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Documentary film festivals, vol. 2: changes, challenges, professional perspectives

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Framing film festivalsPublication details: Palgrave Macmillan 2020 ChamDescription: xxvii, 235 p.: col. ill. Include indexISBN:
  • 9783030173234
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4375 D6-II
Summary: This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the global landscape of documentary film festivals, looking at its contemporary and future challenges. Contributors from across the globe reflect on how documentary has positioned itself within both internationally renowned and more alternative festivals, including IDFA (Netherlands), Cannes IFF (France), Sheffield Doc/Fest (UK), Dockanema (Mozambique), Ismailia (Egypt) and Zinebi (Basque Country, Spain), among others. With a special focus on industrial and curatorial developments, this second in a two-volume set looks at recent changes that occurred in the festival circuit, such as the proliferation of markets and co-production forums, the inclusion of interactive and VR forms within their programs and the irruption of VOD platforms, and analyse how these affect the future of documentary aesthetics and its production/distribution contexts. This volume is organized in two sections: the first reflects on how the documentary festival circuit has become a key industry node for contemporary documentary and identifies new curatorial trends at documentary and major film festivals. The second gives voice to professionals working for festivals and institutions who collaborate with them, who share inside knowledge and concerns, regarding the future challenges to be faced by documentaries in the near future. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-17324-1
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Table of Contents

Introduction—Volume 2: Documentary Film Festivals: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives
Aida Vallejo, Ezra Winton
Changes and Challenges
Front Matter
Introduction to Part I, Vol. 2: Changes and Challenges for Documentary and Film Festivals
Aida Vallejo
IDFA’s Industry Model: Fostering Global Documentary Production and Distribution
Aida Vallejo
Connecting and Sharing Experiences: Chilean Documentary Film Professionals at the Film Festival Circuit
María Paz Peirano
The Invention of Northeastern Europe: The Geopolitics of Programming at Documentary Film Festivals
Ilona Hongisto, Kaisu Hynnä-Granberg, Annu Suvanto
Beyond the Screen: Interactive Documentary Exhibition in the Festival Sphere
Stefano Odorico
Positioning Documentaries at the Cannes International Film Festival: Fahrenheit 9/11 and Beyond
Eulàlia Iglesias
Professional Perspectives
Front Matter
Introduction to Part II, Vol. 2: Professional Perspectives
Ezra Winton
Adapting to New Times: An Interview with Ernesto del Río, Director of the Zinebi International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Bilbao (2000–2017)
Aida Vallejo
Precarity and Resistance: An Interview with Pedro Pimenta, Founder-Director of Dockanema Documentary Film Festival (Mozambique)
Lindiwe Dovey
Notes on Disenchantment: A Conversation with Amir Al-Emary, Former Director of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts (Egypt)
Hassouna Mansouri
Building Networks: An Interview with Sandra J. Ruch, Director Emeritus of the International Documentary Association
Samara Chadwick
Selecting Films for Festivals and Documentary Funds: An Interview with Independent Film Programmer and Advisor Rada Šešić
Jennifer M. J. O’Connell, Annelies van Noortwijk
Training Documentary Professionals: An Interview with Stefano Tealdi, Member of the Executive Board of Documentary Campus Workshop
Enrico Vannucci
A Niche for Creativity: An Interview with Thierry Garrel, Director of the French Department of Documentary Film at TV ARTE (1991–2008)
Sevara Pan
Connecting Festivals, Distributing Films: An Interview with Diana Tabakov, Acquisitions Manager at Doc Alliance Films VOD Platform
Andrea Slovakova

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the global landscape of documentary film festivals, looking at its contemporary and future challenges. Contributors from across the globe reflect on how documentary has positioned itself within both internationally renowned and more alternative festivals, including IDFA (Netherlands), Cannes IFF (France), Sheffield Doc/Fest (UK), Dockanema (Mozambique), Ismailia (Egypt) and Zinebi (Basque Country, Spain), among others. With a special focus on industrial and curatorial developments, this second in a two-volume set looks at recent changes that occurred in the festival circuit, such as the proliferation of markets and co-production forums, the inclusion of interactive and VR forms within their programs and the irruption of VOD platforms, and analyse how these affect the future of documentary aesthetics and its production/distribution contexts.
This volume is organized in two sections: the first reflects on how the documentary festival circuit has become a key industry node for contemporary documentary and identifies new curatorial trends at documentary and major film festivals. The second gives voice to professionals working for festivals and institutions who collaborate with them, who share inside knowledge and concerns, regarding the future challenges to be faced by documentaries in the near future.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-17324-1

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