scholarly journals Divan film festival or the story of a big small festival of cinematographic and culinary art in the Balkans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Tutui ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Film Studies ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Great Writer

In 2010 a small festival on Balkan cuisine and cinema, leaving aside the competition and prizes, endeavored to promote a unifying perspective on the cinema of 10 nations: Balkan film studies. It is the merit of the great writer and recently chef Mircea Dinescu, of the amazing settlement on the banks of the Danube, where the borders of Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia meet, of some serious scholars, as well as of the great value of the Balkan films of the last decades that imposed the expression “Balkan film”. Paradoxically, while ethnic conflicts have provoked terrible experiences for the inhabitants of the Balkans and erected new borders, the filmmakers seem to have benefited from the authentic drama and have learned to better address the surrounding nations as well.

Europeanizing the Balkans at the Sarajevo Film Festival

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Kotecki
Keyword(s):  
Film Festival ◽  
The Balkans

scholarly journals Pixels, Police, and Batons

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Cameron L. White
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Film Studies ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Film History ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Moving Image ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
Frequent Form ◽  
Productive Potential

The 2019 Hong Kong protests witnessed not only sustained physical demonstrations by locals, but also a swell of online digital media that recorded and remixed conflicts between protestors and police. By documenting key moving images that circulated throughout social media and the film festival circuit, White’s essay reorients Hong Kong film studies’ relationship with the digital. Although cinema played a secondary role in the 2019 protests compared to digital media, numerous intertextual linkages demonstrate the productive potential of considering the two together. Special attention is given to the cops-and-robbers genre, a linchpin in local film history and a frequent form of choice for Hong Kong-mainland China coproductions. While the troubled representation of police in 2019 and beyond suggests that the future of the genre is unstable, the ingenuity of recent digital media demonstrates Hong Kong’s enduring potential for moving image innovation.

scholarly journals Contentious politics in the European (post-socialist)(semi-)periphery: Mapping rebellion and social protests in southeast and eastern Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-626
Author(s):  
Jelena Vasiljevic
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Social Protests ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Transitional Environments

This essay takes a critical and reflective look at two recently published books on contentious politics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Social Movements in the Balkans (ed. by F. Bieber and D. Brentin, Routledge 2018) and Ideology and Social Protests in Eastern Europe (V. Stoyanova, Routledge 2018). Focusing on regions somewhat neglected in scholarly analyses of the recent global upsurge of protests, these books aim to fill the gap by highlighting some contextual and regional specificities: a position of economic and geo-political (semi)periphery, weak or unconsolidated democratic institutions, post-socialist and transitional environments, societal (ethnic) divisions, etc. By critically assessing both contributions, in a manner that looks for their complementarity, this essay: examines the characteristics of popular mobilizations and grievances in Southeast and Eastern Europe; questions dominant narratives of political and economic transition and EU integration; re-evaluates socialist heritage and post-socialist political trajectories; discusses the (im) possibilities of articulating political alternatives to representative democracy and free market economy; and addresses the burden of conflicting memories and attitudes towards the region?s socialist past (and, in case of post-Yugoslav states, ethnic conflicts from the 1990s).

Film Festival/Film History: The Impact of Film Festivals on Cinema Historiography. Il cinema ritrovato and beyond1

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 131-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Di Chiara ◽  
Valentina Re
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Film Studies ◽  
Film History ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
Theoretical Level ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this essay is to offer some coordinates for the analysis of the impact of film festivals on cinema historiography. Although film festivals have had a pivotal role in film studies since the 1940s in determining various aspects of research interests, both on a critical and theoretical level, it is only in recent years that they have gathered academic attention as an autonomous research field. Moreover, even among most studies of film festivals, the relationship between film festivals and cinematic historiography seems to have been overlooked. This essay is conceived, therefore, as a provisional contribution, attempting to delineate the scope of the topic and set some parameters for further research. After defining what we mean by the impact of film festivals on cinema historiography, we try to construct a conceptual framework, capable of examining how the strategies deployed by film festivals—such as their structure, schedules, published materials and round tables, as well as their identification of a target audience—implicitly highlight the potential impact of film festivals on cinema historiography. To exemplify our theoretical statements, we refer to different kinds of film festivals and, more particularly, make a few remarks about a very particular case, Il cinema ritrovato in Bologna.

Two-Level Games and Third-Party Intervention: Evidence from Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans and South Asia

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Carment ◽  
Patrick James
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Third Party ◽  
International Negotiation ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Third Party Intervention ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Monitoring Strategies ◽  
Heads Of State ◽  
The Impact

AbstractOne of the most challenging developments for students of international relations is the resurgence of ethnic strife. While it may be true that there have been few recent interstate wars, it would be incorrect to assume that ethnic turmoil will remain an isolated domestic problem. Recent interventions by individual states, either in support of, or opposition to, ethnic challenges, raise important questions about the validity of conventional perspectives on interstate conflict: Why do some states intervene in ethnic strife while others do not? Why do some third-party states rely on violence to support ethnic conflicts while others support norms of peaceful mediation? This investigation uses Putnam's two-level game to examine the impact of ethnicity on third-party intervention. Evidence from the Balkans war and Indo-Sri Lankan conflict show how heads of state must coordinate actions at two bargaining “tables,” which correspond to domestic politics and international negotiation. By monitoring strategies and tactics at each, it becomes possible to understand superficially puzzling developments. More specifically, initiatives in one domain may be a function of constraints or opportunities imposed by the other. These insights appear as propositions related to commitment, autonomy, domestic costs and manipulation of perceptions

