Towards a ‘transnational regional’ cinema: the francophone Belgian case study

Steele, J (2016) 'Towards a ‘transnational regional’ cinema: the francophone Belgian case study.' Transnational Cinemas, 7 (1). pp. 50-66.

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Abstract

This article proposes the concept of the ‘transnational regional’ as a means of better understanding the transnational-national-regional basis of contemporary francophone Belgian cinema. It is an equally apposite way of approaching questions of national and transnational cinema, and the notion of a cinema of small nations. Although the ‘national’ approach remains salient, it is not wholly sufficient for thinking about the industrial predicate of contemporary Belgian cinema, particularly since the formation of Wallimage in 2001. This idea takes into account the global and the local, since it is within this tension that the ‘transnational regional’ begins to emerge, particularly in the contexts of film production, distribution and exhibition.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: francophone Belgian cinema, transnational, regional, Dardenne brothers, Wallonia, Wallimage
Divisions: Bath School of Art, Film and Media
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2017 17:20
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2022 19:19
ISSN: 2040-3526
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216
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