14/09/2026
๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ | ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ฆ (๐ง๐ช๐ข๐ ) ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ก
We are delighted to announce an extension of the abstract submission deadline for The Weight of Mountains (TWOM) Film Symposium 2026, to provide further opportunities for scholars, researchers, and media professionals to engage in discussions about Southeast Asian cinema.
๐ซ The updated submission deadlines are:
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 5 October 2026
Full Text Submission Due Date: 31 December 2026
๐ซ Key Information
Symposium dates: 10-12 December 2026
Format and venues:
10 December - Online
11 December - RMIT University Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
12 December - Fulbright University Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
Submit your abstract via Microsoft CMT:
Submission Link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/TWOM2026/Submission/Index
For further information:
https://cargocollective.com/twom/Symposium
About the Symposium
The Weight of Mountains (TWOM) Film Symposium 2026 is an international academic symposium in film and media studies focusing on Vietnamese and Southeast Asian screen cultures and the relationships between cinema, place, memory, environment, and social transformation.
Co-hosted by RMIT University Vietnam and Fulbright University Vietnam, the symposium welcomes contributions from scholars, researchers, and media practitioners engaging with questions of screen cultures, environmental change, urban transformation, cultural memory, and contested histories across Vietnam and the wider Southeast Asian region.
Organised alongside the fourth iteration of The Weight of Mountains international film residency, the symposium brings together perspectives from film and media studies, environmental humanities, postcolonial studies, and speculative fiction to examine how cinema can respond to changing environments, histories, and ways of inhabiting place.
Partners: The Weight of Mountains (TWOM) team, RMIT University Vietnam (DFV & SCD), Fulbright University Vietnam (Arts & Media Studies), and Trigger Film Academy.