Transnational German cinema : encountering Germany through film and events / Irina Herrschner, Kirsten Stevens, Benjamin Nickl, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herrschner, Irina, editor.

Stevens, Kirsten, editor.

Nickl, Benjamin, editor.

Series:

Global Germany in transnational dialogues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures, German.

Motion picture industry--Germany.

Motion picture industry.

Film festivals.

film festivals.

Germany.

Physical Description:

xi, 201 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]

Summary:

This volume explores the notion of German cinema as both a national and increasingly transnational entity. It brings together chapters that analyse the international circuits of development and distribution that shape the emerging films as part of a contemporary "German cinema", the events and spectacles that help frame and re-frame national cinemas and their discoverability, and the well-known filmmakers who sit at the vanguard of the contemporary canon. Thereby, it explores what we understand as German cinema today and the many points where this idea of national cinema can be interrogated, expanded and opened up to new readings. At the heart of this interrogation is a keen awareness of the technological, social, economic and cultural changes that have an impact on global cinemas more broadly: new distribution channels such as streaming platforms and online film festivals, and audience engagement that transcends national borders as well as the cinema space. International film production and financing further heightens the transnational aspects of cinema, a quality that is often neglected in marketing and branding of the filmic product. With particular focus on film festivals, this volume explores the tensions between the national and transnational in film, but also in the events that sit at the heart of global cinema culture. It includes contributions from filmmakers, cultural managers and other professionals in the field of film and cinema, as well as scholarly contributions from academics researching popular culture, film, and events in relation to Germany

Contents:

Part I. Films in global circuits

Trans-national encounters at ther Berlinale: a look from the inside / Irina Herrschner and Kirsten Stevens

Translation and dissemination of German films in China (1994-2018) / Haina Jin

Transnational qualities of German cinema: an Austro/European audience analysis / Sibel Kaba and Deniz Özpalman

International feature film co-productions between Australia and Germany: an Australian perspective / Franziska Wagenfeld and Deb Verhoeven

Part II. Transnational audiences and communities

Tuvalu Live! Live re-scoring, transnational digital participation and audience engagement in a film festival context / Sarah Atkinson

Romancing the Reich and what film Twitter had to say about it / Benjamin Nickl

#Germancinema in the eye of Instagra: showcasing a method combination / Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat and Yulia Belinskaya

Part III. German Filmmakers in a global environment

Intercultural experience through affective encounters: Marten Persiel's This ain't California (2012) / James Cleverley

Werner Herzog and the transnational-appeal of the mythic hyperreal / Stefan Octavian Popescu

Lars von Trier and German expressionalism: understanding von Trier's transnattional appeal / Aleks Wansbrough

'Denglish', 'international English', 'garbage language' and 'corporate speak': transnational nonlanguage in Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann / Blythe S. Worthy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3030729168

9783030729165

OCLC:

1240492652

Publisher Number:

99996546339