The Role of Film Festivals in Promoting Social Justice: Authorship, Disruption, and Innovation at the CineMigrante Film Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Lidia Peralta García; Lhoussain Simour

doi:10.21814/rlec.5709

Authors

Lidia Peralta García Departamento de Información y Comunicación, Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Espanha https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-0108
Lhoussain Simour Innovation and Digital Entrepreneurship Department, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Université Hassan II de Casablanca, Casablanca, Marrocos https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-5718

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.5709

Keywords:

migration film festivals, cinema, migrations, social justice, disruption

Abstract

This paper revolves around Migration Film Festivals as a rich and interdisciplinary fertile subject of inquiry and analysis at an international scale. Its primary aim is to conduct an in-depth analysis of CineMigrante, Festival de Cine y Formación en Derechos Humanos (CineMigrante, Film Festival and Training in Human Rights), held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) since 2010. It serves as an invaluable case study for the understanding of the significance of film festivals in advancing social justice, cultivating community involvement, and championing migrant rights. Its pioneering methods and influence render it a crucial blueprint for analogous endeavors globally. The theoretical framework focuses on the concept of authorship to highlight how social innovation has a lot to do with the creativity and disruptive capacity of a film festival. A comprehensive mix of quantitative and qualitative methodologies is employed, encompassing formal content analysis of the festival catalog and detailed examination of the structural, visual, and para-visual elements present on the festival’s website, media platforms, and textual materials. The study variables under consideration include curation criteria, programming activities, interactions with the media and local community organizations, corporate image, and communication strategies. Results show that CineMigrante’s social success is based on its disruptive and innovative dynamics to reach audiences, challenge narratives, and act as a catalyst for social transformation.

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Author Biographies

Lidia Peralta García, Departamento de Información y Comunicación, Facultad de Comunicación y Documentación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Espanha

Lidia Peralta é professora associada na Faculdade de Comunicação e Documentação da Universidade de Granada, onde leciona comunicação audiovisual. Esteve anteriormente ligada à Universidade Autónoma de Barcelona e à Universidade de Castilha-La Mancha. A sua tese de doutoramento debruçou-se sobre a representação das migrações subsarianas no cinema espanhol (2000–2011). As suas principais publicações centram-se na semiótica do cinema, com especial destaque para os estudos sobre migração e género.

Lhoussain Simour, Innovation and Digital Entrepreneurship Department, Ecole Supérieure de Technologie, Université Hassan II de Casablanca, Casablanca, Marrocos

Lhoussain Simour é professor associado de Inglês e Estudos Culturais na Universidade Hassan II de Casablanca (Marrocos). É também investigador associado sénior na Universidade de Gibraltar (Reino Unido). Os seus interesses de investigação abrangem diversos tópicos no âmbito dos estudos culturais, incluindo a análise do discurso colonial, a literatura marroquina pós-colonial, o cinema marroquino, os festivais culturais, a literatura de viagens, os estudos da performance, a música e cultura populares e os estudos dos média.

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