Skadi Loist
+4773559209
+4799899131
8431 Bygg 8 Dragvoll, Trondheim
About
Dr. Skadi Loist (they/them) is Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Art and Media Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Their research focuses on film festivals and circulation, digital methods, working conditions, diversity and sustainability, and queer film culture.
They studied Media Culture, American Studies, Gender Studies, and Art History at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and Smith College, MA/USA. Prior to joining NTNU in 2025, Loist was Assistant Professor for Production Cultures in Audiovisual Media Industries at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (2018-2025) and was invited as Max Kade Visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame, IN/USA, in Spring 2025.
Prior positions at other institutions include Postdoctoral Researcher / Lecturer at the University of Rostock (2014-2018), Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Hamburg (2009-2013) and being a former Visiting Scholar at Concordia University in Montreal (CA), University of Technology in Sydney (AU), Deakin University in Melbourne (AU), Aarhus University (DK) and Linnæus University in Växjö (SE).
Loist has led several international research projects, including Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Network and the Impact on Global Film Culture (BMBF 2017–2022), which combined digital humanities with film festival research, and GEP Analysis (DFG/ESRC/SSHRC 2021–2024), which used quantitative, policy and network analysis to examine persistent gender inequalities in the film industries of Germany, Canada, and the UK.
Loist's work has been published in multiple languages across journals such as Screen, NECSUS, Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, Diogène, Studies in European Cinema, Media Industries Journal, and Nordic Journal of Media Studies. They have co-edited several special issues and volumes, including the widely used textbook Film Festivals: History, Theory, Method, Practice (Routledge 2016, with Marijke de Valck & Brendan Kredell), and publications on gender, queer media, and German film industries.
A strong advocate for collaboration, Loist co-founded the Film Festival Research Network (FFRN) and the European University Film Award (EUFA). They have held leadership roles in NECS (Steering Committee 2015-21), SCMS, and GfM, and serve on the editorial board of NECSUS – European Journal of Media Studies and Journal of Festive Studies.
Competencies
- AI in creative industries
- Artificial intelligence
- Creative industry
- Digital Humanities
- Digital Methods
- Distribution
- East Germany
- Equity and diversity
- European cinema
- Film Studies
- Film festivals
- Media industry
- Queer Film Culture
- Queer cinema
- Queer theory
- Sustainability
- data visualization
- gender equity and diversity
- intersectional film analysis
- labor conditions
- sustainability
Research
My main research areas and areas of interest are related to film cultures in a broad sense, including:
- film festivals
- film circulation and distribution
- intersectional analysis of films
- issues of diversity and sustainability (social as well as ecological) within film (on-screen) and in the screen industries (off-screen)
- labor conditions in the screen industries
- digital methods and DH for film studies
- data visualization
- queer film culture / queer cinema
- East-German identity in film and television
QUADRIGA Berlin-Brandenburgisches Datenkompetenzzentrum für Digital Humanities, Verwaltungswissenschaften, Informatik und Informationswissenschaften (2023-2026)
QUADRIGA Berlin-Brandenburg combines the disciplines of Digital Humanities, Administrative Science, Computer Science and Information Science. The focus is on the promotion of data-based research, learning and teaching.
Gender Equity Policy (GEP) Analysis (2021-2024)
The GEP Analysis project combined methods of statistical modelling, network analysis, exploratory data visualization, stakeholder interviews and policy mapping to understand gender inequality and policy across German, British and Canadian film industries.
Film Circulation on the International Film Festival Network and the Impact on Global Film Culture (2017-2022)
The Film Circulation project compiled a dataset tracking films’ journeys through the global festival network. Using digital humanities and network visualization, it analyzed patterns of film circulation. http://www.filmcirculation.net/
Publications
Re-Framing the Picture: An International Comparative Assessment of Gender Equity Policies in the Film Sector
Using policy analysis, data evaluation, and network modelling, the study highlights persistent structural barriers and calls for intentional, long-term, context-specific interventions to advance equity through targeted policy design and implementation.
OMNI Inclusion Data: Report zur Begleitstudie der Pilotphase
This accompanying study was conducted as part of the pilot phase of the OMNI Inclusion Data Initiative to evaluate the survey tool's effectiveness in collecting diversity data in the German film and media industry.
Film Festivals History, Theory, Method, Practice
This textbook offers a concise, structured introduction to film festival studies, covering key concepts, research methods, and global case studies. Ideal for students and scholars in film and media.
