Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics

Aida Vallejo (Curatore)

Ezra Winton (Curatore)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the global landscape of documentary film festivals. Contributors from across the globe offer in-depth analysis of both internationally renowned and more alternative festivals, including Hot Docs (Canada), Nyon (Switcherland), Yamagata (Japan), DocChina, Full Frame (US), Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), Vikalp (India), and DocsBarcelona (Catalonia, Spain), among others. With a special focus on historical and political developments, this first volume draws a map of documentary festivals operating today, and then looks at their origins and evolution. This volume is organized in three sections: the first addresses methodological problems film historians and social scientists face when researching documentary film festivals, the second looks at the historical development of this circuit within the wider frame of history of world and national cinemas, and the third reflects on how politics find their way through festival programs and actions. Curatorial, organizational, industrial and political changes occurred in the festival realm addressed in this book help better understand how these affected documentary production, distribution, curation, exhibition and reception up to this day.

• Curatore: Aida Vallejo, Ezra Winton
• Editore: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Collana: Framing Film Festivals
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 296 p.
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm
• EAN: 9783030173227

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