This proposal focuses on the role of cinema as a key cultural expression of industrialism in the formation of energy imaginaries of the fossil modernity. The project explores aesthetic, narrative and institutional aspects of cinema in relation to the Anthropocene. Thus, this research probes the links between the biophysical conditions of our epoch and the sociocultural realm, from the dawn of industrialism to the Great Acceleration and its resulting ecosocial crises, which have led humankind to face its biggest existential threat. The project is situated in the intersection between the fields of film studies, energy humanities, critical theory, and social sciences. By studying cinema in relation to the formation of dominant energy worldviews of abundance, as well as in regard to its expressions of resistance and resilience to these, this research aims to examine cinema for rethinking alternative imaginaries to dominant sociocultural trends.

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