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Constructing a Flemish Cinema

Film Policy and National Identity in Flanders

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Constructing a Flemish Cinema

Film Policy and National Identity in Flanders

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Description

Focuses on the history of government subsidies for feature films in Flanders (the northern, Dutch-language region of Belgium) and its role in stimulating a Flemish identity. It provides an empirical contribution to the study of the relationship between film, national identity and governmental film policy.

This book is a timely empirical contribution to the underdeveloped field of Belgian film history.

By focusing on film policy, the book contributes to the long neglected but currently burgeoning international field of film policy studies. Furthermore, because of its focus on film policy, the book provides an original contribution to the international research tradition on the relationship between film and national identity by going beyond an examination of textual representations.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Cinema and (Flemish) National Identity
2. Film Policy in Flanders: An Institutional History from 1945 until 2002
3. (Co-)producing Flemish Cinema
4. The Language of Flemish Cinema
5. The Culture of Flemish Cinema
6. Literary Adaptations in Flemish Cinema
7. Past and Present in Flemish Cinema
8. Film Policy and National Identity since 2002
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Sep 04 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 240
ISBN 9781501368974
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 32 bw illus
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Series Topics and Issues in National Cinema
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Alexander De Man

Alexander De Man is a PhD fellow of the Research F…

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