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Allegory in Iranian Cinema: The Aesthetics of Poetry and Resistance
London: Bloomsbury Academic (2019), xiv, 282 pp.
"Iranian filmmakers have long been recognised for creating a vibrant, aesthetically rich cinema whilst working under strict state censorship regulations. As Michelle Langford reveals, many have found indirect, allegorical ways of expressing forbidden topics and issues in their films. But for many, a
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Refugees on Film: Assessing the Political Strengths and Weaknesses of the Documentary Style
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, issue 18 (2019), pp. 107-122
"The article considers one dominant tendency of independent filmmaking, and its impact on the treatment of the refugee (broadly conceived): the application of contemporary documentary methods to both fiction and nonfiction works. The goal is a preliminary exploration of the complex, context-sensitiv
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Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty
London: Bloomsbury (2019), xii, 364 pp.
"Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Regina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Ne
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The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas
Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press, paperback ed. (2019), xvii, 709 pp.
"The volume is divided into three parts, focusing respectively on historical periodizations, categories that share formal characteristics, and structural elements involved in the production, distribution, and reception of the works themselves. In historical terms, topics range from the birth of Chin
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Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media
New York: Oxford University Press (2019), xiii, 280 pp.
"The potential of documentary moving images to foster democratic exchange has been percolating within media production culture for the last century, and now, with mobile cameras at our fingertips and broadcasts circulating through unpredictable social networks, the documentary impulse is coming into
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Moving Images: Visual Metaphors of Peace in the Movie Mango Dreams
Peace & Change, volume 45, issue 1 (2019), pp. 126-150
"Visual metaphors stand at the border between text and image, as they are linguistic figures that visualize the spoken. Based on this assumption and on the existing knowledge on the discourse analytical method of metaphor analysis, Part One of the article develops a method of visual metaphor analysi
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Latin American Film Industries
London; New York: Bloomsbury; British Film Institute (bfi) (2019), ix, 193 pp.
"Focusing in particular on Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, Tamara Falicov examines commonalities among Latin American film industries, such as the challenges of procuring funding, competition from Hollywood, state funding battles, and the fickle nature of audiences, as well as censorship issues, compe
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New Video Generation: The Myanmar Motion Picture Industry in 2017
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 287-306
"Following a summary of secondary and primary sources on the subject of film production in Burma, I will present an overview of the history of the Burmese film industry, from the British colonial period, to independence, to the years of the Burmese Socialist Program Party, and then the SLORC/SPDC ye
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Kino in Kolumbien: Der innerkolumbianische Konflikt im Film zwischen Gewaltdiskurs und (trans-)nationaler Identität
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2019), 422 pp.
"Der landesinterne Konflikt in Kolumbien und die damit einhergehende Gewalt sind seit deren Ausbruch in den 1940er Jahren zentraler Gegenstand des kolumbianischen Kinos. Unter dem Einfluss sich wandelnder Gewaltdiskurse und Produktionsbedingungen entwerfen die kolumbianischen Filmemacher_innen viels
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African Film Studies: An Introduction
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xi, 142 pp.
"The book provides a succinct and comprehensive study of the history, aesthetics, and theory of sub-Saharan African cinematic productions that is grounded in the field of film studies instead of textual interpretations from other disciplines. Bringing African cinema out of the margins into the disci
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Guerrilla Film Marketing: The Ultimate Guide to the Branding, Marketing and Promotion of Independent Films & Filmmakers
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
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Exporting the French Co-Production Model: Aide Aux Cinémas Du Monde and Produire Au Sud
In: European Film and Television Co-Production: Policy and Practice
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 223-239
"This chapter examines how the Aide aux cinemas du monde fund and the Produire au Sud workshop aim at strengthening France’s central position in the co-production of world cinemas. The Aide aux cinemas du monde provides funding to French co-producers of films from all over the world, while the Pro
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Report on the Feature Documentary Film 'The Opium War': Focusing on the Director's Point of View
Seoul: Chung-Ang University, Gradutate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia and Film, Master Thesis (2018), xi, 82 pp.
"The main purpose of this report is to analyze the documentary feature film called 'The Opium War' based on the civilians' antidrug movement in the author's home place, Myanmar's Kachin state. The film mainly focuses on the antidrug movement 'Pat Jasan' organized by Myanmar civilians and which liter
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Children’s Screen Content in an Era of Forced Migration: Facilitating Arab-European Dialogue. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich. Workshop Briefing 3: Drama, Storytelling, Empathy
London: King's College (2018), 26 pp.
"This briefing summarises the proceedings of the third workshop in a project to stimulate dialogue between European and Arab stakeholders about European screen content for young children of Arab heritage who are living in Europe through forced migration." (Page 28)
Filmische Zeugenschaft im Abseits: Kulturelle Dekolonisierungsprozesse und Dokumentarfilme zwischen Mosambik und Portugal
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2018), 284 pp.
"Wie wird koloniale Gewalt historisch thematisiert? Wie gehen dokumentarische Filme und geschichtspolitische Diskurse mit ihr um? Robert Stock nähert sich diesen Fragen mit kritischem Blick auf den Kolonialkrieg Portugals in Afrika und den nationalen Befreiungskampf Mosambiks. Dabei fokussiert er s
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16. Afrika Film Festival Köln, 13.-23. September 2018. Fokus: Innerafrikanische Migration
Köln: FilmInitiativ Köln (2018), 134 pp.
"The 16th Afrika Film Festival Köln will present 75 new films from Africa – with a wider focus on migration within Africa Let’s start with some numbers: there are currently 68 million displaced people worldwide, most of whom now reside in countries bordering their homelands. The wide range of r
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Afrikabilder: Kontinuitäten und Brüche - Geschichte und Gegenwart des kolonialen Blicks in der deutschen Medienlandschaft
Bremen: Bildungsvereinigung Arbeit und Leben (2018), 87 pp.
"Den Hintergrund dieses Handbuchs bildet die Annahme, dass hierzulande eine Mehrheit (d. h. all jener Menschen ohne afrikabezogene Flucht- und Migrationsbiografie) nur wenig über ›Afrika‹ und ›afrikanische‹ Verhältnisse weiß, aber trotzdem eine Meinung hat. Diese Meinung speist sich vor a
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New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xiii, 229 pp.
"This volume explores the recent 'adolescent turn' in contemporary Latin American cinema, challenging many of the underlying assumptions about the nature of youth and distinguishing adolescence as a distinct and vital area of study. Its contributors examine the narrative and political potential of t
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L'audiovisuel au Maroc en 10 questions: Approche socio-économique
Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 202 pp.
"Le présent ouvrage s'intéresse à la socio-économie de l'audiovisuel au Maroc. Il dresse un panorama des différents questionnements qui concernent le secteur de l'audiovisuel, ses acteurs institutionnels et économiques, ainsi que la dynamique qui les anime. De précieux renseignements y sont f
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