Melissa Ferrari
Documentary & Experimental Animation Filmmaker
Phantasmagoria Magic Lanternist
Presentations & Writing
2023 Society for Animation Studies Conference
Rowan University
Glasboro, New Jersey
Conference Paper
Thinking With Animation Panel
2021 Society for Animation Studies Conference
Tulane University
Virtual
Conference Paper
Aesthetic of Astonishment Panel
2018 Ecstatic Truth Symposium
Universidade Lusófona
Lisboa, Portugal
Conference Paper
Between Fantasy and Fact:
Technological Simulations of the Real Panel
Dr. Birgitta Hosea's coverage of the symposium:
https://expandedanimation.net/tag/ecstatic-truth/
Then and Now: 100 Years of Independent Animated Documentary (2018)
Article for Slamdance Film Festival
2018 Society for Animation Studies Conference
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
Emerging Researchers Seminar Paper
Strategies for Authentication: An Inquiry into Credibility and Transparency in Nonfiction Animation
2018 Layers of Transparency: A Symposium Questioning Power, Accountability, and
Agency within Animation
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
Research Paper
Strategies for Authentication and Factual Accountability:
Conveying Truth to the Audience in Nonfiction Animation
2018 Ecstatic Truth Symposium
photo: Pedro Serrazina