Academic Publications
Loist, Skadi. “Studying Film Circulation: Moving Film Festival Research to an Evidence-Based, Global Perspective.” Film Festivals Research and Methodologies: Dialogues Between Film Festival Scholars and Practitioners, edited by Dorota Ostrowska and Tamara Falicov, Amsterdam University Press, forthcoming 2024.
Loist, Skadi und Zhenya Samoilova. „Evidenzbasiert, nicht datengetrieben: Herausforderungen beim Einsatz quantitativer und digitaler Forschungsmethoden für die Festivalforschung.“ Produktionskulturen audiovisueller Medien: Neuere Perspektiven der Medienindustrie- und Produktionsforschung, hrsg. von Stefan Udelhofen et al., Springer VS, 2023, S. 85–105. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-38412-8_6.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “How to Capture the Festival Network: Reflections on the Film Circulation Dataset.” NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 2023, pp. 767–818. doi:10.25969/mediarep/19615.
Loist, Skadi, and Evgenia Samoilova. “Film Circulation Dataset.” Zenodo, 2023, doi:10.5281/zenodo.7887672.
Ehrich, Martha E., Katharina Burgdorf, Zhenya Samoilova, and Skadi Loist.“The Film Festival Sector and Its Networked Structures of Gender Inequality.” Applied Network Science, no. 7 (1), 2022, 1–38. doi:10.1007/s41109-022-00457-z.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Data Collection and Operationalization of Film Festival Categories.” Working Paper. Zenodo, 2021, doi:10.5281/zenodo.7933399.
Loist, Skadi. “Zirkulation Im Netzwerk: Eine Betrachtung Zur Zirkulationskraft Von Filmfestivals.” Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, no. 23, 2020, 55-63. doi:10.25969/mediarep/14833.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “First Results from Our Survey of Filmmakers on How Their Films Traveled Through Festivals.” Film Circulation, 9 Jan. 2020, www.filmcirculation.net/2020/01/09/first-results-from-our-survey-of-filmmakers-on-how-their-films-traveled-through-festivals/.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Getting Started on the Film Circulation Project: Studying Film Festivals with Various Data Sources.” Film Circulation blog, 29 Oct. 2019, www.filmcirculation.net/2019/10/29/getting-started-on-the-film-circulation-project/.
Verhoeven, Deb, Paul S. Moore, Vejune Zemaityte, Skadi Loist and Zhenya Samoilova. “Intellectual Networks and Cultural Networks: Kinomatics and the Complex Cultural Geometry of Cinema.” Digital Humanities Conference 2019 (DH2019), 10 July 2019, dev.clariah.nl/files/dh2019/boa/1010.html.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Open Media Studies und Digitale Methoden: Zur Erforschung von Filmfestivalruns.” Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, 8 May 2019, Open Media Studies Blog, www.zfmedienwissenschaft.de/online/open-media-studies-blog/digitale-methoden.
Samoilova, Zhenya, and Skadi Loist. “Using a Feminist and Inclusive Approach for Gender Identification in Film Research.” Poster. Complexities: Digital Humanities 2019, 9-12.7.2019, Utrecht, Digital Humanities 2019 “Complexities”edited by ADHO, 2019. dev.clariah.nl/files/dh2019/boa/0790.html.
Samoilova, Zhenya, and Skadi Loist. “Film Circulation Project Questionnaire.” (Version 2019). Zenodo, 2019, doi:10.5281/zenodo.3581359.
Science Communication / Media
Rapprich, Mari Lena, creator. “Filmfestivals Als Sammlung? Im Gespräch Mit Skadi Loist.” Filmfestivals als Sammlung, 3, Podcast, 16 Nov. 2021. soundcloud.com/user-987814468/folge-3-filmfestivals-als-sammlung-im-gesprach-mit-skadi-loist. Accessed 18 Nov. 2021.
Halter, Kathrin, and Skadi Loist. “’Festivals sind Teil des Auswertungskreislaufs’.” Cinebulletin: Zeitschrift der Schweizer Filmbranche, no. 530, 2021, pp. 10–12. cinebulletin.ch/de_CH/cb-530-november-dezember-2021/festivals-sind-teil-des-auswertungskreislaufs.
Halter, Kathrin, and Skadi Loist. “’Les festivals font partie intégrante de la chaîne de valorisation’.” Cinebulletin: Zeitschrift der Schweizer Filmbranche, no. 530, 2021, pp. 10–12. cinebulletin.ch/fr_CH/cb-530-november-dezember-2021/festivals-sind-teil-des-auswertungskreislaufs.
Loist, Skadi. “Film Festivals as Cultural Contact Zones: Potential for Sector and Cinemas.” shortfilm.de: Das KurzfilmMagazin, 5 Oct. 2021, www.shortfilm.de/en/filmfestivals-als-kulturelle-kontaktzone-potenziale-fuer-branche-und-kino/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
Loist, Skadi. “Filmfestivals als kulturelle Kontaktzone: Potenziale für Branche und Kino.” shortfilm.de: Das KurzfilmMagazin, 5 Oct. 2021, www.shortfilm.de/filmfestivals-als-kulturelle-kontaktzone-potenziale-fuer-branche-und-kino/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
Plumeier, Lisa and Magda Rotko, creator. “A Chat with Skadi Loist.” The Splash by NEXT WAVE, 4, Podcast, 3 June 2020. open.spotify.com/episode/7JF99up2fK1SeVyrRuqb0c?si=2cKc1kP1Sly5Mpg01vzWxw. Accessed 3 June 2020.
