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Blockbuster Futures

Blockbuster films have been instrumental to the evolution of the art and economics of the film industry for decades. Yet, while blockbusters are on the precipice of change, it’s clear they won’t be abandoned by global film industries anytime soon. As we approach the next phase of the blockbuster, IU Cinema’s Blockbuster Futures conference is interested and invested in thinking through the past and present of global blockbusters, broadly constructed, to imagine blockbuster futures across medium, industries, geographies, time, business models, genres, forms, and aesthetics. Conference panels and keynotes are free and open to the public.

Blockbuster Futures is funded in part by a grant from the IU Bloomington Public Arts & Humanities project and is presented in partnership with The Media School at IU Bloomington.