Eurimages and Turkish Cinema

ISBN-13: 9783659691508 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 508 str.

Y. Lmazok Levent

Opis

Considering the experience of the first twenty years of Turkeys membership of Eurimages (as from 1990), this book examines the contributions of a supranational cinema support fund - which demands a series of culturally sensitive criteria to be met - on a national cinema industry. In addition to the co-production, exhibition and distribution support provided by Eurimages, and its contribution to filmmaking practices, Turkish-initiative co-productions - those directed by Turkish filmmakers, and those whose themes are pertinent to Turkey - are analysed herein with regard to the nationalness of their content and narrative styles. Eurimages practically has been a good source of financial support for Turkish filmmakers seeking to engage with the problematic aspects of Turkeys national identity or simply seeking to convey the contribution of components to Turkeys overall cultural identity. This study also reveals those representations of diversity with particular regard to ethnic, religious and gender identities through a close examination of Turkish-initiative co-productions that have been supported by the Fund.

O autorze

Graduated from Middle East Technical Universityin 1996 with a BSc degree in Management, Levent Y lmazok got a MFA degree in Cinema at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2007. He got his PhD from Universiteit van Amsterdam in 2012. His area of academic research consists of national cinemas, film history and digital cinema technology.