FAVh058 Introduction to the festival studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Terézia Porubčanská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Terézia Porubčanská, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 C34, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
When talking about film festivals, one might first think of celebrities walking the red carpet, a flood of journalists and viewers trying to catch unforgettable encounters with the stars, or exclusive world premieres of the most anticipated titles. However, these images only cover a few of the most prestigious international film festivals. The diversity of the entire field is much richer. Film festivals vary in size, venue or focus on a particular type of film or audience. As diverse as their range is, so too is the set of perspectives from which film festivals can be examined. This course is designed as an introduction to the study of film festivals, introducing a range of approaches and methods for examining them.
Learning outcomes
Students will, upon completion of the course:

- be familiar with the theoretical and methodological concepts within film festival studies
- be able to navigate the basic terminology
- understand film festivals in a broader economic and social context
- describe the processes behind festival organisation, programming, distribution and exhibition
Syllabus
  • - What is a film festival and how to study film festivals: approaches, methods
  • - History of film festivals and festival studies
  • - Festivals and symbolic/cultural capital and the economics of film
  • - Festivals and national cinema
  • - Curating and organising film festivals
  • - Programming, jury, awards
  • - Distribution, networks and circuits
  • - Festivals and place: festivals as local events
  • - Festivals, imagined communities and identity
  • - Film festivals in the digital age
Literature
  • Cultural transfer and political conflicts : film festivals in the Cold War. Edited by Andreas Kötzing - Caroline Moine - Bill Martin. Göttingen: V&R Unipress, 2017, 169 stran. ISBN 9783847105886. info
  • Film festivals : history, theory, method, practice. Edited by Marijke de Valck - Brendan Kredell - Skadi Loist. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xvii, 238. ISBN 9780415712460. info
  • Film festivals and imagined communities. Edited by Dina Jordanova - Ruby Cheung. 1st pub. St. Andrews: St. Andrews Film Studies, 2010, xiv, 286. ISBN 9780956373014. info
  • VALCK, Marijke de. Film festivals : from European geopolitics to global cinephilia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2007, 276 s. ISBN 9789053561928. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical lectures
Assessment methods
Written test on the lectured subject and assigned literature.
Language of instruction
Slovak
Study support
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