About the Conference:

The Centre for Communication, Politics and Culture (CPC), is delighted to announce that the International Conference on Indian cinema will take place on 1st and 2nd December 2016 at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. The main theme of the conference and the film festival is ‘Indian Stories-Australian Screens’. Bordering on this rather wider domain, multifarious allied areas we hope to include, involving a wide range of film and media scholarship.

The two-day Conference will have 14 Presenters and 25 panelists from across the world!

Prominent Speakers:

Prof. Richard Allen (City University of Hong Kong)

Prof. Ambrish Saxena (Zee Lean, New Delhi, India)

Ritesh Shah (Screenwriter, Pink)

Vipin Sharma (actor)

Anupam Sharma (filmmaker)

and many more!

Selected papers and panels on - reception of Bollywood, crossover Films, Alternative Indian Cinema, Indian-Australian Films & Diaspora, Funding & Distribution, Indian Politics, Society, Culture…

DAY 1

1ST DECEMBER 2016: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION TICKETS FOR THE CONFERENCE (9:00AM-5PM)

FREE ENTRY

SESSION DETAILS:

9:00AM INAUGURATION

10:00AM KEYNOTE

10:40AM-1:00PM – PAPER PRESENTATIONS

1:00 – 2:00PM – LUNCH (FOR THE CONFERENCE PRESENTERS)

2:00-5:00PM – PANEL PRESENTATIONS & PLENARY TALKS

DAY 2

2ND DECEMBER, 2016: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION TICKETS FOR THE CONFERENCE (10:00AM-4:30PM)

FREE ENTRY

SESSION DETAILS:

10:00AM KEYNOTE

10:40AM-1:00PM – PAPER PRESENTATIONS

1:00 – 2:00PM – LUNCH (FOR THE CONFERENCE PRESENTERS)

2:00-5:00PM – PANEL PRESENTATIONS & PLENARY TALKS