Film Festivals: From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia

by Marijke de Valck

Book Overview

The film festival has come a long way from its relatively humble origins in Venice in 1932--when nine nations presented twenty-five feature films screened in an open-air cinema where men had to adhere to standards of formal evening attire. Hugely popular events that attract diverse lovers of cinema worldwide, today's most famous film festivals--Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Rotterdam--continue the story of a phenomenon that began in the midst of geopolitical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9053561927
• ISBN13: 9789053561928
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"