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Critical Approaches to Film Festivals. History, Culture, and Politics
Course
Palacio Miramar (Donostia-SanSebastián)
1 September - 2020
| 3 September - 2020

In the last decade, the field of “festival studies” has developed new critical approaches to film festivals. Beyond superficial readings focusing on spectacle and glamour, festivals have been understood as fundamental pieces in film culture, with important social, political, and economic repercussions.

This course proposes an introduction to festival studies, establishing dialogues between past, present, and future. On the one hand, the lectures will engage in a historical analysis of different international film festivals to explore their relationship with the main contemporary social and political transformations. On the other hand, roundtables will open a space of discussion about the present and future of film festivals. Addressed to general audiences, the course aims to become a meeting point between researchers and film professionals, triggering discussion and thought from a critical, historical, and comparative perspective.

Programme

September 1, 2020

  • 9:00: Registration and delivery of documentation
  • 9:10: Institutional opening. Harkaitz Millan Etxezarreta (Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa - Deputy of Culture, Cooperation, Youth and Sport), José Luis Rebordinos (Director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival), Carlos Muguiro Altuna (Director of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola).
  • 9:30: Opening remarks by the Direction of the Activity. Pablo La Parra Pérez (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola/San Sebastian International Film Festival).
  • 9:35: "Cinema and Cold War". Caroline Moine (Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines).
  • 10:30: Break
  • 11:00: "Case study: The birth of festivals in a divided Germany: cultural and political challenges". Caroline Moine.
  • 12:00: Break
  • 12:15: Round Table: "Festivals, feminism and gender gap". Paz Lárazo Barquilla (Berlinale), Marta Selva Masoliver (Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones). Moderator: Ruth Perez de Anucita (San Sebastian International Film Festival).

September 2, 2020

  • 9:30: "The ruptures of the long 1968". Pablo La Parra Pérez.
  • 10:30: Break.
  • 11:00: "Case study: Festival in Transition: the belated 1968 of the Zinemaldia". Pablo La Parra Pérez.
  • 12:00: Break.
  • 12:15: Round table: "Programming challenges for 21st century festivals". Victor Iriarte (Tabakalera), Charlotte Serrand (Festival International de la Roche-Sur-Yon, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs). Moderator: Pablo La Parra Pérez.

September 3, 2020

  • 9:30: "The global proliferation of festivals. Towards a specialized exhibition model". Aida Vallejo Vallejo (University of the Basque Country, EHU-UPV).
  • 10:30: Break.
  • 11:00: "Case study: Documentary film festivals: production, exhibition, distribution". Aida Vallejo Vallejo.
  • 12:00: Break.
  • 12:15: Round table: "Festivals in Spain: challenges and perspectives". Alejandro Díaz Castaño (Gijón International Film Festival), Vanesa Fernández (Zinebi), José Luis Rebordinos (San Sebastian Festival). Moderator: Pablo La Parra Pérez.
  • 13:45: Closing remarks. Pablo La Parra Pérez.

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