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Shaping Global Cultures Through Screenwriting: Women Who Write Our Worlds

Rose Ferrell, Rosanne Welch (eds.)

Bristol: Intellect (2025), 658 pp.

"This volume, Shaping Global Cultures through Screenwriting: Women Who Write Our Worlds, tells stories of women who have worked with and within communities to bring the communities’ stories to life through screenwriting. In gathering these examples, we asked for stories that achieved some level ... of impact for the communities. Impact was considered across a number of indices. We wanted to show that attitudes have shifted, policies have been rewritten and the life experiences and ranges of possibility for some have changed for the better as a result of women’s work. We hope to show through our stories that film can change lives; that sharing stories matters; and that women are everywhere, using their skills in screen production for the good of many. In her excellent book, Women in the International Film Industry: Policy Practice and Power, Susan Liddy (2020) offers ‘a wide-ranging, critical assessment of practice, policy and progress’ to establish the range and scale of gender inequality that currently exists in the world of screen production. She quotes O’Neill and Domingo (2015) to point out that social, economic and political conditions vary, and ‘combine in different ways to enable or constrain women’s agency and leadership’ in screen production (Liddy 2020: 1). In contrast, our book approaches the same problem from the opposite perspective: we seek to correlate the ‘policy, practice and power’ (Liddy 2020) with the actual work of women screenwriters. Our aim is to point out what women screenwriters, creators and filmmakers are doing in disparate corners of the world, and how their effort is positively impacting communities, shaping culture and creating change. We argue that, despite the fact that women screenwriters are underrepresented in leadership roles in film industries worldwide, the impact of their films remains visible and palpable. We provide evidence that, as women step into the roles of screenwriter, filmmaker and collaborator, using known and emerging technologies, formats and genres under the broad scope of ‘screen production’, they raise the voices of other women and other communities. This volume shows the impact of women’s voices in creating real change for the communities whose stories are told through the topics and themes of these women’s screen works. Not least, this volume seeks to celebrate these women and their communities and bring awareness of that impact to broader communities worldwide." (Introduction, page 1) more

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Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen

Sheila Curran Bernard

New York; London: Routledge, 5th ed. (2023), xix, 373 pp.

"For nearly two decades, Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the global documentary marketplace: storytelling. As this revised, updated fifth edition makes clear, nonfiction storytelling is not limited to ... more

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Cinemas of the Mozambican Revolution: Anti-Colonialism, Independence and Internationalism in Filmmaking, 1968-1991

Ros Gray

Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer (2020), xvi, 292 pp.

"In one of the first cultural acts to follow independence in 1975, Frelimo's new socialist government of Mozambique set up a National Institute of Cinema (the INC). In a country where many people had little previous experience of cinema, the INC was tasked to "deliver to the people an image of the p ... more

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Los estudios sobre cine en Latinoamérica (2000-2017)

Lauro Zavala, Johnnier Aristizábal Santa

Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana (2020), 333 pp.

"El objetivo de este libro colectivo es ofrecer una perspectiva panorámica acerca de la investigación profesional sobre los estudios cinematográficos que se está produciendo en siete países de América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, México y Perú. En cada uno de los cap� ... more

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Guerrilla Film Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to the Branding, Marketing and Promotion of Independent Films & Filmmakers

Robert G. Barnwell

Sandy O. Cagnan (illustr.)

New York, Abingdon, UK: Routledge (2019), xix, 299 pp.

"Guerrilla Film Marketing takes readers through each step of the film branding, marketing and promotional process. Tailored specifically to low-budget independent films and filmmakers, Guerrilla Film Marketing offers practical and immediately implementable advice for marketing considerations across ... more

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El cine de los otros: La representación de "lo indígena" en el cine documental ecuatoriano

Karolina Romero

Quito: FLACSO; Abya-Yala (2011), 128 pp.

"Esta investigación aporta a la comprensión del contexto histórico-social de la construcción del cine documental en Ecuador desde una visión que valora y entiende al cine documental como parte de la cultura visual ecuatoriana, el mundo de las imágenes, su vida social y las representaciones que ... more

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Spur der Filme: Zeitzeugen über die DEFA

Ingrid Poss, Peter Warnecke (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 567 pp.

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Kino als Kunst: Filmvermittlung an der Schule und anderswo

Alain Bergala

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2006), 144 pp.

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Der Filmkanon: 35 Filme, die Sie kennen müssen

Alfred Holighaus (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2005), 272 pp.

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Cinema and the Sandinistas: Filmmaking in Revolutionary Nicaragua

Jonathan Buchsbaum

Austin: University of Texas Press (2003), xvii, 323 pp.

"Following the Sandinista Revolution in 1979, young bohemian artists rushed to the newly formed Nicaraguan national film institute INCINE to contribute to "the recovery of national identity" through the creation of a national film project. Over the next eleven years, the filmmakers of INCINE produce ... more

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Cinema of Flames: Balkan Film, Culture and the Media

Dina Iordanova

London: British Film Institute (bfi) (2001), vi, 322 pp.

