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This book explores a range of lesser-known documentaries and short
films from the transnational Oresund region released in the period
2000-2009, focusing on how this Scandinavian region's urban and
maritime spaces, iconic architecture, and peripheral communities
across Malmoe and Copenhagen have been imagined and critiqued
through film. This is the first book to widen the critical gaze
beyond popular representations to examine a significant body of
peripheral films produced in and about the metropolitan Oresund
region. Emerging at a time of spatial transformation and
geopolitical change, these films weave alternative narratives that
confront the official rhetoric of transnational regionalism.
Offering the concept of regioscape as a way to investigate the
intimate relationship between artistic representation, screen
policy, space, and the region-building project, this book presents
new readings of films by contemporary Swedish and Danish filmmakers
such as Fredrik Gertten, Kolbjoern Guwallius, Daniel Dencik, and
Max Kestner.
The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the
1890s to the present day Contextualises the work of renowned
filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas
Vinterberg, Susanne Bier Discusses national genres and traditions,
including popular comedies, heritage film, children's film, porn,
documentary and immigrant filmmakers Examines a range of film
institutions and policies, including production companies, state
support, talent development, regional film funds and international
collaborations This wide-ranging collection places well-known
auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier and Susanne Bier in
their cultural context, and introduces a number of genres and
themes that are less familiar to international audiences, including
film stars of the silent era, children's film, folk comedies, porn
film, trends in documentary and Greenlandic cinema. With twenty-two
chapters, all of them specially commissioned for this volume, A
History of Danish Cinema explores the role of screen
representations and film policy in shaping Denmark's cultural
identity, but also emphasises just how internationally mobile
Danish films and filmmakers have always been showcasing this small
nation's extraordinary contribution to world cinema.
The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the
1890s to the present day, this wide-ranging collection places
well-known auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier and
Susanne Bier in their cultural context, and introduces a number of
genres and themes that are less familiar to international
audiences, including film stars of the silent era, children's film,
folk comedies, porn film, trends in documentary and Greenlandic
cinema. With twenty-two chapters, all of them specially
commissioned for this volume, A History of Danish Cinema explores
the role of screen representations and film policy in shaping
Denmark's cultural identity, but also emphasises just how
internationally mobile Danish films and filmmakers have always been
showcasing this small nation's extraordinary contribution to world
cinema.
The Nordic Research Network (NRN) began as a forum for UK- based
early career researchers to share their work with peers in a
convivial intellectual environment. As a multi-disciplinary
gathering, the regular conference provides an opportunity for
scholars in all areas of Nordic research to keep up with the
diverse subjects and projects being pursued by colleagues across
the country. The third conference was attended by researchers from
a range of British institutions and took place at UCL over two days
on the 5th and 6th of September 2013. Each year since its
inauguration, the NRN conference has grown and evolved; this marks
the first time the conference proceedings have been published. The
conference has provided many new scholars with their first
opportunity to introduce their research to the academic community.
This book, similarly, gives a number of early career researchers a
chance to see their work in print and reach a wider audience. The
papers, organised into thematic chapters, reflect and showcase the
diversity of subject areas, approaches, and methodologies of the
Nordic Studies postgraduate research community. Together, they help
illuminate larger questions of how cultural, social, and historical
identities are mediated through literature, historical narratives,
films, and architecture.
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