Simultaneous French-English interpretation will be available.
June 24
10 am (Regina Time/CST/GMT-6): Rabat 17h/5pm:
Keynote presentation by Dr. Ahmed Boukouss, Recteur, Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, Rabat, Morocco:
“Revitalisation de la langue Amazighe/Revitalization of the Amazigh Language” will be delivered in French LIVE via Zoom.
Introduction by:
University of Regina Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Thomas Chase;
Humanities Research Institute Director, Charity Marsh;
and Symposium co-convener, Sheila Petty
12 noon (Regina Time/CST):
Panel: Festivals as venues for safeguarding and disseminating cultural heritage
Chairs:
- Brahim Benbouazza, Dept. of Film, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina
- Sheila Petty, Dept of Film, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina
Panelists:
- Ben Akoh;
- Driss Azdoud;
- Rachid Bouksim;
- Habiba Boumlik;
- Ana Camila Esteves;
- Hélène Hagan;
- Gérard Le Chêne;
- Lucy McNair
Respondent:
- Aboubakar Sanogo
Themes discussed:
- Role of the film critic;
- Enhancing access to local and transnational living cultural heritage;
- How does a festival create a ‘journey of discovery’ in translating and contextualizing films for specific populations and audiences and creating virtual and on-site dialogues?
June 25
10 am (Regina Time/CST)
Panel: Identity, creativity and diversity in transnational screen media cultural heritage
Chair: Charity Marsh, Director, Humanities Research Institute, University of Regina
Panelists:
- Soubeika (Wafa) Bahri;
- Babatunde Bakare;
- Estrella Sendra Fernandez;
- Mineko Mori;
- Julia Palacios;
- Janine Windolph
Themes discussed:
- Curatorship and archiving practices;
- Documentary versus fiction;
- Activist screen media;
- Human rights; gender roles;
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives;
- Prospects for genre development in transnational co-productions.
12 noon (Regina Time/CST)
Panel: Prospects for teaching transnational screen media
Chair: Jerôme Melançon, La cité universitaire francophone, University of Regina
Panelists:
- Taiwo Afolabi;
- Chigbo Anyaduba
- Yahya Laayouni;
- Stephen Okpadah
- Tunde Onikoyi
- Sheila Petty
Themes discussed:
- Modes of storytelling in transnational screen media;
- Tangible and intangible manifestations of living cultural heritage in transnational literary and cinematic contexts;
- Language acquisition and revitalization in transnational screen media; performance diplomacy and cultural diplomacy
June 26
10 am (Regina Time/CST)
Filmmakers/Producers Panel
Chair: Valerie Creighton (President and CEO, Canada Media Fund)
Themes discussed:
- Transnational co-productions; Indigenous languages and cultures in transnational screen media production
Panelists:
- Ahmed Baidou
- Melissa Elizondo;
- Hélène Hagan;
- Mineko Mori;
- Cecilia Giron Perez;
- Raul O. Paz Pastrana;
- Janine Windolph;
- Nadia Zouaoui