Brazilian Cinema at the Berlin International Film Festival
Film scholar Marijcke de Valck argues that film festivals “are sites of passage that function as the gateways to cultural legitimation” (2007: 38). More recently, Andreas Kötzing and Caroline Moine have pointed out the political dimensions of these cultural events, particularly during the second hal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Bremen
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Research in Film and History |
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| Online Access: | https://film-history.org/approaches/brazilian-cinema-berlin-international-film-festival |
| Summary: | Film scholar Marijcke de Valck argues that film festivals “are sites of passage that function as the gateways to cultural legitimation” (2007: 38). More recently, Andreas Kötzing and Caroline Moine have pointed out the political dimensions of these cultural events, particularly during the second half of the twentieth century: “Film festivals, whether they called themselves international or not, were at the epicenter of the various circulations, exchanges, and tensions that fueled the economic and cultural development of the Cold War” (2017: 10). |
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| ISSN: | 2627-5848 |