9.2.b.3 Documentary Film Festivals

 

Battaglia, Giulia. “The Development of Documentary Film Festivals in India: A Small-Media Phenomenon.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 221–39.

Chadwick, Samara. “Building Networks: An Interview with Sandra J. Ruch, Director Emeritus of the International Documentary Association.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 167–74.

Cheung, Tit Leung. Extending the Local: Documentory Film Festivals in East Asia as Sites of Connection and Communication. PhD Thesis, Lingnan University, 2012, commons.ln.edu.hk​/​vs_​etd/​5/​.

Cheung, Tit Leung. “The Film Festival of Independent and Underground: The Case of DOChina.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 175–91.

Davies, Lyell. “Documentary Film Festivals and Ideological Transactions: Film Screening Sites at Hot Docs.” Canadian Journal of Film Studies | Revue Canadienne d’Études Cinématographiques, vol. 25, no. 1, 2016, 88–100.

de Valck, Marijke, and Mimi Soeteman. “’And the Winner is…’: What Happens Behind the Scenes of Film Festival Competitions.” International Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 13, no. 3, 2010, pp. 290–307.

Dovey, Lindiwe. “Precarity and Resistance: An Interview with Pedro Pimenta, Founder-Director of Dockanema Documentary Film Festival (Mozambique).” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 147–56.

Drees, Anne. “Dokumentarfilmfestivals: Orte, Ideen, Strategien.” Dokumentarfilm: Schulen – Projekte – Konzepte, edited by Edmund Ballhaus, Reimer, 2013, pp. 376–90.

Fischer, Alex. “Hot Docs: A Prescription for Reality: An Interview with Sean Farnell, Former Director of Programming at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.” Film Festival Yearbook 4: Film Festivals and Activism, edited by Dina Iordanova and Leshu Torchin, St Andrews Film Studies, 2012, pp. 225–34.

Gann, Jon. “’Mediate. Curate. Fascilitate.’: Sky Sitney, SILVERDOCS.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work, Reel Plan Press, 2012, pp. 149–65.

Gehler, Fred, editor. Dialog mit einem Mythos: Ästhetische und politische Entwicklungen des Leipziger Dokumentarfilm-Festivals in vier Jahrzehnten. Vorträge und Diskussionen des Symposiums anläßlich des 40. Festivals 1997, zugleich VII. Hochschultage für Medien und Kommunikation, Leipziger Univ.-Verl., 1998.

Jelenković, Dunja. “Politics, Ideology, and Programming Practices: How the Yugoslav Documentary and Short Film Festival Abandoned the Idea of Yugoslavia.” New Review of Film and Television Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, 2016, pp. 76–92. doi:10.1080/17400309.2015.1108818.

Jelenković, Dunja. “The Film Festival as a Vehicle for Memory Officialization: The Afterlife of WWII in the Yugoslav Documentary and Short Film Festival, 1954-2004.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 101–22.

Jungen, Christian. “Forging a Cultural Elite: Nyon and the Age of Festival Programmers.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 123–41.

Kötzing, Andreas, editor. ‘Die Sicherheit des Festivals ist zu gewährleisten!’: Kritische Jugend, die Leipziger Dokfilmwoche und das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2014.

Kötzing, Andreas. “Zeigen oder nicht zeigen? Das ‘Prinzip der Selbstnominierung’ sozialistischer Filme auf der Leipziger Dokumentarfilmwoche.” Leinwand zwischen Tauwetter und Frost: Der osteuropäische Spiel- und Dokumentarfilm im Kalten Krieg, edited by Lars Karl, Metropol, 2007, pp. 299–316.

Kötzing, Andreas. Die Internationale Leipziger Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche in den 1970er Jahren, Leipziger Univ.-Verl., 2004. Media Studien 12.

Kötzing, Andreas. Kultur- und Filmpolitik im Kalten Krieg: Die Filmfestivals von Leipzig und Oberhausen in gesamtdeutscher Perspektive, 1954-1972, Wallstein, 2013.

López-Gómez, Antía, et al. “Found in Translation: Film Festivals, Documentary and the Preservation of Linguistic Diversity.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 241–63.

Ma, Ran. “Asian Documentary Connections and “The International Film Festival Short Circuit”: Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF) as a Case Study.” The Palgrave Handbook of Asian Cinema, edited by Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 171–89.

Mansouri, Hassouna. “Notes on Disenchantment: A Conversation with Amir Al-Emary, Former Director of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts (Egypt).” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 157–65.