For a full list of publications and talks, see:
2026
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Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Thiele, Franziska;
Loist, Skadi;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2026)
Netzwerke der Ungleichheit: Kodieren von Geschlecht und Ethnizität im Distributionsnetzwerk der Filmindustrie.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2026)
Queer Film Culture: Production Forms and Infrastructure.
Academic chapter
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2026)
Film Industry: Production Culture with Gender Bias.
Academic chapter
2025
-
Burkhardt, Marcus;
Loist, Skadi.
(2025)
Visualization In/As Digital Media Studies.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2025)
Studying Film Circulation: Moving Film Festival Research to an Evidence-Based, Global Perspective.
Academic chapter
2024
-
Loist, Skadi;
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Radziwill, Sophie;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2024)
Gender Inequality in the Nordic Film Industry: Exploring Above-the-Line Positions in Film Production.
Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Pérez, Lucy Alejandra Pizaña;
Ehrich, Martha Emilie.
(2024)
OMNI Inclusion Data: Report zur Begleitstudie der Pilotphase.
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Research report
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2024)
Collaborative Networks for Streaming Film Festivals as Crisis Responses in Germany.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Verhoeven, Deb;
Eikhof, Doris R;
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Jones, Pete;
Guyan, Kevin;
Coles, Amanda;
Radziwill, Sophie;
Dadlani, Aresh.
(2024)
Re-Framing the Picture: An International Comparative Assessment of Gender Equity Policies in the Film Sector. Full Report Gender Equity Policy (GEP) Analysis Project.
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Research report
2023
-
Künemund, Jan;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Ritorno al futuro: il cinema queer tedesco dal 2000.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Reinerth, Maike Sarah.
(2023)
Grüne Filmuni? Zum nachhaltigen Kulturwandel in Filmproduktion und Ausbildung.
Montage AV. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Kommunikation
Academic article
-
Brunow, Dagmar;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Desire lines: An interview on the sociality of film with B. Ruby Rich.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Keilbach, Judith;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Green Media: Von Green Production zu nachhaltiger Medienwissenschaft.
Nach dem Film
Popular science article
-
Künemund, Jan;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Back to the Future: German Queer Cinema since 2000.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Stopping the Flow: Film Circulation in the Festival Ecosystem at a Moment of Disruption.
Academic chapter
-
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Thiele, Franziska;
Loist, Skadi;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2023)
Netzwerke der Ungleichheit: Kodieren von Geschlecht und Ethnizität im Distributionsnetzwerk der Filmindustrie.
Academic chapter
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Filmindustrie: Branchenkultur mit Gender Bias.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Samoilova, Evgenia (Zhenya).
(2023)
How to capture the festival network: Reflections on the Film Circulation dataset.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Samoilova, Zhenya.
(2023)
Evidenzbasiert, nicht datengetrieben: Herausforderungen beim Einsatz quantitativer und digitaler Forschungsmethoden für die Festivalforschung.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Queere Filmkultur: Produktionsformen und Infrastruktur.
Academic chapter
2022
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2022)
Filmfestivals und Identität: Oder: Was haben queere und jüdische Filmfestivals miteinander zu tun?.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
de, Marijke Valck,.
(2022)
Spotlight on Film Festivals in Ukraine Today: Accounts, Responses, Calls to Action.
Journal of Festive Studies
Academic article
-
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Burgdorf, Katharina;
Samoilova, Zhenya;
Loist, Skadi.
(2022)
The Film Festival Sector and Its Networked Structures of Gender Inequality.
Applied Network Science (ANS)
Academic article
2021
-
Loist, Skadi;
Herbst, Sarah.
(2021)
The Results of the FAIR FESTIVAL AWARD Survey 2020.
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Research report
2020
-
Verhoeven, Deb;
Moore, Paul;
Coles, Amanda;
Coate, Bronwyn;
Zemaityte, Vejune;
Musial, Katarzyna;
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Mantsio, Michelle;
Taylor, Sarah;
Eltham, Ben.
(2020)
Disciplinary itineraries and digital methods: Examining the Kinomatics collaboration networks.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2020)
Where Are the Female Creatives? The Status Quo of the German Screen Industry.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2020)
Zirkulation im Netzwerk: Eine Betrachtung zur Zirkulationskraft von Filmfestivals.
Zeitschrift für medienwissenschaft
Academic article
-
Verhoeven, Deb;
Loist, Skadi;
Moore, Paul.
