Dynamics of World Cinema

Transnational Channels of Global Film Distribution
 
Announcements
Anarchist Film Festivals: Pietro Ferrua

Richard Porton has sent Pietro Ferrua's text on Anarchist Film Festivals which
was just published in the new series Arena: On Anarchist Cinema (March 2009,
ISBN: 978-1-60486-050-4), by PM Press (www.pmpress.org) in Oakland, California.
It provides yet another transnational perspective to a self-contained festival
circuit of themed festivals.

Click here to download the article: anfilmfestivals.pdf 
 
The 3rd Edinburgh International Film Audiences Conference

Check out the following message from the organisers of the 3rd Edinburgh International Film Audiences Conference. Please contact the organisers directly if you need further information on the event:

 

This is your last chance to book a place at the above conference that takes place on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th March 2009 in Filmhouse, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. The event will be truly international: we have contributors from across Europe, and even from down under, talking about audiences from Nairn to Taipei. Papers cover individual films and entire film festivals, the past and the future, babies to baby boomers ­ but they all focus on empirical film audience research. Take a look at the abstracts on our website for all the details:

http://www.filmaudiencesconference.co.uk/PDFs/programme_2009.pdf

We have Professor Ian Christie, from the School of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck, University of London, as our opening speaker. He is Vice President of Europa Cinemas and a Trustee of the Independent Film Parliament and will provide an inspiring start to the conference. Our closing speaker is Dr Sean Perkins of the UK Film Council. His extensive experience in audience research will ensure that the conference ends on a high note.
To register, please visit our website:
Last Updated ( Friday, 13 March 2009 18:52 )
 
New Book: Cannes Festival
Our Swiss colleague Christian Jungen has published his book on the Cannes
Festival, in German. See the attached flyer for more information: hollywood_in_cannes.pdf

 

Congratulations, Christian! Dina
Last Updated ( Friday, 13 March 2009 14:06 )
 
Conferences

Check out the forthcoming conferences (SCMS and NECS) and the relevant panels and workshops hosted by our colleagues regarding film distribution and film industries.

 

2009 SOCIETY FOR CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES CONFERENCE

Josai University / Josai International University
Tokyo, Japan
May 21-24, 2009

 

Friday, May 22, 2009 1:15-3:00 pm
G13: Workshop: The Art and Politics of Film Festival Programming
Room: 505AB

 

Chair: Liz Czach (University of Alberta)
Workshop Participants:
B. Ruby Rich (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Kay Armatage (University of Toronto)
Patricia Zimmermann (Ithaca College)
Liz Czach (University of Alberta)
Diane Burgess (Simon Fraser University)

 

Friday, May 22, 2009 3:15-5:00 pm 
H1: Asian-Pacific Cinemas: Distribution and Reception
Room: 301A

 

Chair: Ruby Cheung (University of St Andrews)
Yun Mi Hwang (University of St Andrews), "Contested History and Reception of East Asian Martial Arts Epics"
Ruby Cheung (University of St Andrews), "From The Warlords to Red Cliff: The Politics of Film Promotion in the Asia-Pacific and the Diasporic Chinese Online Fandom"
Daniel Martin (Queen's University Belfast), "Hype, Censorship and Critical Controversy: Kim Ki-duk in the UK"
Mary Ainslie (Manchester Metropolitan University), "Post-war Thai Cinema: A ‘Traditional' Art Form of Colonialism"

 

Sponsor: Asian/Pacific American Caucus

 

Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:00-11:45am
N2: Workshop: Researching International Film Industries
Room: 301B

 

Chair: Paul McDonald (University of Portsmouth)
Workshop Participants:
Philip Drake (University of Stirling)
Tamara Falicov (University of Kansas)
Nitin Govil (University of California, San Diego)
Olof Hedling (Lund University/Växjö University)
Alejandro Pardo (University of Navarra)

 

 

NECS 2009 CONFERENCE ‘LOCATING MEDIA'
Lund University
Lund
June 25-28

In June 2009 the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies will be hosting its third annual conference. As part of the network the Film Industries Work Group will be presenting two pre-constituted panels. Please see below for dates, times, and details of the papers. For further information about the Film Industries Work Group, register with NECS at http://www.necs-initiative.org and choose the ‘Work Groups' link or otherwise contact Paul McDonald ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

 

PANEL 1: Historical Developments in European Film Industries
09.00-11.00 Friday 26th June 2009

 

‘We Had to be Careful: Self Censorship and Self Regulation Strategies Used by Nordisk Films Kompagni to Oblige Requirements in Different Territories'
Isak Thorsen (University of Copenhagen)
‘In the Search for Business: Early Glocalizing Practices in the Spanish Film Industry of the 1930s and 1940s'
Valeria Camporesi (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
‘The Czechoslovak Co-productions with the ‘West': From Governmental Orders of the 1950s to Selling the ‘New Wave' Art Cinema in the 1960s'
Pavel Skopal (Masaryk University)

 

PANEL 2: Perspectives on Film Production
11.15-13.15 Friday 26th June 2009

 

‘The Time of Production'
Patrick Vonderau (Ruhr University Bochum)
‘Selling Crime: On the Contemporary Crime Film Serial in Scandinavia'
Olof Hedling (Växjö University and Lund University)
‘The Difficult Take-Off for Film Studios in Spain: The Case of La Ciudad de la Luz'
Alejandro Pardo (University of Navarra)
‘Film Studios as Cultural Intermediaries: Post-1989 American Film Production in Prague'
Petr Szczepanik (Masaryk University)
‘Production Facilities in the Contemporary Turkish Cinema Industry'
Melis Behlil (Kadir Has University)
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 March 2009 19:39 )
 
Mark Cousins, Tilda Swinton and their Film Festival in China

Dear all,

Mark Cousins has sent in this personal report on the film festival he and Tilda Swinton are organising in China this month, and I thought we will also run it for your interest. Mark has asked me to acknowledge explicitly the financial assistance received from Edinburgh University for this project.

Click here to read Mark's piece: storyline.doc 

Enjoy: Dina

 
Last Updated ( Friday, 13 March 2009 13:09 )
 
Changes to the Team

Our team member Dr Ragan Rhyne is currently on maternity leave. She will be back to the office in September 2009. During Ragan's absence, her job will be taken up by Mr. Thomas Gerstenmeyer who will come on board starting 19 March 2009. Ms. Serazer Pekerman has newly joined our team to give us administrative support.

 

 

 
Last Updated ( Friday, 13 March 2009 13:11 )
 
International Film Guide 2009

International Film Guide 2009 (45th edn), ed. by Ian Haydn Smith, Wallflower Press 2009

Dina Iordanova recently contributed a survey chapter on the film industries across the New Europe to the International Film Guide 2009.

Now in its 45th edition, the 450-page reference book enjoys an unrivalled reputation as the most authoritative and trusted source of information on contemporary world cinema since its inaugural issue in 1963.  The current edition includes detailed breakdowns of international box office statistics and film festival award-winners, plus detailed listings and descriptions of more than 120 international film festivals. The International Film Guide was launched at the Berlin International Film Festival and European Film Market on Monday, 9 February 2009,  in collaboration with the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 October 2010 14:40 )
 
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