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Back to the past : the emergence of nostalgic sequels to popular Flemish television series in Flanders' film industry Ghent University
‘Recycle film cultures’ such as remakes, sequels, reboots, spin-offs and other forms of imitative filmmaking have become ubiquitous in commercial filmmaking worldwide (Forrest & Koos, 2002; Cuelenaere, Willems & Joye, 2021). Even in small European film industries such as Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, this phenomenon has flourished. Especially sequels appear to have become a popular form of recycle film ...
Recycle film cultures in small Western European film industries Ghent University
Remakes, sequels, reboots, spin-offs, and other forms of imitative filmmaking are part of ‘recycle film cultures’ and have become a central part of commercial filmmaking globally (Forrest & Koos, 2002; Cuelenaere, Willems & Joye, 2021). Research concerning this phenomenon has been mainly focused on Hollywood due to its dominant position in the film industry (Klein & Palmer, 2016; Henderson, 2014). However, while Hollywood is ...
Nationalism and film : new research avenues Ghent University
The majority of research on the relationship between nationalism and film has focused on the representation of nations, nationalism and national identities in feature films. This leaves open a wide array of underexplored research possibilities, of which some of the most pertinent ones will be addressed in this talk. Research on the history of nationalism and film in Flanders will serve as a stepping stone to explore new research avenues. I will ...
Screening multiple identities : (sub/trans)national discourses in post-war Belgian cinema Ghent University
The woman writer on film and the #MeToo literary biopic Ghent University University of Antwerp
Introduction Ghent University
Intranational film industries : a quantitative analysis of contemporary Belgian cinema Ghent University University of Antwerp
The magic realism of The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965) Ghent University University of Antwerp
1965 saw the release of André Delvaux’s feature film debut The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen). The film soon gained international critical acclaim and became widely regarded as a modernist classic from Belgian cinema. In 2021, the Royal Belgian Film Archive CINEMATEK made a restoration of the film, which is now being picked up by several film institutions and distributors throughout Europe. The ...