User:JeJaSa/sandbox

Filmgeographies is an online platform established by the filmmaker and geographer Jessica Jacobs which screens and reviews films about geography and/or made by geographers. The platform was established in response to the challenges and opportunities that digital video offers social scientists, including geographers, particularly in terms of their commitment to increasing diversity and embedding inclusivity into their practices. The project started in 2016 when Jessica Jacobs organised the first AAG Shorts, now an annual film festival at the Amercican Association of Geographers conference with the help of Jospeh Palis from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. The website was then developed with the help of Milan-based filmmakers Giovnanna Ceno and Matteo Bontempi. Each October Film Geographies invites submissions for short films (up to 20 mins in length) on a range of subjects. The films are then reviewed by the Film Geographies panel and selected films are then included in the film screenings at the AAG Conference the following April. Once they have been screened at the conference, they are then available to view online at filmgeographies.com In 2018, Film Geographiles established the first specialty group at the American Association of Geographers’ devoted to film-making and screening. In 2020, Film Geographies expanded their call for films by collaborating with the Stitching Together Network for a call for films about participatory textile making activities.