The Future of Survival

Abstract

For the last 120 years, cinema has held a dominant position as a creative and entertainment medium, a cultural institution, and an audiovisual language for understanding ourselves and our world. How will cinema’s significance evolve in the years to come? How does cinema imagine its own survival, especially in response to the environmental and societal crises that pose threats to the survival of humanity and the planet? The Future of Cinema Conference Series is a yearly conference held during the Locarno Film Festival, combining academic workshops with artistic presentations and public conversations. The Future of Survival brings together key contributions and audiovisual essays by some of the most renowned thinkers, artists and researchers in the fields of critical film and media studies.