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Birri, Fernando (1925-2017)
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Buñuel, Luis (1900-1983)
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Espinal, Luis (1932-1980)
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Lombardi, Francisco José (Peruvian Film Director)
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Masri, Mai (1959-)
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Language
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Perpetrators in Documentaries on Genocide
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,
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Circulating Films Online: Insights from Independent Distributors in Europe
Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam (2025), 44 pp.
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
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70. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 1. – 6. Mai 2024;70th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 1 – 6 May 2024
Oberhausen: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (2024), 297 pp.
Latin American History Goes to the Movies: Understanding Latin America's Past through Film
Inspiring Practice
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
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Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries: The Contours of Commemoration
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,
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Belt and Road Initiative-Supported Co-Production Films: Film Policy and Disoriented Remembrance of the Silk Road Past
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 1 (2023), pp. 48-62
"Through policy analysis and close reading of two films, this article reveals films’ increasing role in China’s geopolitical plan, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The co-production film Xuanzang shows that the Silk Road past is used to illustrate BRI’s pledge for a beneficial future. Even
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Rethinking Film Festivals in the Pandemic Era and After
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xix, 342 pp.
"This edited collection aims to document the effects of Covid-19 on film festivals and to theorize film festivals in the age of social distancing. To some extent, this crisis begs us to consider what happens when festivals can't happen; while films have found new (temporary) channels of distribution
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Ecocinema Theory and Practice 2
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvii, 249 pp.
"This second volume builds on the initial groundwork laid by Ecocinema Theory and Practice by examining the ways in which ecocritical cinema studies have matured and proliferated over the last decade, opening whole new areas of study and research. Featuring fourteen new essays organized into three s
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Le temps à l’épreuve des médias: Brésil-France (xxe-xxie siècles)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2023), 335 pp.
The New Screen Ecology in India: Digital Transformation of Media
London: Bloomsbury;British Film Institute (bfi) (2023), ix, 174 pp.
"New Screen Ecology in India is an open access book that provides an in depth exploration of the digital transformation of the Indian media industry. Smith Mehta takes a deep dive into the world of social media platforms and their impact on contemporary film and television production, arguing that t
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Documentaries and China's national image
London; New York: Routledge (2023), viii, 245 pp.
"Based on theoretical frameworks of media sociology, political economy of communication and cultural studies, the book traces the development of Chinese documentary and discusses social transformation and cultural representation embodied in documentaries related to China. It is revealed how these wo
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World Cinema Fund: Supported Films 2004-2023
Berlin: Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) (2023), 223 pp.
"Founded in 2004, the WCF was initiated by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin International Film Festival. It quickly established itself as one of the leading institutions in the field of international film funding for artistic and innovative productions. The WCF concentrates on b
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Segundo Foro Latinoamericano de Cine e Impacto Social: Memoria Gráfica
Acción Impacta Cine;Taturana;Ambulante (2023), 60 pp.
Cinema Negro. D’África à Diáspora: O pensamento antirracista de Kabengele Munanga
São Paulo: Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de São Paulo (FEUSP) (2023), 536 pp.
Mujer, diversidad y cine en Colombia: Perspectivas de género e imágenes de la mujer en el siglo XXI
Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario (2023), xv, 381 pp.
"La representación de la mujer en el cine de Colombia ha tendido a estar asociada a nociones de sumisión, victimización o sexualización, sugiriendo una cierta uniformidad, invisibilidad y repetición acerca de su existencia social y cinematográfica. A pesar de esta complejidad cultural e histó
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Film- und Fernsehanalyse
München: UVK, 4. überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2023), 486 pp.
"Die Rezeption von Filmen und Fernsehsendungen ist sowohl vom Wissen und den Emotionen der Zuschauer:innen als auch von sozialen Kontexten abhängig. Es reicht daher nicht aus, die "Sprache" von Film und Fernsehen zu analysieren, sondern es müssen auch die Form, die Gestaltung, die Dramaturgie und
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Le cinéma amazigh-berbère et les autres médias
Paris: L'Harmattan (2023), 227 pp.
"Des échanges intertextuels entre films, oralité et écriture ont caractérisé la production cinématographique des années 1990 et un certain nombre d’études leur ont été dédiées. Moins traitées par la recherche sont les relations entretenues par le cinéma avec la télévision et l’In
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Transnational Convergence of East Asian Pop Culture
London; New York: Routledge (2023), 238 pp.
"This book observes and analyses transnational interactions of East Asian pop culture and current cultural practices, comparing them to the production and consumption of Western popular culture and providing a theoretical discussion regarding the specific paradigm of East Asian pop culture. Drawing
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Mediating Violence from Africa: Francophone Literature, Film, and Testimony after the Cold War
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (2023), xx, 227 pp.
"Mediating Violence from Africa explores how African and non-African Francophone authors, filmmakers, editors, and scholars have packaged, interpreted, and filmed the violent histories of post–Cold War Francophone Africa. This violence, much of which unfolded in front of Western television cameras
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