Martini, Heidi. Dokumentarfilm-Festival Leipzig: Filme und Politik im Blick und Gegenblick. 1. Aufl., DEFA-Stiftung, 2007. Schriftenreihe der DEFA-Stiftung.

Moine, Caroline. “Gone with the Eastern Wind: Glasnost in 1980s East European Film.” Film International, vol. 2, no. 2, 2004, pp. 6–13. doi:10.1386/fiin.2.2.6.

Moine, Caroline. “’Le fascisme ordinaire’ de Mikhaïl Romm au festival de Leipzig (1965).” [Mikhail Romm’s ‘Ordinary Fascism’ at the Leipzig Festival (1965)]. Caméra Politique: Cinéma Et Stalinisme, edited by Kristian Feigelson, Presse Sorbonne nouvelle, 2005, pp. 228–39. Theorem 8.

Moine, Caroline. “Le festival du film documentaire de Leipzig, un lieu d’échanges culturels international? Entre mythe et réalité.” [The Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, a place for international cultural exchange? Between myth and reality.]. Relations internationales, no. 116, 2003, pp. 559–71.

Moine, Caroline. “Une Allemagne malgré tout? Le festival international du film documentaire de Leipzig, 1955-1990.” [A Germany after all? The Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990.” A Europe in spite of everything, 1945-1990: Cultural, intellectual and scientific contacts and networks between Europeans in the Cold War]. Une Europe malgré tout, 1945-1990: Contacts et réseaux culturels, intellectuels et scientifiques entre Européens dans la guerre froide | Cultural, lntellectual and Scientific Contacts and Networks among Europeans during the Cold War | Kulturelle, intellektuelle und wissenschaftliche Kontakte und Netze unter Europäern im Kalten Kriege, edited by Antoine Fleury and Lubor Jílek, P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2009, pp. 297–316.

Moine, Caroline. Cinéma et guerre froide: Histoire du festival de films documentaires de Leipzig (1955-1990). [Cinema and Cold War: History of the Leipzig Documentary Film Festival (1955-1990)], Publications Sorbonne, 2014. Histoire contemporaine.

Niskanen, Eija. “Finding a Position on the Global Map of Film Festivals: The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 143–63.

Nornes‌, Abé Mark. “Bulldozers, Bibles and Very Sharp Knives: The Chinese Independent Documentary Scene.” Film Festival Yearbook 3: Film Festivals and East Asia, edited by Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung, St Andrews Film Studies, 2011, pp. 101–09.

Nornes‌, Abé Mark. “Table 11: Documentary Film Festivals in Asia.” Film Festival Yearbook 3: Film Festivals and East Asia, edited by Dina Iordanova and Ruby Cheung, St Andrews Film Studies, 2011, p. 263.

Nornes‌, Abé Mark. “Yamagata–Asia–Europe: The International Film Festival Short Circuit.” The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema, edited by Daisuke Miyao, Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 245–62.

O’Connell, Jennifer M. J., and Annelies van Noortwijk. “Selecting Films for Festivals and Documentary Funds: An Interview with Independent Film Programmer and Advisor Rada Šešić.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 175–84.

Robbins, Papagena, and Viviane Saglier. “Interview with Deirdre Haj, Director of Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.” Synoptique, vol. 3, no. 2, 2015, pp. 49–67. synoptiqueblog.files.wordpress.com​/​2018/​07/​4-​papagena-​robbins-​viviane-​saglier-​interview-​with-​deirdre-​haj-​director-​of-​full-​frame-​documentary-​film-​festival.pdf.

Robbins, Papagena, and Viviane Saglier. “Interview with Ezra Winton, Director of Programming at Cinema Politica.” Synoptique, vol. 3, no. 2, 2015, pp. 68–85. synoptiqueblog.files.wordpress.com​/​2018/​07/​5-​papagena-​robbins-​viviane-​saglier-​interview-​with-​ezra-​winton-​director-​of-​programming-​at-​cinema-​politica.pdf.

Roy, Carole. “‘Why Don’t They Show those on TV?’: Documentary Film Festivals, Media and Community.” International Journal of Lifelong Education, vol. 31, no. 3, 2012, pp. 293–307. doi:10.1080/02601370.2012.683610.

Russell, Catherine. “DMZ International Documentary Film Festival: Film, Peace, and the Cold War Industry.” Synoptique, vol. 3, no. 2, 2015, pp. 86–92. synoptique.hybrid.concordia.ca​/​index.php/​main/​article/​view/​84.

Schenk, Ralf. Bilder einer gespaltenen Welt: 50 Jahre Leipziger Dokumentar- und Animationsfilmfestival, Bertz + Fischer, 2007, deposit.d-nb.de​/​cgi-​bin/​dokserv​?​id=​2975391&​prov=​M&​dok_var=​1&​dok_ext=​htm.

