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Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe: 21 (Film Europa, 21)

Book 21 of 29: Film Europa

Ivanova, Mariana

 
9781789203431: Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe: 21 (Film Europa, 21)

Synopsis

From their very inception, European cinemas undertook collaborative ventures in an attempt to cultivate a transnational "Film-Europe." In the postwar era, it was DEFA, the state cinema of East Germany, that emerged as a key site for cooperative practices. Despite the significant challenges that the Cold War created for collaboration, DEFA sought international prestige through various initiatives. These ranged from film exchange in occupied Germany to partnerships with Western producers, and from coproductions with Eastern European studios to strategies for film co-authorship. Uniquely positioned between East and West, DEFA proved a crucial mediator among European cinemas during a period of profound political division.

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About the Author

Mariana Ivanova is Associate Professor of German Film and University of Massachusetts Amherst and Academic Director of the DEFA Film Library. She is co-editor of the book series Film and the Cold War with Berghahn Books. In addition to her scholarly publications, she is also the creator of several short documentaries about former DEFA filmmakers

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