This book rethinks the study of European Cinema in a way that centres on students and their
needs in a comprehensive volume introducing undergraduates to the main discourses directions
and genres of twenty-first-century European film. Importantly this collection is the first of
its kind to apply a transversal approach to European Cinema bringing together the East and the
West while providing a broad picture of key trends aesthetics genres national identities
and transnational concerns. Lewis and Canning's collection effectively addresses some of the
most pressing questions in contemporary European film such as ecology migration industry
identity disability memory auteurship genre small cinemas and the national and
international frameworks which underpin them. Combining accessible original research with a
thorough grounding in recent histories and contexts each chapter includes key definitions
reflective group questions and a summative case study. Overall this book makes a strong
contribution to our understanding of recent European Cinema making it an invaluable resource
for lecturers and students across a variety of film-centred modules.