Conference presentations
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “From Film Circulation to Network Analysis: Using Social Network Analysis to Study the Film Festival Sector.” NECS 2022 Conference “Epistemic Media: Atlas, Archive, Network”, 24 June 2022, Bucharest.
Loist, Skadi, Katharina Burgdorf, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Analyzing the Film Festival Network: Methodological Challenges.” SCMS Conference, 3 April 2022, Chicago, IL.
Loist, Skadi, Zhenya Samoilova, Martha Emilie Ehrich, and Katharina Burgdorf. “New Approaches to Studying Film Circulation: Network Analysis in the Festival Ecosystem.” Festivals and TransNational Cinematographic Dynamics: Forms of Production, Circulation and Representation, 28 Mar. 2022, Toulouse.
Loist, Skadi. “The Future of Shorts: Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Network and the Impact on Global Film Culture.” Industry Lab, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, 12 Nov. 2021, Winterthur.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Circulation of Small Cinemas on the International Film Festival Circuits.” From Celluloid to Streaming: Conservation and Circulation of Small Cinemas, 28 Oct. 2021, Santiago de Compostela.
Loist, Skadi. “Renegotiating the Film Culture Ecosystem: How Film Festivals Operated During Covid-19.” Film Festivals in Covid-19: Reflections and Projections, 22 July 2021, Edinburgh (online).
Loist, Skadi. “Studying Film Circulation: Moving Film Festival Research to an Evidence-Based (Data Science), Global Perspective.” Contours of Film Festivals Research & Methodologies, 11 Sep. 2020, London (remote). youtu.be/azCbshAS_X4.
Loist, Skadi. “The Future of Film Festivals.” AG Filmfestival, 9 Aug. 2020, digital meeting.
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Film Circulation on the Festival Circuit.” Panel “From Small Cinemas to Global Circulation: The Role of Film Festivals within Global Film Industries”, Media Industry Studies 2020: Global Currents and Contradictions, King’s College London, London (UK), 16-18 Apr. 2020. [conference cancelled due to Corona pandemic]
Loist, Skadi, and Zhenya Samoilova. “Film Festivals as Distribution Window: Film Circulation on the Festival Circuit.” Reframing Film Festivals, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari (IT), 25-26 Mar. 2020. [conference postponed due to Corona pandemic]
Loist, Skadi and Zhenya Samoilova. “Circulation of European Films on the International Film Festival Circuits.” The International Circulation of National Cinemas and Audiovisual Content: The Challenge of Convergence and Multiplatform Distribution in the European Context, Catholic University of Milan (IT), 17-18 Sep. 2019.
Loist, Skadi and Zhenya Samoilova. “Leveraging Multiple Digital Data Sources in Studying Film Circulation in the International Film Festival Circuits.” Panel “Intellectual Networks and Cultural Networks: Kinomatics and the complex cultural geometry of cinema.” Digital Humanities 2019 conference “Complexities”, Utrecht University (NL), 9.-12. Jul. 2019.
Samoilova, Zhenya and Skadi Loist. “Using a Feminist and Inclusive Approach for Gender Identification in Film Research.” Poster. Digital Humanities 2019 conference “Complexities”, Utrecht University (NL), 9.-12. Jul. 2019. doi:10.34894/TKAMVJ.
Loist, Skadi and Zhenya Samoilova. “Opening the Digital Toolbox for Film Festival Research: Studying Film Circulation on the Festival Circuit with DH.” NECS 2019 “Structures and Voices: Storytelling in Post-Digital Times”, Gdansk (PL), 13.-15. Jun. 2019.
Loist, Skadi and Zhenya Samoilova. “Festivalforschung trifft Digital Humanities: Filmzirkulation im internationalen Festivalnetzwerk.” ZeM – Brandenburgisches Zentrum für Medienwissenschaft, Potsdam (DE), 17 May 2019.
Loist, Skadi and Zhenya Samoilova. “Digitale Methoden für die Erforschung von Filmfestivalruns.” Methoden und Zugänge für die Forschung zu und in Medienindustrien. 3. Workshop der AG Medienindustrien, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam (DE), 1 Feb. 2019.
Loist, Skadi. “Studying Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Circuit.” Kinomatics: Culture, Meaning and #datatoo, University of Technology Sydney (AU), 5-6 Apr. 2018.
Loist, Skadi. “Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Circuit.” Master class, Monash University, Melbourne (AU), 22 March 2018.
Loist, Skadi. “World Cinema, Film Festivals and the Politics of Circulation.” Multivoicedness in European Cinema: Representation, Industry, Politics. An ECREA Film Studies Section Conference, University College Cork (IR), 10–11 November 2017.
Loist, Skadi. “Film Festival Circuits: Studying the Hubs in the Festival Network.” “Circuits of Cinema”, A HoMER Network Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto (CA), 22–24 June 2017.
Loist, Skadi. “Assessing Film Circulation Patterns on the Film Festival Circuit.”ICA 2017 “Interventions: Communication Research and Practice”, Media Industries section, San Diego (US), 25–29 May 2017.
Loist, Skadi. “Exhibition, Distribution, Circulation: Considering the Flow of Films through the Festival Circuit.”ICA Preconference “Distribution Matters: Media Circulation in Civic Life and Popular Culture”, SDSU, San Diego (US), 25 May 2017.