The dissemination of collaborative cinema: Methods and multidirectional benefits of the dissemination of participation cinemas

Abstract

Collaborative cinema practices tend to give almost absolute importance to the creation process, leaving aside the diffusion of the work. The benefits that collaborative film projects can produce are different, some of the most studied have been social empowerment or applications in education. But focusing research on these could leave out others of equal value, such as dissemination. Starting from the idea of collaborative cinema as those audiovisual practices that aim to provide a creative space, as well as its tools, to groups of people who had not used cinema or audiovisuals as a form of representation, working from a horizontal perspective of power. In this work, we propose to initiate an approach to the modes of diffusion in collaborative cinema as well as the benefits it can have. Among the collaborative film dissemination methods traditionally and currently used, we find the use of social networks, the internet, television, some film festivals, or small local screenings. The dissemination of collaborative cinema films once they are finished can be useful for the participants, who can receive feedback on their work, but can also influence other people or groups in situations similar to those of the creators, feeling identified or even encouraged to undertake similar projects. The theoretical research of collaborative cinema could be an adequate support to develop diffusion techniques or to share some that are currently being used by different groups of partition cinema.