Jiří Anger
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow @ Queen Mary University of London
Media theory ~ archival studies ~ videographic criticism
Author of Towards a Film Theory from Below
qmul.academia.edu/JiriAnger
- Reposted by Jiří AngerThe online exhibition Metric Imagination, curated by @veronikahanakova.bsky.social and @jirianger.bsky.social, is now live on Artyčok.TV "featuring five video essays that reflect on, and hint at ways of overcoming, our society’s obsession with metrics and quantification." artycok.tv/en/post/inte...
- Reposted by Jiří AngerGreat new episode of The Video Essay Podcast from @willdigravio.bsky.social featuring @jirianger.bsky.social thevideoessay.com/jiri-anger-o...
- The best video essays of 2025 are here! It was a pleasure to co-organize the poll with Veronika, Occitane, and Kevin. Thanks to everyone who participated, and congratulations to those whose video essays were selected.
- Now in its ninth year, our annual poll, organised by by Jiří Anger, Veronika Hanáková, Kevin B. Lee and Occitane Lacurie, showcases a record 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
- For those of you engaging with the ethics of videographic criticism, atrocity footage, and/or desktop documentaries, here's an article I published in Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Jiří AngerIt’s happening! + @jirianger.bsky.social CFP for FMH: Feminist Archaeologies of Desktop media is here 🔥 Looking for written articles as well as video essays Send us your abstracts by October 28, 2025! 🫶 Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity 🫡
- New paper out in Screen on my long-standing fascination with the so-called “bad” Woodstock, the ethics of live multi-camera broadcasting, and the importance of accidental archives. Special thanks to @tomasjirsa.bsky.social @carobirdsall.bsky.social @veronikahanakova.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Jiří AngerWith @jirianger.bsky.social ~ The program of MFF 2025 is out! This is the third year that audiovisual essays will be screened on the big screen at the Marienbad Film Festival (from June 12–15). The first block explores media gestures.
- Reposted by Jiří Anger✨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT✨ The newest issue of MOVIE has just been published, and I’m excited to share that it features our audiovisual essay, A Tale of Two Desktops: The First Czech Films in Parallel Worlds, co-authored with @jirianger.bsky.social and Jiří Žák. warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
- @baftss.bsky.social Awards are out! ✨ Cycles of Labour won Best Videographic Criticism @veronikahanakova.bsky.social @m-tremcinsky.bsky.social 🔥 Towards a Film Theory from Below is Runner-Up, Best Monograph Endless thanks for the support!
- Reposted by Jiří AngerThroughout #BAFTSS2025 we'll be screening all of the films nominated for the Practice Awards along with a selection of films from our Outstanding Achievement Award winner, Azza El-Hassan. See the schedule below. A more detailed schedule can be downloaded here: sites.google.com/view/baftss-...
- Our works have been nominated for the BAFTSS Awards! 👉 Towards a Film Theory from Below: Best Monograph 👉 Cycles of Labour: Best Videographic Criticism @veronikahanakova.bsky.social Congratulations to all the nominees, especially @filmstudiesff.bsky.social 👉 www.baftss.org/awards-2025....
- Reposted by Jiří AngerYesterday evening, @jirianger.bsky.social presented his videographic criticism work (6 audiovisual essays) at ASCA, @uvahumanities.bsky.social, in the Belle van Zuylen room (the woman so prominently pictured).
- Reposted by Jiří AngerOne of the works @jirianger.bsky.social presented last evening is this wonderful audiovisual essay on Natalia Oreiro which he made together with @veronikahanakova.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Jiří AngerExcited that our roundtable "Beyond Electronic Publication: Expanding Venues for Videographic Scholarship" was accepted by #SCMS2025, co-chaired by me and Allison de Fren, featuring @veronikahanakova.bsky.social Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, and @jirianger.bsky.social - hoping for a dynamic conversation!
- I’m super excited to share that this Friday, I’ll be presenting my book at the University of Amsterdam! Date: November 29, 2024 Time: 14:30-17:00 hrs (CET) Location: University of Amsterdam, Turfdraagsterpad 9 (BG1), room 0.16 (eLab) Online: Teams (Meeting ID: 326 613 010 851, Passcode: pN7X4R)
