special quality of the program is its unique target group: SOFA trains professionals with previous experience in cultural management and the audiovisual field. SOFA does not aim to advance film directors or producers but supports and empowers culture promoters, mediators and catalysts with unique film/cinema/audiovisual project ideas (we are currently planning to open up for the game sector) for the local and international audience. Envisioned as pan-European think tank for the future of cinema and media, the initiative enriches the sector and integrates newcomers – in all possible creative and diverse shapes. Our alumni create their own and additional workplaces in the new media reality. SOFA helps its participants to make their innovative “dream project” and their “vision” come true and, at the same time, it helps to strengthen the European and international film/audiovisual culture, as a movement of European solidarity within the film industry at large.

In this masterclass, SOFA Founder, Head of Studies and former Berlin International Film Festival delegate Nikolaj Nikitin will elaborate on how SOFA supports visions of new players in the cinema and audiovisual field come to life in a post-COVID reality. Presenting recent best-case examples and success stories of alumni, as well as his rich personal experience in the field, Nikitin will outline the long-lasting perspective and sustainability of SOFA, which might inspire you to create your perfectly fitting place in the new media reality.
Film Industries Virtual Masterclass Series
The Digital Transition: The Present and Future of Promotion and Online Markets
Sarah Calderón (The Film Agency)
29th April 2021 at 11 BST (British Summer Time)

Please register here in order to join.
Sarah Calderón, main strategist, founder and director of the The Film Agency, shares their unique perspective of the digital transition which the global film industry is currently facing. Sarah has a background in advertising and multicultural communication and almost twenty years of experience in the audio-visual sector, where she has held different positions, including in production, sales and distribution in Bogotá, Paris and Madrid. At the Film Agency she now provides marketing solutions for producers, sales agents, distributors and exhibitors across the world. Sarah's presentation reflects on the specific experiences and most current case studies of working with online markets, new release patterns and promotional activities, shaping the present and the near future.
Bored of Netflix? Get 25% off YourScreen titles
 
A recent Film Industries: Conversations, Collaboration and Crisis Management speaker, Chris Baker of YourScreen, has decided to extend a special offer to all interested Brookes colleagues and friends.
 
YourScreen − a British-based platform − partners with independent and community cinemas to stream new and acclaimed films from around the world, which have had no formal distribution in the UK. It aims to counter the negative influence of the pandemic in relating to non-mainstream film viewer communities. Curated special seasons can also be accessed by individual users.
 
You can use the discount code BROOKES25 for a 25% discount on any of the titles listed on https://watch.yourscreen.net/. Just click on the image of the film you are interested in watching - you'll be taken to the film's dedicated page. Click on 'Watch £9.99', create an account (if it’s your first time logging in) and, when you get to the check-out portal, tick the 'I have a promo code' box and enter your code BROOKES25 in the pane that appears. Once you've rented your film you can either watch immediately, or postpone your watch - in which case the film will be placed in your 'Library'. It will remain available here for you to watch for 28 days, but once you have started your watch you will have 48 hours within which to complete watching, or indeed to watch the film several times. The code is unlimited and can be used repeatedly. It can also be shared with interested friends. Please note that at the moment the content of the platform is geo-blocked to the UK only.
 
Happy watching!
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