Steinmetz, Rüdiger, and Hans-Jörg Stiehler. Das Leipziger Dokfilm-Festival und sein Publikum: Eine Studie zu Image, Akzeptanz und Resonanz 1993-1996, Leipziger Univ.-Verl., 1997, www.gbv.de​/​dms/​ilmenau/​toc/​235127558.PDF.

Slováková, Andrea. “Connecting Festivals, Distributing Films: An Interview with Diana Tabakov, Acquisitions Manager at Doc Alliance Films VOD Platform.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 201–10.

Steinmetz, Rüdiger, et al. Das Leipziger Dokfilm-Festival und sein Publikum II: Eine Nachfolge-Studie 2006 zu Image, Akzeptanz und Resonanz, Leipziger Univ.-Verl., 2007, d-nb.info​/​987320238.

Traunmüller, Simone. “Der ethnographische Dokumentarfilm und seine Festivals.” Dokumentarfilm: Schulen – Projekte – Konzepte, edited by Edmund Ballhaus, Reimer, 2013, pp. 366–75.

Vallejo, Aida. “Adapting to New Times: An Interview with Ernesto Del Río, Director of the Zinebi International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Bilbao (2000-2017).” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 137–45.

Vallejo, Aida. “Documentary Filmmakers on the Circuit: A Festival Career from Czech Dream to Czech Peace.” Post-1990 Documentary: Reconfiguring Independence, edited by Camille Deprez and Judith Pernin, Edinburgh University Press, 2015, pp. 171–87.

Vallejo, Aida. “Festivales temáticos y géneros cinematográficos: Del cine fantástico al documental contemporáneo” [“Thematic Festivals and Film Genres. From Fantastic Film to Contemporary Documentary”.]. De cimientos y contrafuertes: El papel de los géneros en el cine Español, edited by Julio Pérez Perucha and Agustín Rubio Alcover, 2013, pp. 246–57.

Vallejo, Aida. “IDFA’s Industry Model: Fostering Global Documentary Production and Distribution.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 23–53.

Vallejo, Aida. “Industry Sections: Documentary Film Festivals between Production and Distribution.” Iluminace: časopis pro teorii, historii a estetiku filmu = Journal for Film Theory, History, and Aesthetics, vol. 26, no. 1, 2014, pp. 65–81.

Vallejo, Aida. “Introduction to Part I, vol. 2: Changes and Challenges for Documentary and Film Festivals.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 13–21.

Vallejo, Aida. “Introduction to Part I, vol. 1: Researching Documentary Film Festivals.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 31–39.

Vallejo, Aida. “Introduction to Part II, vol. 1: Mapping the History of Documentary Film Festivals.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 63–75.

Vallejo, Aida, and Ezra Winton. “Introduction—Volume 2: Documentary Film Festivals: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 2: Changes, Challenges, Professional Perspectives, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 1–10.

Vallejo, Aida. “Travelling the Circuit: A Multi-Sited Ethnography of Documentary Film Festivals in Europe.” Film Festivals and Anthropology, edited by Aida Vallejo and Maria-Paz Peirano, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017, pp. 277–92.

Vallejo, Aida. Festivales de cine documental: Redes de circulación cultural en el este del continente europeo. (Documentary Film Festivals: Networks of Cultural Circulation in the Eastern Part of Europe). PhD Thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2012.

Winton, Ezra. Good for the Heart and Soul, Good for Business: The Cultural Politics of Documentary at the Hot Docs Film Festival. PhD Thesis, Carleton University, 2013, curve.carleton.ca​/​system/​files/​theses/​27612.pdf.

Winton, Ezra. “Hot Docs Turns Twenty.” Art Threat, 24 Apr. 2013, artthreat.net​/​2013/​04/​hot-​docs-​2013/​.

Winton, Ezra. “Introduction to Part III, vol. 1: Politics and Policies.” Documentary Film Festivals Vol. 1: Methods, History, Politics, edited by Aida Vallejo and Ezra Winton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 167–73.

Winton, Ezra, and Svetla Turnin. “The Revolution Will Not Be Festivalized: Documentary Film Festivals and Activism.” Activist Film Festivals: Towards a Political Subject, edited by Sonia M. Tascon and Tyson Wils, intellect, 2017, 81–103.

Yu, Tianqi. “Going Global: Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival 2013.” Studies in Documentary Film, vol. 8, no. 1, 2014, pp. 76–79. doi:10.1080/17503280.2014.900955.

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