Cristina Formenti
@drcriformenti.bsky.social
Lecturer & Researcher in Film Studies @University of Groningen. President of the Society for Animation Studies. Author of The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution (Bloomsbury 2022) and Il mockumentary (Mimesis 2013)
Pinned
Honored to have my essay “The environmental footprint of animated realism: An ecomaterialist exploration of contemporary digital animated documentaries” (@necsusjournal.bsky.social 13:1, 2024) awarded as runner-up by @baftss.bsky.social in the Best journal article/chapter category.
Recently too often I have seen academia just giving in to students using AI for their assignments. And yet, this piece is proof that if you devote time to reason it in class and to come up with AI proof assignments, students can even be thankful for an AI ban: ukrant.nl/sprinkling-a...
Sprinkling a little salt to keep the fAIry away
The clock is approaching 4 a.m. The smell of despair and coffee fills the room. It’s the spooky deadline season. Struggling to stay awake, who wouldn’t wish for a little fairy to appear from shiny dus...
ukrant.nl
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Recently too often I have seen academia just giving in to students using AI for their assignments. And yet, this piece is proof that if you devote time to reason it in class and to come up with AI proof assignments, students can even be thankful for an AI ban: ukrant.nl/sprinkling-a...
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The Research Colloquium in Film and Audiovisual Media is back!
Check out the schedule for the upcoming semester. We have an exciting lineup of international speakers who will be sharing their latest research.
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @rug.nl
Check out the schedule for the upcoming semester. We have an exciting lineup of international speakers who will be sharing their latest research.
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @rug.nl
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Research Colloquium in Film and Audiovisual Media is back!
Check out the schedule for the upcoming semester. We have an exciting lineup of international speakers who will be sharing their latest research.
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @rug.nl
Check out the schedule for the upcoming semester. We have an exciting lineup of international speakers who will be sharing their latest research.
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @rug.nl
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We can't believe it's been a week since the end of #SAS36! It was such a great event. We also can't stop thinking about the animation @joanna-quinn.bsky.social made during her keynote. Here is a version she created just for us! Thanks, Joanna!
July 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We can't believe it's been a week since the end of #SAS36! It was such a great event. We also can't stop thinking about the animation @joanna-quinn.bsky.social made during her keynote. Here is a version she created just for us! Thanks, Joanna!
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Extremely informative panel on environmental sustainability in animation at #SAS36! @drcriformenti.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Extremely informative panel on environmental sustainability in animation at #SAS36! @drcriformenti.bsky.social
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Our film students (@unigroningen.bsky.social / @facultyofartsug.bsky.social) run 2 film clubs, outdoing themselves in their competition. After conducting exclusive interviews w/ Peter Greenaway, Julie Delpy & Thomas Vinterberg, the other guys came up with this: www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
Goed bezig!
Goed bezig!
An Afternoon with Actor Guy Pearce: Conversation and Q&A
Join us on April 25th from 14:00 to 17:30 at the Marie Loke Zaal for a special event with acclaimed actor Guy Pearce who will join us for an in-person...
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April 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Our film students (@unigroningen.bsky.social / @facultyofartsug.bsky.social) run 2 film clubs, outdoing themselves in their competition. After conducting exclusive interviews w/ Peter Greenaway, Julie Delpy & Thomas Vinterberg, the other guys came up with this: www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
Goed bezig!
Goed bezig!
Honored to have my essay “The environmental footprint of animated realism: An ecomaterialist exploration of contemporary digital animated documentaries” (@necsusjournal.bsky.social 13:1, 2024) awarded as runner-up by @baftss.bsky.social in the Best journal article/chapter category.
April 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Honored to have my essay “The environmental footprint of animated realism: An ecomaterialist exploration of contemporary digital animated documentaries” (@necsusjournal.bsky.social 13:1, 2024) awarded as runner-up by @baftss.bsky.social in the Best journal article/chapter category.
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🎉 Congrats to prof dr Annie van den Oever and dr Cristina Formenti for winning the runner-up place for best edited volume and best article (respectively) at this year's British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies Conference! 👇 @unigroningen.bsky.social
www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...
www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...
Winners: Publication Awards 2025
[The shortlists can be found here .]
www.baftss.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🎉 Congrats to prof dr Annie van den Oever and dr Cristina Formenti for winning the runner-up place for best edited volume and best article (respectively) at this year's British Association of Film, Television, and Screen Studies Conference! 👇 @unigroningen.bsky.social
www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...
www.baftss.org/winners-pub-...
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Come to Groningen to learn about THE POLITICS OF FILM in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
March 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Come to Groningen to learn about THE POLITICS OF FILM in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
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Come to Groningen to learn about SCREEN ACTING in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Come to Groningen to learn about SCREEN ACTING in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
End of a loong week!
March 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
End of a loong week!
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Come to Groningen to learn about CONTEMPORARY COMPLEX CINEMA in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
February 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Come to Groningen to learn about CONTEMPORARY COMPLEX CINEMA in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
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Come to Groningen to learn about CONTEMPORARY FILM AESTHETICS in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Come to Groningen to learn about CONTEMPORARY FILM AESTHETICS in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
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Come to Groningen to learn about ANIMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Come to Groningen to learn about ANIMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE in our film and contemporary audiovisual media one-year MA track!
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Come to Groningen to study film and contemporary audiovisual media in our one-year MA track!
www.rug.nl/masters/film...
www.rug.nl/masters/film...
February 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Come to Groningen to study film and contemporary audiovisual media in our one-year MA track!
www.rug.nl/masters/film...
www.rug.nl/masters/film...
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February 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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A reminder that the deadline for submitting paper/screening proposals for the 36th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference is 11:59pm GMT on Friday, January 10. CFP information here: sas2025.cargo.site/call-for-pap...
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A reminder that the deadline for submitting paper/screening proposals for the 36th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference is 11:59pm GMT on Friday, January 10. CFP information here: sas2025.cargo.site/call-for-pap...
Out now… and in open access!
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 2, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Out now… and in open access!
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
It can be read and download here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Being the international keynote speaker at a conference taking place in your own country? Done!
November 29, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Being the international keynote speaker at a conference taking place in your own country? Done!
Happening next week!
November 22, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Happening next week!