MASARYK UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FILM STUDIES AND AUDIOVISUAL CULTURE MAŠA HILČIŠIN SPRING SEMESTER 2011 Southeast European documentary cinematography: Contexts, ideas, and politics South-East-European documentary cinematography: Contexts, ideas, and politics — —Brief overview — —concept of ‘New Europe’ and ‘others’ —Maria Todorova and ‘Managing the Balkans’ —The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (1999-2008), replaced by Regional Co-operation Council —creativity and politics — South-East-European documentary cinematography: Contexts, ideas, and politics —Bulgarian cinema — —new uncensored mode after 1989 —film industry on the brink of survival —first independent production released in 1992 —end of 1990s – true collapse of Bulgarian cinema —important step was the adoption of the Law on the Bulgarian Film Industry in 2003 —among significant documentary filmmakers: Adela Peeva, Stefan Komandarev, Andrei Paunov —Romanian cinema — —media and cinema employed terms such as ‘agony’, ‘collapse’, or ‘death’ —role of Alexandru Sahia Studio —documentary filmmaking was moderately discovered at the IDFA —Foundation Arte Vizuale —two processes in 2000: ‘memorial’ genre, and book ‘Something Extra on Documentary Film’ by Laurentiu Damian —new type of documentary discourse: Alexandru Solomon, Florin Iepan, Dumitru Budrala — South-East-European documentary cinematography: Contexts, ideas, and politics South-East-European documentary cinematography: Contexts, ideas, and politics —Serbian cinema — —film landscape changed caused by war —important productions: B92 —among the total of 30 films festivals —among significant documentarists: Želimir Žilnik, Boris Miti, Janko Baljak, Adrijana Stojković South-East-European documentary cinematography: Contexts, ideas, and politics —Macedonian cinema — —around 1300 documentary films have been produced —state, cultural heritage, and artefacts —the largest maker of documentaries: MKRTV —Tiberiopolian Film Alliance was founded in 2007 —active public discourse: Maria Džidževa, Stefan Shashkov, Aleksandar Manić