Syllabus
Besides the history of Balkan Cinematography the course focuses on the development of cinema in each of the countries accordingly: A) Social and historical issues
1. Balkan "powder keg" - heroes and victims
2. Society in the time of authoritarian regimes
3. Social transformation after the fall of Iron Curtain
4. International intervention
5. Migration & Minorities
6. Myths & Stereotypes in Balkan history
7. Reconciliation with the past B) Cinematographic issues in the time span:
1. The beginning of national cinematographies: late
19. & early
20. century
2. National cinematographies in the inter-war period
3. WWII
4. Post-war national cinematographies & local authoritarian regimes
5. Post-communist cinematographies & the new states of the Balkans
6. Balkan nation cinematography nowadays Serbia Screening 1: Ovo malo duse Screening 2: Bure baruta Croatia Screening: Sorry for Kung-fu Slovenia Screening: Landscape No. 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Screening 1: No Man´s Land Screening 2: Na Putu Republic of Macedonia Screening: Before the Rain Romania Screening 1: The Paper Will Be Blue Screening 2: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Bulgaria Screening: Eastern Plays Albania Screening: Mao Ce Tun Greece Screening: Dogtooth
Annotation
The course is consisting in lectures, seminaries, film screenings and debates with external guests, that focuses on the Balkan countries. The films to be screened are made during different historical periods in these region and / or by directors born there.
The connection between the destinies of the national cinematographic industries concerned and the historical, social, political and cultural development of the respective nations and states will be examined. It is a complex, diverse and multidimensional connection, also influenced by external factors such as migration, economic development in and outside the region, relations between the states and / or nations concerned with various regional, European and international superpowers, alliances or power centers, respectively cultural, philosophical, artistic or political movements, waves, circles, tendencies, etc.