Film Festivals
Culture, People, and Power on the Global Screen
Seiten
2011
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-5065-7 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-5065-7 (ISBN)
Offers the first comprehensive overview of the history, people, films, and multiple functions of the festival world. From Sundance to Hong Kong, from the glitter of Cannes to edgier festivals that challenge boundaries or foster LGBTQ cultural production, film festivals celebrate art, promote business, bring cinema to diverse audiences, and raise key issues about how we see our world.
Movies, stars, auteurs, critics, and the sheer excitement of cinema come together in film festivals as quintessential constellations of art, business, and glamour. Yet, how well do we actually understand the forces and meanings that these events embody?
Film Festivals offers the first comprehensive overview of the history, people, films, and multiple functions of the festival world. From Sundance to Hong Kong, from the glitter of Cannes to edgier festivals that challenge boundaries or foster LGBTQ cultural production, film festivals celebrate art, promote business, bring cinema to diverse audiences, and raise key issues about how we see our world. Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong situates festivals within changing global practices of film, including their important ties to both Hollywood and independent cinema. She explores how these events have become central in the construction of cinema knowledge as well as the behind-the-scene mechanics of finance, distribution, and evaluation. By linking general structures and connections to specific films and auteurs, Wong addresses the components and creation of film festivals that continue to reshape filmmaking as art and business.
Movies, stars, auteurs, critics, and the sheer excitement of cinema come together in film festivals as quintessential constellations of art, business, and glamour. Yet, how well do we actually understand the forces and meanings that these events embody?
Film Festivals offers the first comprehensive overview of the history, people, films, and multiple functions of the festival world. From Sundance to Hong Kong, from the glitter of Cannes to edgier festivals that challenge boundaries or foster LGBTQ cultural production, film festivals celebrate art, promote business, bring cinema to diverse audiences, and raise key issues about how we see our world. Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong situates festivals within changing global practices of film, including their important ties to both Hollywood and independent cinema. She explores how these events have become central in the construction of cinema knowledge as well as the behind-the-scene mechanics of finance, distribution, and evaluation. By linking general structures and connections to specific films and auteurs, Wong addresses the components and creation of film festivals that continue to reshape filmmaking as art and business.
Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong chairs the Department of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She is the coauthor of Global Hong Kong and coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. History, Structure, and Practice in the Festival World
2. The Films of the Festivals
3. Auteurs, Critics, and Canons: Extratextual Elements and the Construction of Festival Films
4. Film Festivals and Film Industries
5. Festivals as Public Spheres
6. The Hong Kong International Film Festival as Cultural Event
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index
Zusatzinfo | 13 photos |
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Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 708 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8135-5065-3 / 0813550653 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-5065-7 / 9780813550657 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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