(2020)
(Inter)Disziplinäre Routen und digitale Praxis: Kinomatics und die industrielle Geometrie der globalen Kinoforschung.
Montage AV. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Kommunikation
Academic article
2019
-
Loist, Skadi;
Verhoeven, Deb.
(2019)
Gendered Media Production.
Media Industries
Journal issue
-
Loist, Skadi;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2019)
Gendered Production Culture in the German Film Industry.
Media Industries
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Verhoeven, Deb.
(2019)
Complex not Complicated: Gendered Media Industries in the wake of #MeToo.
Media Industries
Academic article
2018
-
Krauß, Florian;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Medienindustrien: Aktuelle Perspektiven aus der deutschsprachigen Medienwissenschaft.
Navigationen
Journal issue
-
Dawson, Leanne;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Queer/ing Film Festivals.
Studies in European Cinema
Journal issue
-
Linke, Christine;
Görland, Stephan O.;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Wissenschaftskommunikation auf Twitter: Lesearten zum Diskurs um #TimHunt und #distractinglysexy Frauen in wissenschaftlichen Laboren.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Queer Cinema Studies: Ein Überblick.
Academic chapter
-
Krauß, Florian;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Medienindustrieforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum: Einleitung.
Navigationen
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Crossover Dreams: Global Circulation of Queer Film on the Film Festival Circuits.
Diogenes (English Edition)
Academic article
-
Dawson, Leanne;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Queer/ing Film Festivals: History, Theory, Impact.
Studies in European Cinema
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Gendered Media Industries: Argumente für eine geschlechtergerechte und diverse Filmindustrie.
Navigationen
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Filmfestivals, theoretisch und methodisch: Zum Stand der Filmfestivalforschung.
Maske und Kothurn
Academic article
2017
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Teaching European Cinema: The European University Film Award (EUFA) Project.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Journal issue
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Think beyond. Verhandlung von Geschlecht und Gender im internationalen Kinder- und Jugendfernsehen.
Televizion
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Please Relax Now: Vika Kirchenbauers Interventionen in Repräsentations- und Rezeptionsregime.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Introduction: Teaching European Cinema—The Dossier on the European University Film Award (EUFA) Project.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Developing an Appreciation for Film and European Cinema.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Academic article
2016
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2016)
The Film Festival Circuit: Networks, Hierarchies, and Circulation.
Academic chapter
-
de, Marijke Valck,;
Kredell, Brendan;
Loist, Skadi.
(2016)
Film Festivals: History, Theory, Method, Practice.
Routledge
Textbook
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2016)
Where Are the Women Directors? National Report – Germany.
EWA
Research report
2015
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2015)
Queer Film Culture: Performative Aspects of LGBT/Q Film Festivals.
Universität Hamburg
Doctoral thesis
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2015)
Who Directs German Feature Films? Gender Report 2009-2013.
University of Rostock
Research report
2014
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2014)
Teaching Film Festivals: Between Theory and Practice.
Scope. An online Journal of Film Studies
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2014)
Rêves transversaux: La circulation des films queer dans le réseau des festivals.
Diogène
Academic article
2013
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2013)
Konvergenzen im Filmfestival-Circuit: Filmfestivalforschung und Queer Studies.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2013)
The Queer Film Festival Phenomenon in a Global Historical Perspective (the 1970s-2000s).
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2013)
Filmanalyse: VIVERE.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Valck, Marijke de.
(2013)
Trans* film festivals. An interview with Eliza Steinbock.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Kannengießer, Sigrid;
Bleicher, Joan Kristin.
(2013)
Sexy Media? Gender/Queertheoretische Analysen in den Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften.
Transcript Verlag
Anthology
2012
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2012)
A Complicated Queerness: LGBT Film Festivals and Queer Programming Strategies.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Zielinski, Ger.
(2012)
On the Development of Queer Film Festivals and Their Media Activism.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Valck, Marijke de.
(2012)
Thematic Bibliography on Film Festival Research: Update 2011.
Academic chapter
2011
-
Valck, Marijke de;
Loist, Skadi.
(2011)
What Is New in Film Festivals Studies: Thematic Bibliography on Film Festival Research – Update 2010.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2011)
Precarious Cultural Work: About the Organization of (Queer) Film Festivals.
Screen
Academic article
2010
-
Loist, Skadi;
Valck, Marijke de.
(2010)
Thematic Bibliography on Film Festival Research – Update: 2009.
Academic chapter
2009
-
Valck, Marijke de;
Loist, Skadi.
