Call for Films

The Onward! film track invites "submissions in motion“. Papers and slide presentations are not always the right media to convey ideas. We are therefore interested in anything that combines film with with programming and software.

For example, film can show the interactive nature of a proposed system in a way that goes well beyond the capacity of requirements  specifications and use-case diagrams. Film can reveal how a proposed system should or might work, and reveal exceptional circumstances in which the system still must work.

There is also an increasing need of describing research projects whose results are difficult to explain to non-experts.  The interesting behavior of such systems often stretches into weeks or months and a film  might be much more helpful than a real-time demo. Moreover, film can be used as visual scaffolding of how software engineering is conducted in order to help us improve the software development process itself.

Other topics include: documentary on learning a new language; interviews with practitioners; diary of a frustrated grad student, presenting worlds that are physically difficult to access; capturing group interaction dynamics; branching scenario options; portraying the emotive excitement of real-time activities; displaying processes from a specific, personal perspective; displaying examples of exceptions and exception-handling; animation of new programming methodologies or team-oriented processes; mobile video microblogging.

Please also review the important dates and our film program committee members.

Submission instructions will be made available here shortly.

For additional information, clarification, or questions please contact the film chair, Bernd Bruegge, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it