Books in the Media Matters series

Investigates the evolving aesthetic forms, technological and industrial conditions, and social impacts of cinema in the twenty-first century. Contributors excavate sites of global filmmaking in an era of digital reproduction and amidst new modes of circulation and aesthetic convergence, focusing primarily on recent films made across Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East

Focuses on how select cinemas from Eastern Europe and the Balkans critique the neoliberal integration of Europe whose failures fuel the rise of nationalism and right-wing politics. By politicizing art cinema from the regions, this book asks fundamental questions about film, aesthetics, and ideology.