(2009)
Film Festival Studies: An Overview of a Burgeoning Field.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
von, Dorothée Diepenbroick,.
(2009)
Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg.
Männerschwarm
Popular science monograph
2008
Journal publications
-
Krauß, Florian;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Medienindustrien: Aktuelle Perspektiven aus der deutschsprachigen Medienwissenschaft.
Navigationen
Journal issue
-
Dawson, Leanne;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Queer/ing Film Festivals.
Studies in European Cinema
Journal issue
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Teaching European Cinema: The European University Film Award (EUFA) Project.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Journal issue
-
Loist, Skadi;
Verhoeven, Deb.
(2019)
Gendered Media Production.
Media Industries
Journal issue
-
Loist, Skadi;
Valck, Marijke de.
(2013)
Trans* film festivals. An interview with Eliza Steinbock.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Think beyond. Verhandlung von Geschlecht und Gender im internationalen Kinder- und Jugendfernsehen.
Televizion
Academic article
-
Verhoeven, Deb;
Moore, Paul;
Coles, Amanda;
Coate, Bronwyn;
Zemaityte, Vejune;
Musial, Katarzyna;
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Mantsio, Michelle;
Taylor, Sarah;
Eltham, Ben.
(2020)
Disciplinary itineraries and digital methods: Examining the Kinomatics collaboration networks.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Introduction: Teaching European Cinema—The Dossier on the European University Film Award (EUFA) Project.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Developing an Appreciation for Film and European Cinema.
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2014)
Teaching Film Festivals: Between Theory and Practice.
Scope. An online Journal of Film Studies
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Radziwill, Sophie;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2024)
Gender Inequality in the Nordic Film Industry: Exploring Above-the-Line Positions in Film Production.
Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2014)
Rêves transversaux: La circulation des films queer dans le réseau des festivals.
Diogène
Academic article
-
Krauß, Florian;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Medienindustrieforschung im deutschsprachigen Raum: Einleitung.
Navigationen
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2020)
Zirkulation im Netzwerk: Eine Betrachtung zur Zirkulationskraft von Filmfestivals.
Zeitschrift für medienwissenschaft
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2019)
Gendered Production Culture in the German Film Industry.
Media Industries
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Crossover Dreams: Global Circulation of Queer Film on the Film Festival Circuits.
Diogenes (English Edition)
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Verhoeven, Deb.
(2019)
Complex not Complicated: Gendered Media Industries in the wake of #MeToo.
Media Industries
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Reinerth, Maike Sarah.
(2023)
Grüne Filmuni? Zum nachhaltigen Kulturwandel in Filmproduktion und Ausbildung.
Montage AV. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Kommunikation
Academic article
-
Brunow, Dagmar;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Desire lines: An interview on the sociality of film with B. Ruby Rich.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Keilbach, Judith;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Green Media: Von Green Production zu nachhaltiger Medienwissenschaft.
Nach dem Film
Popular science article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2011)
Precarious Cultural Work: About the Organization of (Queer) Film Festivals.
Screen
Academic article
-
Dawson, Leanne;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Queer/ing Film Festivals: History, Theory, Impact.
Studies in European Cinema
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
de, Marijke Valck,.
(2022)
Spotlight on Film Festivals in Ukraine Today: Accounts, Responses, Calls to Action.
Journal of Festive Studies
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi;
Samoilova, Evgenia (Zhenya).
(2023)
How to capture the festival network: Reflections on the Film Circulation dataset.
NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies (EJMS)
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Gendered Media Industries: Argumente für eine geschlechtergerechte und diverse Filmindustrie.
Navigationen
Academic article
-
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Burgdorf, Katharina;
Samoilova, Zhenya;
Loist, Skadi.
(2022)
The Film Festival Sector and Its Networked Structures of Gender Inequality.
Applied Network Science (ANS)
Academic article
-
Verhoeven, Deb;
Loist, Skadi;
Moore, Paul.
(2020)
(Inter)Disziplinäre Routen und digitale Praxis: Kinomatics und die industrielle Geometrie der globalen Kinoforschung.
Montage AV. Zeitschrift für Theorie und Geschichte audiovisueller Kommunikation
Academic article
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Filmfestivals, theoretisch und methodisch: Zum Stand der Filmfestivalforschung.
Maske und Kothurn
Academic article
Books
-
Loist, Skadi;
von, Dorothée Diepenbroick,.
(2009)
Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg.
