Welcome to the International Online Conference: TrauMama: Cinematic Perspectives on the Encounter Between Mother and Child, taking place on September 26th, 2026.
This conference explores the intersection of cinema and psychoanalysis.Using cinematographic material as a basis, we will discuss:
- Freudian perspective: From dyadic relationships to the formation of the Oedipal conflict
- Kleinian perspective: From the paranoid-schizoid position to the depressive position
- Winnicottian perspective: From “basic anxiety” to the “good-enough mother”
- Lacanian perspective: From the maternal caprice to the Name-of-the-Father
- Kristevan perspective: From the “abject” to “maternal passion”


You are welcome to explore these or other theoretical perspectives utilizing material from any film (or films) of your choice. Presentation duration: 15–20 minutes.

If you wish to participate in the conference, please submit your presentation title and a brief abstract by September 12 to the following e-mail address: olshansky@hotmail.com