Ger Zielinski, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

film festival studies digital film festivals online platforms festival programming emergent digital film genres discursive analysis ethnography of film festivals political economy of film festivals

Latest funding

Buffering Online and Off: On Streaming Platforms, Creators, and the Turn to Embodied Festivality
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$58,666

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Buffering Online and Off: On Streaming Platforms, Creators, and the Turn to Embodied Festivality

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zielinski, Ger

Keywords: film festival studies; digital film festivals; online platforms; festival programming; emergent digital film genres; discursive analysis; ethnography of film festivals; political economy of film festivals

$58,666

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: film festival studies Dear Professor Zielinski, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on film festival studies connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Buffering Online and Off: On Streaming Platforms, Creators, and the Turn to Embodied Festivality" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]