Dial S for Screen Studies is the annual screen studies conference organised by the Sydney Screen Studies Network.

In 2019, we invited presenters to speak to one of two streams: Current Approaches to Screen Theory and Futures of Screen-based Creative Practice.

Across two days, experts in screen theory and screen practice from across Australia will present on a number of topics, including:

• Cinemas of national past
• The gaze
• Exhibition and festivals
• Genre and cinema: neon-noir, sci-fi and the western
• Auteurs
• Narratives of heroes and villains
• Female filmmaking and transnational cinemas
• Performance and celebrity, and
• Two panels on the futures of screen-based creative practice

In addition to these highly engaging panels, there will a number of workshops on:

• Animation and history
• Screenwriting
• Cognitive media theory, and
• Futurity: theories of screen's future, the future of screen theory and practice

We are also very fortunate to have Professor Sue Turnbull from the University of Wollongong presenting a keynote on:

‘This is Your Worst Nightmare’: Reimagining Screen Entertainment and the Practice of Audiencing

With so much on offer Dial S for Screen Studies is a must for anyone who has an interest in screen practice and research.

SSSN is supported by the School of Arts & Media, UNSW.