The Political Economy of Local Cinema: A Critical Introduction
Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2020), 257 pp.
"The essays in this collection focus on [...] the organization of material and immaterial resources necessary for local cinema to endure as a valuable and vibrant alternative to other forms of cinema. In line with the mission of applied research, the main normative goal inspiring our project is rather practical: to support local cinema and the education of local filmmakers in addressing the cultural effects and challenges brought about by globalization and digitalization. The essays in this collection pick up particular aspects of these challenges and invite the reader to problematize local cinema as a cultural form that is both vulnerable and valuable." (Preface)
Critical political economy and local cinema: An Introduction / Matteo Stocchetti, 13
I. LOCAL CINEMA AND DIGITIZATION: DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
The political economy of participatory community cinemas: CineCiutat as a standpoint of resistance / Ignacio Bergillos, 41
Elements of a critical political economy of local cinema in Digital Era: Lo-bal process and double aesthetic of cinema in French film exhibitors / Benjamin Lesson, 57
Film distribution in Finland: Gatekeepers of local cinema / Heidi Grundström, 77
Digitizing local cinema: Lessons on diversity from Norway / Terje Gaustad, Anne-Britt Gran, and Øyvind Torp, 95
The political economy of Khaleeji cinema: Historical developments of Arab Gulf film industries / Abdulrahman Alghannam, 109
II. LOCAL CINEMA AND GLOBALIZATION: STRUGGLES, SURVIVAL AND SUSTAINABILITY
Production of Main Melody Film in Post-Socialist China: A deconstruction of Wolf Warrior 2 / Xiaofei Han, 139
In the land of Finnish Swedish cinema: A look into the political economy of local cinema in Finland / Daniel Lindblom, 165
Art against the odds: The struggles, survival and success of New Zealand local cinema / Natàlia Ferrer-Roca, 175
Market censorship and Finnish cinema / Anne Lill Rajala, 205
Sustainability as a framework of analysis and a guide for policy-making: The film industry in Wellington, New Zealand / Argelia Muñoz Larroa, 221
I. LOCAL CINEMA AND DIGITIZATION: DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
The political economy of participatory community cinemas: CineCiutat as a standpoint of resistance / Ignacio Bergillos, 41
Elements of a critical political economy of local cinema in Digital Era: Lo-bal process and double aesthetic of cinema in French film exhibitors / Benjamin Lesson, 57
Film distribution in Finland: Gatekeepers of local cinema / Heidi Grundström, 77
Digitizing local cinema: Lessons on diversity from Norway / Terje Gaustad, Anne-Britt Gran, and Øyvind Torp, 95
The political economy of Khaleeji cinema: Historical developments of Arab Gulf film industries / Abdulrahman Alghannam, 109
II. LOCAL CINEMA AND GLOBALIZATION: STRUGGLES, SURVIVAL AND SUSTAINABILITY
Production of Main Melody Film in Post-Socialist China: A deconstruction of Wolf Warrior 2 / Xiaofei Han, 139
In the land of Finnish Swedish cinema: A look into the political economy of local cinema in Finland / Daniel Lindblom, 165
Art against the odds: The struggles, survival and success of New Zealand local cinema / Natàlia Ferrer-Roca, 175
Market censorship and Finnish cinema / Anne Lill Rajala, 205
Sustainability as a framework of analysis and a guide for policy-making: The film industry in Wellington, New Zealand / Argelia Muñoz Larroa, 221