"Cinema of Flames attempts to go deeper than the imagery and address some of the general concerns of the cross-cultural representation and self-representation of the Balkans: narrative strategies within the context of Balkan exclusion from the European cultural sphere, the cosmopolitan image of Sare ... more

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La aventura del cine boliviano 1952-1985

Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert

La Paz: Editorial Gisbert (1985), 354 pp.

"Este libro tiene tres niveles, el más importante es el análisis y la interpretación de lo que significa desde el punto de vista de su sentido y de sus contenidos el cine boliviano contemporáneo, el otro tiene que ver con la visión histórica del periodo 1952-1985. En ambos el autor ha buscado ... more

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El cine boliviano según Luis Espinal

Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert

La Paz: Editorial Don Bosco (1982), 209 pp.

"He dividido este texto en tres partes claramente diferenciadas: La primera "Espinal: el testimonio de una obra ejemplar" es una aproximación al hombre, siempre desde la perspectiva de su trabajo profesional en el campo del cine, aunque he tratado, sobre todo en el acápite segundo de esta parte, d ... e no olvidar el valor humano de su testimonio. A la aproximación biográfica - incompleta y en un solo ángulo a efectos del trabajo - he sumado dos textos críticos sobre su trabajo bibliográfico expresado en las publicaciones de los "Cuadernos de Cine" en Editorial Don Bosco y en las más de 2.000 películas criticadas a lo largo de más de una década de trabajo especializado en la prensa de La Paz, el segundo de los cuales ha realizado Pedro Susz. Cierro esta primera parte con un aporte documental que a mi entender confirma una coherencia ideológica innegable en el trabajo crítico de Espinal; incluyo la primera crítica que publicó en Bolivia en 1968 y la última en 1980. He escrito la segunda parte "El contexto: aproximación al cine boliviano" con un sentido referencial que me parece importante. La visión que Espinal tiene del cine boliviano contemporáneo podrá ser mejor comprendida en la medida en que el lector esté al tanto de la realidad histórica de este cine, de sus tremendas limitaciones materiales traducidas en la inexistencia de una industria sólida y, la importancia relativa del cine nacional en el marco latinoamericano y universal, además de una reseña histórica - en este caso - sobre la crítica del cine en Bolivia. Por ello los cuatro textos de ésta parte insisten en un panorama general sobre la cinematografía boliviana desde sus orígenes hasta la circunstancia actual. La tercera parte está constituida por una recopilación de todos los escritos de Espinal publicados sobre el cine boliviano. Es la primera vez que se reúne lo que fue una mirada dispersa y absolutamente inmediata del desarrollo del cine boliviano, a través de críticas de prensa. El valor es mayor por esa razón ya que nos permite la opinión sobre una película con el impacto de su estreno. En algunos casos las criticas están distanciadas por varios años, la misma película ha sufrido una revisión, las ideas están maduradas y elaboradas. Ese salto temporal se condensa en un todo a partir de este texto." (Introducción) more

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Cine boliviano: Del realizador al crítico

Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert

La Paz: Editorial Gisbert (1979), 297 pp.

"Los autores han abordado en este libro el problema del cine boliviano porque, a pesar de los vacíos y las limitaciones impuestas, una nueva conciencia crítica florece en el espectador, quien comienza a comprender el cine como instrumento de conocimiento de nuestra realidad. Esa nueva conciencia y ... more

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Perpetrators in Documentaries on Genocide

Julian Koch

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2026), 268 pp.

"Perpetrators in Documentaries on Genocide is a wide-ranging comparative study that analyses how numerous genocides and their perpetrators have been presented in documentary film. Spanning seven 20th-century genocides across three continents and combining interviews with filmmakers, distant reading, ... more

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Circulating Films Online: Insights from Independent Distributors in Europe

Roderik Smits

Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam (2025), 44 pp.

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Opus: Database dedicated to national legislation concerning the promotion of European audiovisual works across Europe

European Audiovisual Observatory, Council of Europe (2025)

"This database provides a comprehensive overview of how EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the UK have transposed key articles of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), on the promotion of European and independent works, specifically Articles 13 (media servi ... more

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70. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 1. – 6. Mai 2024 = 70th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 1 – 6 May 2024

Anne Fiehn, Christian Lailach (eds.)

Oberhausen: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (2024), 297 pp.

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Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries: The Contours of Commemoration

Liat Steir-Livny

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1st ed. (2024), xvii, 242 pp.

"Animated documentaries dealing with the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors, and their descendants constitute a new phenomenon and inaugurate a new field of Holocaust commemoration. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of animated Holocaust documentaries. It explores movies produced in the USA, ... more

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Latin American History Goes to the Movies: Understanding Latin America's Past through Film
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Stewart Brewer

London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2024), xiii, 264 pp.

"This new edition of Latin American History Goes to the Movies uses a variety of feature films as a method of studying key historical themes in Latin America, from pre-Columbian cultures to contemporary debates. The book provides historical context as a way of interpreting Latin American filmography ... more

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