ReFocus: The Films of Susanne Bier

ReFocus: The Films of Susanne Bier
Author: Missy Molloy
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2018-04-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1474428746

Featuring essays from both recognized and up-and-coming scholars in Scandinavian, transnational and feminist film and media studies, this book also includes an original interview with Bier, addressing some of the provocative readings of her films advanced by the volume's contributors.

ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb

ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb
Author: Michael Gott
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2020-09-21
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1474466532

Examines the diverse oeuvre of internationally recognised French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb.

ReFocus: The Films of Pablo Larrain

ReFocus: The Films of Pablo Larrain
Author: Laura Hatry
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2020-09-21
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1474448305

Assessing his work in the context of film aesthetics, philosophy, history, adaptation studies and cultural studies, this is the first book-length English-language anthology about this important director's cinema, offering a wide range of perspectives by a diverse range of international scholars.

ReFocus: The Films of Michel Gondry

ReFocus: The Films of Michel Gondry
Author: Marcelline Block
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-09-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1474456030

In this book, a range of international scholars offers a comprehensive study of this significant and influential figure, covering his French and English-language films and videos, and framing Gondry as a transnational auteur whose work provides insight into both French/European and American cinematic and cultural identity.

Female Agencies and Subjectivities in Film and Television

Female Agencies and Subjectivities in Film and Television
Author: Diğdem Sezen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 3030561003

This volume provides an overview of the landscape of mediated female agencies and subjectivities in the last decade. In three sections, the book covers the films of women directors, television shows featuring women in lead roles, and the representational struggles of women in cultural context, with a special focus on changes in the transformative power of narratives and images across genres and platforms. This collection derives from the editors’ multi-year experiences as scholars and practitioners in the field of film and television. It is an effort that aims to describe and understand female agencies and subjectivities across screen narratives, gather scholars from around the world to generate timely discussions, and inspire fellow researchers and practitioners of film and television.

ReFocus: The Films of Teuvo Tulio

ReFocus: The Films of Teuvo Tulio
Author: Henry Bacon
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2020-07-06
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1474442161

This is the first English-language collection on this innovative director, exploring Tulio's unique style and the extent and effect of his obsessive recirculation of story elements and stylistic patterns in his work.

ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa

ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa
Author: Nuno Barradas Jorge
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1474444555

This is the first English-language study of internationally acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa, examining the cultural, production and exhibition contexts of his feature films, shorts and video installations. It situates Costa's filmmaking within the contexts of Portuguese, European and global art film, looking into his working practices alongside the impact of digital video, forms of collaborative authorship, and the intricate dialogue between modes of production and aesthetics. Considering the exhibition, circulation and reception of Costa's creative output in settings such as film festivals, the art gallery circuit and the home video market, ReFocus: The Films of Pedro Costa provides an essential critical analysis of this major filmmaker - as well as of the multifaceted production and consumption practices that surround contemporary art cinema.

ReFocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan

ReFocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan
Author: Andree Lafontaine
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-07-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1474444598

As the first book-length study about Dolan, with case studies of key films like Mommy (2014), Tom at the Farm (2013) and It's Only the End of the World (2016), this volume explores the global reach of small national and subnational cinemas.

ReFocus: The Films of François Ozon

ReFocus: The Films of François Ozon
Author: Loïc Bourdeau
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1474479944

Examines François Ozon, one of France’s most prolific and best known international (queer) directors.

ReFocus: The Films of Sohrab Shahid-Saless

ReFocus: The Films of Sohrab Shahid-Saless
Author: Fatehrad Azadeh Fatehrad
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2020-03-18
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 1474456413

An Iranian immigrant struggling to integrate into 1970s German society, the filmmaker Sohrab Shahid Saless (1944-98) has become a neglected figure in discussions of diaspora cinema. In this - the first English-language book to reflect on his work and its implications for creativity in the diasporic conditions of urban displacement - a range of international scholars provide a comprehensive account of Shahid Saless's films and production methods. Outlining his affinity with celebrated directors like Chantal Akerman and Abbas Kiarostami, as well as visual artists like Romuald Karmakar, the contributors firmly position Shahid Saless as a filmmaker who speaks forcefully to the traumas of displacement and migration.