Film Festival
Track Chairs
Outline
The 2026 Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) Conference invites innovative films and videographic works that explore, question, and advance understandings of consumer culture through the expressive power of moving images.
The CCT Film Festival Track celebrates creative scholarship that engages with consumer culture through visual and sensory storytelling. Research films and videographies offer a distinctive means of inquiry and communication—translating complex ideas about consumption, identity, and the marketplace into aesthetic, embodied, and affective forms.
We welcome complete, self-standing research films and videographic works that engage with the themes, practices, and sensibilities of consumer culture. We particularly encourage submissions that experiment with narrative, method, and form to reveal new ways of seeing and knowing consumer culture.
Submission Guidelines
​​Each author may submit no more than two videography entries. Submissions are made via Oxford Abstracts and must include a 500-word extended abstract containing a link to the video hosted on Vimeo or YouTube. The deadline for submission is the 15th of January 2026. Decisions on submissions should be out by March 1st.
To ensure a blind review, please remove all author-identifying information from the video file and its credits.
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In addition to the items listed under the conference’s General Guidelines, film submissions should include:
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Title — The title that will appear in the conference program.
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Abstract (50 words maximum) — A concise summary for the conference program, emphasizing the film’s central contribution or provocation.
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Authors — Provide each author’s full name, email address, and institutional affiliation. Indicate the order of authors and specify who will serve as corresponding author and/or presenter.
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Film (20 minutes maximum) — Upload the film to Vimeo or YouTube and provide a password-protected viewing link. Include both the link and password in your submission. To ensure blind review, please remove all author information from the film and its credits.
Extended Abstract (500 words maximum)
A structured extended abstract should situate the film within the broader field of consumer culture research and address the following questions:
1. What contribution to knowledge does the film seek to make?
2. Which body of literature or theoretical conversation does it build on or draw inspiration from?
3. How, when, and why was the film created?
4. What filmmaking and/or methodological approach was used?
5. Who participated in its creation?
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Authors are reminded to ensure proper copyright permissions for all visual and audio materials used. A helpful resource can be found here: https://www.desktop-documentaries.com/copyright-issues.html.
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Film Presentation
Accepted films will be featured in dedicated viewing sessions during the conference. At least one author of each accepted film must attend the session to introduce the work, respond to questions, and participate in the discussion.
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Authors may be asked to revise their films in response to feedback from reviewers and the Film Festival Co-Chairs. A brief statement describing how the comments were addressed (or not) will accompany the final submission.
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By May 15th, 2026, authors of accepted films should submit:
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A short trailer (1–2 minutes) for public viewing on Vimeo (unprotected by password);
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The final version of the film, and
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An updated abstract or brief text commentary, if applicable.
Trailers will be showcased on the conference website alongside abstracts to highlight the diversity and creativity of videographic scholarship within the CCT community. All authors must agree to make their films accessible through the conference website following the event.