Performing Identity at European Film Festivals
Transilvania International Film Festival
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Beschreibung
This book offers an analysis of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), a pivotal event in Eastern and Central Europe's cultural landscape. It explores TIFF's unique role in promoting Romanian cinema and its symbiotic relationship with the Romanian New Wave, highlighting the festival's impact on cultural diversity and its position within the European arthouse ecosystem. The book investigates the red carpet as a stage for identity performance, the role of festivals in shaping cultural city and country branding, and how TIFF navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering a space for collective healing and reflection. By examining these themes, the book provides insights into the complexities of cultural diplomacy and soft power in the film festival circuit and invites readers to explore the transformative power of film festivals in shaping cultural discourse and identity in a globalized world.
Ileana Nicoleta Sălcudean is an associate professor at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She teaches courses on creative writing, creative industries, cinematic sociology.
This book offers an analysis of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), a pivotal event in Eastern and Central Europe's cultural landscape. It explores TIFF's unique role in promoting Romanian cinema and its symbiotic relationship with the Romanian New Wave, highlighting the festival's impact on cultural diversity and its position within the European arthouse ecosystem. The book investigates the red carpet as a stage for identity performance, the role of festivals in shaping cultural city and country branding, and how TIFF navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, offering a space for collective healing and reflection. By examining these themes, the book provides insights into the complexities of cultural diplomacy and soft power in the film festival circuit and invites readers to explore the transformative power of film festivals in shaping cultural discourse and identity in a globalized world.
Provides a case study of the Transylvania International Film Festival Explores TIFF and how its relationship to Romanian cinema reflects broader themes of identity, culture, & globalization Examines how film festivals can adapt and respond to societal changes
Autor*in
Ileana Nicoleta Sălcudean
Themen in »Performing Identity at European Film Festivals«
film festivals transnational identity embodiment identity performance of identity construction of identity Romanian New Wave heterotemporality performative spaces