Call for Papers for Conference: Aesthetics and Politics of the Gunfight in Films and Series, France

Université de Montpellier Paul‑Valéry and the Institut Universitaire de France will host an international conference on 20 – 21 February 2026 devoted entirely to one of action cinema’s most enduring set pieces: the gunfight.


🎬 Focus of the Conference

Curated by Amandine D’Azevedo, Anissa Medjebeur, and David Roche, this event follows two highly successful Montpellier symposia on fight choreography and action bodies. The 2026 edition turns its lens to gunfights—duels, Mexican standoffs, bullet ballets—across Westerns, crime thrillers, gangster sagas, yakuza eiga, and transnational hybrids.


🧩 Key Research Themes

  • Transnational influences: from Hollywood to Hong Kong, Spaghetti Westerns to Gun Fu
  • Cinematic language: framing, editing rhythms, slow motion, ballistic poetics
  • Soundscapes: gunfire as musical punctuation or concrete noise
  • Gender & symbolism: firearms as phallic icons or equalizers
  • Politics & ideology: from national mythmaking to far‑right discourse
  • Aesthetic regimes: hyper‑stylized vs. gritty realism
  • Digital era innovations: CGI muzzle flashes, 3‑D bullet trajectories, streaming series formats

✍️ Submission Guidelines ✍️


📅 Important Dates

MilestoneDate
Abstract deadline1 July 2025
Notification of acceptanceAutumn 2025
Conference20 – 21 Feb 2026

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