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DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS VOL 1 GEBUNDEN

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the global landscape of documentary film
festivals. Contributors from across the globe offer in-depth analysis of both internationally
renowned and more alternative festivals  including Hot Docs (Canada)  Nyon (Switcherland) 
Yamagata (Japan)  DocChina  Full Frame (US)  Belgrade (former Yugoslavia)  Vikalp (India)  and
DocsBarcelona (Catalonia  Spain)  among others. With a special focus on historical and
political developments  this first volume draws a map of documentary festivals operating today
and then looks at their origins and evolution. This volume is organized in three sections: the
first addresses methodological problems film historians and social scientists face when
researching documentary film festivals  the second looks at the historical development of this
circuit within the wider frame of history of world and national cinemas  and the third reflects
on how politics find their way through festival programs and actions. Curatorial 
organizational  industrial and political changes occurred in the festival realm addressed in
this book help better understand how these affected documentary production  distribution 
curation  exhibition and reception up to this day.

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