Doris Baltruschat

Independent Filmmaking Around the Globe Doris Baltruschat

Commendation Quotes:"The essays in Independent Filmmaking around the Globe convey a wealth of information and insight about the configurations of independent cinema around the world. This is a readable and informative collection with an impressive geographical range." - Duncan Petrie, Department of Theatre, Film, and Television, University of YorkTable of Contents: Foreword. Producing Independently in a Global Industry (David Hamilton) IntroductionChapter 1. The Meaning of Independence: Concepts, Contexts and InterpretationsDoris Baltruschat and Mary P. EricksonPart I: Independent Film vis A vis the Local and Global MainstreamChapter 2. An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema Outside the USYannis TzioumakisChapter 3. European Union Initiatives for Independent Filmmakers Across EuropeTeresa Hoefert de TurEganoChapter 4. Dependency and Independence in British Independent FilmErik Knudsen Chapter 5. From Aussiewood Movies to Guerilla Filmmaking: Independent Filmmaking and Contemporary Australian CinemaMark RyanChapter 6. Independent Filmmaking in the Peruvian Context: Seeking MeaningGabriela MartInezPart II: The Meaning of Independence in Regions of Conflict and ChangeChapter 7. In the Shadow of the Studios, the State and the Multiplexes: Independent Filmmaking in GreeceLydia PapadimitriouChapter 8. Turkish Independent Cinema: Between Bourgeois Auteurism and Political RadicalismMurat AkserChapter 9. Filmmaking in Iraq: A RebirthMary P. EricksonChapter 10. The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in ChinaHongwei LuChapter 11. Independent Filmmaking in Africa: New Voices and ChallengesMartin MhandoPart III: Digital Media and the Independent VoiceChapter 12. Syiok Sendiri?: Independent Filmmaking in MalaysiaGaik Cheng KhooChapter 13. Independent Filmmaking in the Canadian ArcticDoris BaltruschatChapter 14. Digital Video Films as "Independent" African CinemaSheila PettyGlossary Filmography List of Contributors BibliographyCommendation Quotes:"No other book engages in such a wide international survey of independent film. Compelling, clear, and focused, Independent Filmmaking around the Globe approaches the topic with forceful and eye-opening clarity." - Patricia R. Zimmermann, Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies, Ithaca CollegePublisher Marketing: Independent Filmmaking around the Globe calls attention to the significant changes taking place in independent cinema today, as new production and distribution technology and shifting social dynamics make it more and more possible for independent filmmakers to produce films outside both the mainstream global film industry and their own national film systems. Identifying and analyzing the many complex forces that shape the production and distribution of feature films, the authors detail how independent filmmakers create work that reflects independent voices and challenges political, economic, and cultural constraints. With chapters on the under-explored cinemas of Greece, Turkey, Iraq, China, Malaysia, Peru, and West Africa, as well as traditional production centres such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, Independent Filmmaking around the Globe explores how contemporary independent filmmaking increasingly defines the global cinema of our time.

Contributor Bio:  Baltruschat, Doris Doris Baltruschat is a research fellow and instructor in the Department of Theatre and Film and the Centre for Cinema Studies at the University of British Columbia. A former juror for the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, she has extensive professional experience in the film and television sectors. Contributor Bio:  Erickson, Mary P Mary P. Erickson teaches in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. She has worked as a publicist for the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, a nonprofit film arts organization, as well as on several independent films.