Call for Proposals // 2027 Screening Scholarship Media Festival (SSMF): MODES

SSMF is a hybrid academic conference and film/media festival organized by the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Experimental Ethnography (CEE) and the Center for the Advancing Multimodal Research Arts (CAMRA), with a focus on multimodal scholarship. It is a unique space for creative, nontraditional, and experimental academic work alongside performances, workshops, and multimedia presentations.

This year's theme is MODES, returning us to the central question that animates the festival: What does it mean to produce knowledge multimodally? 

In this year's call, we invite proposals exploring the expansive possibilities of multimodal knowledge-making. Across story, sound, image, performance, movement, media, and creative practice, we seek work that examines the diverse modes through which knowledge is created, shared, experienced, and transformed beyond traditional academic texts. We accept submissions in a variety of formats including: AUDIO/ VISUAL ART/ RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS/ POETRY/ FILM & VIDEO/ WORKSHOPS/ PERFORMANCE/ INTERACTIVE MEDIA.  

SSMF offers a wonderful opportunity to share work, connect with others engaging in multimodal research arts, and be part of a vibrant creative-academic community.

To submit your proposal, visit this link: https://tinyurl.com/2wds4uyb 

Submission deadline: December 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST.

Festival dates: April 2–3, 2027