The Future Is Now

Science Fiction Cinema as Audio-visual Blueprint of Histories, Spaces and Sound

The 20th International Bremen Film Conference will take place May 6-10, 2015. The conference is held annually under the cooperation of the University of Bremen | Department 9 and the Community Cinema Bremen | CITY 46 in association with further cooperators.

Under the heading "The Future Is Now: Science Fiction Cinema as Audio-visual Blueprint of Histories, Spaces and Sound," the conference invites film scholars, historicians as well as film makers and cineasts to eye the diverse facets of the film genre.

Hosts:
Delia González de Reufels | Geschichte Lateinamerikas - FB8 || Winfried Pauleit | Filmwissenschaft - FB9 || CITY 46 | Kommunalkino Bremen e.V.

Keynotes:
Vivian Sobchack | University of California, Los Angeles || Karin Harrasser | Kunstuniversität Linz || Simon Spiegel | Universität Zürich || Sherryl Vint | University of California, Riverside

Panelists:
Marc Bonner | Universität zu Köln || Matthias Grotkopp | Freie Universität Berlin || Tobias Haupts | Freie Universität Berlin || Adam Nadolny | Poznan University of Technology || Christian Pischel | Freie Universität Berlin || Ivo Ritzer | Universität Bayreuth || Lars Schmeink | Universität Hamburg/ HafenCity Universität || Werner Suppanz | Universität Graz || Brian Willems | University of Split || Anke Woschech | Technische Universität Dresden || Rüdiger Zill | Einstein Forum, Potsdam