Directory of World Cinema: Finland

Pietari Kääpä
 9781841506173
1-84150-617-6

An important addition to Intellects popular series, Directory of World Cinema: Finland provides historical and cultural overviews of the countrys cinema. Over the course of their contributions to this.

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volume, scholars from a variety of disciplines construct a collective argument that complicates the dominant international view of Finnish cinema as small-scale industry dominated by realist art-house films.The contributors approach the topic from a variety of angles, covering genre, art, and commercial films; independent productions; blockbuster cinema; and Finnish cinemas industrial and historical contexts. While paying heed to Finlands cultural specificity, the contributors also explore Finnish cultural industries within the broader context of international political, economic, artistic, and industrial developments. Together, they skillfully depict an ever-changing national film culture that plays a dynamic role in the global cinematic landscape. The Directory of World Cinema: Finland will therefore expand not only global interest in Finnish cinema but also the parameters within which it is discussed.