Männerschwarm
Popular science monograph
-
de, Marijke Valck,;
Kredell, Brendan;
Loist, Skadi.
(2016)
Film Festivals: History, Theory, Method, Practice.
Routledge
Textbook
-
Loist, Skadi;
Kannengießer, Sigrid;
Bleicher, Joan Kristin.
(2013)
Sexy Media? Gender/Queertheoretische Analysen in den Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften.
Transcript Verlag
Anthology
Part of book/report
-
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Thiele, Franziska;
Loist, Skadi;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2026)
Netzwerke der Ungleichheit: Kodieren von Geschlecht und Ethnizität im Distributionsnetzwerk der Filmindustrie.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2026)
Queer Film Culture: Production Forms and Infrastructure.
Academic chapter
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2026)
Film Industry: Production Culture with Gender Bias.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2012)
A Complicated Queerness: LGBT Film Festivals and Queer Programming Strategies.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2013)
Konvergenzen im Filmfestival-Circuit: Filmfestivalforschung und Queer Studies.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2013)
The Queer Film Festival Phenomenon in a Global Historical Perspective (the 1970s-2000s).
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2013)
Filmanalyse: VIVERE.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Valck, Marijke de.
(2010)
Thematic Bibliography on Film Festival Research – Update: 2009.
Academic chapter
-
Valck, Marijke de;
Loist, Skadi.
(2011)
What Is New in Film Festivals Studies: Thematic Bibliography on Film Festival Research – Update 2010.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Zielinski, Ger.
(2012)
On the Development of Queer Film Festivals and Their Media Activism.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi;
Valck, Marijke de.
(2012)
Thematic Bibliography on Film Festival Research: Update 2011.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2008)
Frameline XXX: Thirty Years of Revolutionary Film. Der Kampf um queere Repräsentationen in der Geschichte des San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.
Academic chapter
-
Valck, Marijke de;
Loist, Skadi.
(2009)
Film Festival Studies: An Overview of a Burgeoning Field.
Academic chapter
-
Linke, Christine;
Görland, Stephan O.;
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Wissenschaftskommunikation auf Twitter: Lesearten zum Diskurs um #TimHunt und #distractinglysexy Frauen in wissenschaftlichen Laboren.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2017)
Please Relax Now: Vika Kirchenbauers Interventionen in Repräsentations- und Rezeptionsregime.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2022)
Filmfestivals und Identität: Oder: Was haben queere und jüdische Filmfestivals miteinander zu tun?.
Academic chapter
-
Burkhardt, Marcus;
Loist, Skadi.
(2025)
Visualization In/As Digital Media Studies.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2025)
Studying Film Circulation: Moving Film Festival Research to an Evidence-Based, Global Perspective.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2018)
Queer Cinema Studies: Ein Überblick.
Academic chapter
-
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2020)
Where Are the Female Creatives? The Status Quo of the German Screen Industry.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2016)
The Film Festival Circuit: Networks, Hierarchies, and Circulation.
Academic chapter
-
Künemund, Jan;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Ritorno al futuro: il cinema queer tedesco dal 2000.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2024)
Collaborative Networks for Streaming Film Festivals as Crisis Responses in Germany.
Academic chapter
-
Künemund, Jan;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Back to the Future: German Queer Cinema since 2000.
Academic chapter
-
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Stopping the Flow: Film Circulation in the Festival Ecosystem at a Moment of Disruption.
Academic chapter
-
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Thiele, Franziska;
Loist, Skadi;
Prommer, Elizabeth.
(2023)
Netzwerke der Ungleichheit: Kodieren von Geschlecht und Ethnizität im Distributionsnetzwerk der Filmindustrie.
Academic chapter
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Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Filmindustrie: Branchenkultur mit Gender Bias.
Academic chapter
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Loist, Skadi;
Samoilova, Zhenya.
(2023)
Evidenzbasiert, nicht datengetrieben: Herausforderungen beim Einsatz quantitativer und digitaler Forschungsmethoden für die Festivalforschung.
Academic chapter
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Loist, Skadi.
(2023)
Queere Filmkultur: Produktionsformen und Infrastruktur.
Academic chapter
Report
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Loist, Skadi;
Pérez, Lucy Alejandra Pizaña;
Ehrich, Martha Emilie.
(2024)
OMNI Inclusion Data: Report zur Begleitstudie der Pilotphase.
