Marijke de Valck Film festivals

from European geopolitics to global cinephilia

Film festivals are popular events that attract lovers of cinema, but they are also a uniquely revealing index of globalisation in the realm of culture and the arts. The author shows how festivals in Europe turned political divisions and national rivalry into advantages, eventually expanding into a successful global network. The book proposes a comprehensively new understanding of film festivals. Issues addressed range from programming and festival prizes to national legimation and city marketing,...

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Engels | 276 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2007

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