Dynamics of World Cinema

Dynamics of World Cinema is a major research project undertaken by the Centre for Film Studies at the University of St Andrews and sponsored by The Leverhulme Trust. This two-and-a- half-year-long study will examine the patterns and cycles of various distinctly active circuits of contemporary film distribution and exhibition, and the dynamic patterns of complex interaction between them.

Our attention focuses predominantly in four areas of the global circulation of non-Hollywood cinema: the international penetration of international blockbusters mainstream distribution, the film festival circuit, the film circulation via diasporic channels, as well as the various Internet-enabled forms of dissemination. The project's distinctiveness is in the endeavour to correlate these diverse strands and foreground their dynamic interactions.

Dynamics of World Cinema team members include Professor Dina Iordanova (Principal Investigator), Professor Stuart Cunningham (Co-investigator), Dr Ruby Cheung (Research Associate), Dr Ragan Rhyne (Research Associate), Mr. Thomas Gerstenmeyer (Research Associate), and Ms. Serazer Pekerman (secretary). Our work is supported by the members of an International Advisory Board which comprises of academics and industry practitioners from around the world.