Screened Encounters : : The Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990 / / ed. by Caroline Moine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Iordanova, Dina,
• HerausgeberIn: Moine, Caroline,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Film and the Global Cold War ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)

Established in 1955, the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival became a central arena for staging the cultural politics of the German Democratic Republic, both domestically and in relation to West Germany and the rest of the world. Screened Encounters represents the definitive history of this key event, recounting the political and artistic exchanges it enabled from its founding until German unification, and tracing the outsize influence it exerted on international cultural relations during the Cold War.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Figures -- Preface. The Cold War’s Documentary Crossroads: Leipzig in the Galaxy of Festivals -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. A Festival at the Heart of the Cold War -- Part I. A Cold War Festival (1949–1964) -- Chapter 1. The Genesis of the Leipzig Film Festival -- Chapter 2. Opening to the World -- Chapter 3. Between Propaganda and Cinéma Vérité -- Part II. Between Provincialism and International Dialogue (1964–1973) -- Chapter 4. When the Tide Turns . . . -- Chapter 5. Toward Documentaries with a Human Face -- Chapter 6. Documentaries in the Service of International Solidarity -- Part III. A Trompe L’Oeil Mise-en-Scène? (1973–1983) -- Chapter 7. Wide Angle on Socialist Society -- Chapter 8. Don’t Wait for Better Times -- Part IV. Toward New Horizons (1984–1990) -- Chapter 9. An Opening in the East? -- Chapter 10. Revolution on the Screen, on the Street -- Conclusion. Beyond the Cold War: A Memory in the Making -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Film Index