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Independent Filmmaking Around the Globe
Doris Baltruschat (Edited by), Mary P. Erickson (Edited by)
9781442626836
Paperback / softback, published 13 April 2015
328 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, 6 b&w tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg
‘Independent Filmmaking is an indispensable resource, and it would also be an excellent text for a survey of new international cinema…. Highly recommended.’ ‘It is not only one of my favourite film studies readings for the year 2015, but a very helpful and fundamental anthology to assist teaching courses of related topics.’
Independent Filmmaking around the Globe calls attention to the significant changes taking place in independent cinema today, as new production and distribution technology and shifting social dynamics make it more and more possible for independent filmmakers to produce films outside both the mainstream global film industry and their own national film systems. Identifying and analyzing the many complex forces that shape the production and distribution of feature films, the authors detail how independent filmmakers create work that reflects independent voices and challenges political, economic, and cultural constraints. With chapters on the under-explored cinemas of Greece, Turkey, Iraq, China, Malaysia, Peru, and West Africa, as well as traditional production centres such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, Independent Filmmaking around the Globe explores how contemporary independent filmmaking increasingly defines the global cinema of our time.
Foreword. Producing Independently in a Global Industry (David Hamilton) Introduction Chapter 1. The Meaning of Independence: Concepts, Contexts and Interpretations Part I: Independent Film vis À vis the Local and Global Mainstream Chapter 2. An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema Outside the US Chapter 3. European Union Initiatives for Independent Filmmakers Across Europe Chapter 4. Dependency and Independence in British Independent Film Chapter 5. From Aussiewood Movies to Guerilla Filmmaking: Independent Filmmaking and Contemporary Australian Cinema Chapter 6. Independent Filmmaking in the Peruvian Context: Seeking Meaning Part II: The Meaning of Independence in Regions of Conflict and Change Chapter 7. In the Shadow of the Studios, the State and the Multiplexes: Independent Filmmaking in Greece Chapter 8. Turkish Independent Cinema: Between Bourgeois Auteurism and Political Radicalism Chapter 9. Filmmaking in Iraq: A Rebirth Chapter 10. The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in China Chapter 11. Independent Filmmaking in Africa: New Voices and Challenges Part III: Digital Media and the Independent Voice Chapter 12. Syiok Sendiri?: Independent Filmmaking in Malaysia Chapter 13. Independent Filmmaking in the Canadian Arctic Chapter 14. Digital Video Films as “Independent” African Cinema Glossary
Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson
Yannis Tzioumakis
Teresa Hoefert de TurÉgano
Erik Knudsen
Mark Ryan
Gabriela MartÍnez
Lydia Papadimitriou
Murat Akser
Mary P. Erickson
Hongwei Lu
Martin Mhando
Gaik Cheng Khoo
Doris Baltruschat
Sheila Petty
Filmography
List of Contributors
Bibliography