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Research report
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Loist, Skadi;
Verhoeven, Deb;
Eikhof, Doris R;
Prommer, Elizabeth;
Ehrich, Martha Emilie;
Jones, Pete;
Guyan, Kevin;
Coles, Amanda;
Radziwill, Sophie;
Dadlani, Aresh.
(2024)
Re-Framing the Picture: An International Comparative Assessment of Gender Equity Policies in the Film Sector. Full Report Gender Equity Policy (GEP) Analysis Project.
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Research report
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Loist, Skadi;
Herbst, Sarah.
(2021)
The Results of the FAIR FESTIVAL AWARD Survey 2020.
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Research report
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Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2015)
Who Directs German Feature Films? Gender Report 2009-2013.
University of Rostock
Research report
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Prommer, Elizabeth;
Loist, Skadi.
(2016)
Where Are the Women Directors? National Report – Germany.
EWA
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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Loist, Skadi.
(2015)
Queer Film Culture: Performative Aspects of LGBT/Q Film Festivals.
Universität Hamburg
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
- FILM1105 - Film in Society
- FM3000 - Research Design and Theoretical Approaches to Film and Media Studies
Supervision
I am open to supervising PhD theses in Film Studies with a larger range on topics in film culture, my main areas of expertise are in film festivals, circulation and distribution, gender equity, diversity and sustainability in the screen industries, queer film cultures, intersectional film analysis, and digital methods in film studies.
I am currently supervising a number of scientific PhD theses in Media Studies as well as artistic-scientific PhD projects (Film Production, Scriptwriting, Film Heritage).
Scientific PhD Supervision
ongoing:
Agnes Meeuwis (2025–): Sociocultural Diversity in European International Film Festivals. Ghent University. [Doctoral Advisory Committee]
Lucy Alejandra Pizaña Pérez (2021–): Jewish Film Festivals. Film festival programmes and reception attitudes: an approach to a definition of 'Jewish film'. Potsdam: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Media Studies.
Tina Rudolf (2021–): Filmpolitische Maßnahmen zur Geschlechtergleichstellung in der deutschen Film- und Fernsehbranche. Ein internationaler Vergleich. Rostock: Universität Rostock
completed:
Franzis Kabisch (2021–26): Situiertes Sehen und Zu-sehen-geben: Zur visuellen Kultur von Schwangerschafts-abbrüchen und dem Begehren nach „positiven Bildern“. Wien: Akademie der Bildenden Künste.
Maja Korbecka (2020–25): Domestic Film Festivals and the Field of China’s Contemporary Art Cinema. Berlin: Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS), Freie Universität Berlin.
Scientific-Artistic PhD Supervision
Johanna Rubinroth (2024–): “Disenchanting the Chaos Princess: On the representation and narrative style of female characters with ADHD-like characteristics”. Potsdam: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Screenwriting / Dramaturgy.
Benjamin Cölle (2019–): Exploring Storyworlds. How to Embed Audience-Engagement Design Practices into EU Feature Film Production. Potsdam: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Film Production.
Outreach
2026
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LectureLoist, Skadi. (2026) Queere Film(festival)geschichten: wie Festivals (queere) Filmgeschichte schreiben. Ringvorlesung "Queer Media Histographies. Zugänge zur Filmgeschichte Österreichs 1906-2026"
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Other presentationLoist, Skadi. (2026) Precarious Work in Film Festivals: Structures, Experiences, and Collective Responses. Bárbaras Meetings
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Other presentation
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LectureTonello, Pablo Salas; Loist, Skadi. (2026) Curators Vs Enablers? Gender in Argentine Film Festival Production. Colloquium Media Research Center Babelsberg
2025
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Lecture
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LectureLoist, Skadi. (2025) Transforming Production Culture: Towards Social Sustainability in the Film Industry. Transforming Production Culture: Towards Social Sustainability in the Film Industry
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Other presentationLoist, Skadi. (2025) European Co-production: Designing Talent, Stories and Audiences. Response on "European Co-production: Designing Talent, Stories and Audiences"
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Conference lectureLoist, Skadi. (2025) Transforming Production Culture: Towards Social Sustainability in the Film Industry. I Cine Bárbaras: International Conference on Cinema and Audiovisual
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Conference lectureLoist, Skadi. (2025) Seeing Data Differently: Visualization as Analysis in Film and Media Studies. “Exploring Digital Film Studies: Animation, Ephemeral Film and Visualization”
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Conference lectureLoist, Skadi. (2025) A practical guide on how to build and publish your dataset and data visualizations. NECS Conference