“Ethnic Conflict” Undressed: Patterns of Contrast, Interest of Elites, and Clientelism of Foreign Powers in Comparative Perspective—Bosnia, India, Pakistan

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Wieland
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
The Balkans

Ethnic conflict is not—because there are no ethnic groups in conflict. This is the main conclusion of a comparison of so-called “ethnic conflicts” in the Balkans and in colonial India. A comparison of Muslim nation building in these two regions provides several valuable insights that go far beyond the specific cases. Thus far, there have been many hints in the literature on similarities between Bosnia and Pakistan or the Balkans and the Indian subcontinent as a whole. But there have been no systematic comparisons, though many parallels emerge when we look more closely.

scholarly journals Experiences of developed European countries in solving issues related to national minorities

Sociologija ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Nada Raduski
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
European Countries ◽  
National Minority ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Global Peace ◽  
Countries In Transition ◽  
Human Rights Standards

Contemporary geopolitical change, inter-ethnic conflicts and clashes, the connection between minority and territorial problems, considerably influence the quality of inter-state relations and preservation of global peace and security. National problems and ethnic confrontations have found particularly fertile soil in the Balkans, although they are known in democratic West European countries as well, despite high human rights standards. However, even though such problems deserve special attention due to their seriousness, they remain exclusively in the jurisdiction of the respective states, as opposed to the countries in transition that are in the focus of interest and intervention of the international community. In developed countries, the method of regulating the minority question greatly depends on the position of the given country on the world economic and political scene, as well as on numerous historical and political factors. In each of these countries there are specific models of coexistence of majority and minority nations, therefore there can be no universal model that would be valid for all countries. Respecting basic human rights and liberties, as well as national minority protection, are among the basic factors of stability, security and democratic and socio-economic development of every country.

scholarly journals The politics of age and generation at the GAZE International LGBT Film Festival in Dublin

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Binnie ◽  
Christian Klesse
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Film Studies ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
The Social ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
A Site ◽  
Empirical Material

Despite their global proliferation, queer film festivals, like film festivals more broadly, are somewhat understudied within the social sciences. This is despite scholarship within film studies that argues that they are significant sites of queer collectivity and sociality. This article examines queer film festivals as sites for the production of community and queer bonds. The authors argue that questions of age, temporality and intergenerationality are central to discourses of community mobilized by festival organizers. The article draws on empirical material from a qualitative study of the GAZE International LGBT Festival in Dublin – which formed part of a larger comparative study of the cultural activist politics of queer film festivals in Europe. Ken Plummer has argued for a greater appreciation of the role of time and generation within sexuality studies. Age, temporality and intergenerationality emerged as important issues within interviews conducted with organizers and volunteers at the festival. The analysis of these issues focuses on three key themes: (1) GAZE as a site of intergenerational community; (2) GAZE as a site of remembrance; and (3) demography and the sustainability of the festival. The article argues that the festival provides a distinctive site of intergenerational queer bonds; and that despite the creation of transnational spaces and discourses, references to the nation and national identity remain central to bonding experiences at the festival.

Labor Migration as a Prelude to World War I

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Olsson
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Different Parts

At the same time as the political tensions increased in Europe around 1900, an international labor market was developing. More and more proletarians from different parts of the continent searched for labor opportunities in the center of the agrarian and industrial capitalism. In several countries, including Russia, capitalists more and more actively recruited labor migrants for seasonal work. The labor migrants became a political issue as a part of the trade negotiations between Germany and Russia. Also, the Austrian colonization and political expansion in the Balkans can be looked upon in a perspective of (labor) migration. Class and ethnic conflicts coincided and escalated into an international conflict.

scholarly journals Bitola 2005

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Film Festival ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Trading Company

INTERNATIONAL FILM CAMERA FESTIVAL "MANAKI BROTHERS" IN BITOLA When you see packed houses for all the screenings at a film festival, you know that this will be an event to be remembered. So it was at the 26th International Film Camera Festival "Manaki Brothers" in Bitola (20-25 September 2005) under festival director Tomi Salkovski and selector-programmer Blagoja "Dore" Kunevski. Indeed, this specialized festival honouring the cinematographer had every reason to celebrate. For, as every film historian worth his salt knows, the first film shot in the Balkans was by the Manaki Brothers. Back in 1905, shortly after Yanaki Manaki returned home to Bitola in Macedonia from London with a Film Camera 300 in the Bioscope series bought from the Charles Urban Trading Company, he teamed with his photographer brother Milton Manaki to film in nearby Audela (today Greece) their 114-year-old grandmother at her spinning-wheel. Of course, a Manaki heir was...

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