FAVh047 Cinema of the Balkans

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–20:40 C34, Fri 8:00–15:40 C34, except Fri 30. 9., except Fri 4. 11., except Fri 11. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 87 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 10/87, only registered: 0/87, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/87
Course objectives
The lecture focuses on national cinemas of Romania, Bulgaria and the countries of the former Yugoslavia from the beginnings to present days.
The main aims of the course are:
to get acquainted with the history of cinemas of Romania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia
to study not only their pieces of art but genre production and other elements of popular culture as well
to discuss historical and political conditions of these national cinemas, including questions of propaganda and banned films.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to
be acquainted with typical genres of Romanian and Yugoslavian cinema
understand, how film art reflect history of the region
interpret hidden and subversive meanings in watched films
recognize their aesthetic value
know local stars, actresses and actors
understand relationships between politics and film industry in the region
decode elements of nationalism and propaganda
be acquainted with contemporary production of Romanian, Bulgarian and post-Yugoslavian cinemas
understand the importance of the Romanian New Wave in world cinema
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the history of the Balkans and the study of their cinemas
  • Romanian, Bulgarian and Yugoslavian cinemas from the beginnings to 1945
  • Post-war beginnings, socialist realism
  • Romania: National film epopee, historical colossal spectacles, haiduc movies, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ion Popescu-Gopo
  • Romania: the sixties, Liviu Ciulei, Mircea Mureşan, Mircea Săucan, Nicolae Breban
  • Bulgaria: poetic realism, Rangel Vulchanov, Binka Zhelyazkova, Vula Radev, the sixties
  • Yugoslavia: self-management system in the cinema, partisan films, Zagreb school of animation
  • Yugoslavia: how the novi film turned into the black wave
  • Romania: the seventies, the flood generation, Dan Piţa, Mircea Veroiu, Mircea Daneliuc
  • Bulgaria: Metodi Andonov, the migration cycle, 1300th anniversary of the first Bulgarian state
  • Yugoslavia: the seventies and the eighties, the Prague school
  • Romania: the eighties, Aesopian language and allegories
  • Romania: the nineties, difficulties of transition, Nae Caranfil, comeback of Lucian Pintilie
  • Yugoslavia: disintegration of the federation
  • Bulgarian cinema after 1989
  • Romanian New Wave, Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Radu Jude etc.
Literature
  • The cinema of the Balkans. Edited by Dina Jordanova. 1st pub. London: Wallflower, 2006, xvi, 291. ISBN 1904764819. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Cinema of flames : Balkan film, culture and the media. 1st publ. London: BFI, 2001, 322 s. ISBN 9780851708478. info
  • • ŢUŢUI, Marian. Orient Express. The Romanian and Balkan Cinema. Bucureşti: Noi Media Print, 2011. 323. ISBN: 973-1805-85-6
  • GARBOLEVSKI, Evgenija. The conformists : creativity and decadence in the Bulgarian cinema 1945-89. 1st pub. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge scholars publishing, 2011, x, 251. ISBN 9781443829700. info
  • • ŢUŢUI, Marian. O scurtă istorie a filmului românesc / A Short History of Romanian Cinema. Bucureşti: Noi Media Print, 2011. 72. ISBN 978-606-572-003-9.
  • The new Romanian cinema. Edited by Dana Duma - Christina Stojanova. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019, xvii, 323. ISBN 9780748642649. info
  • POP, Doru. Romanian new wave cinema : an introduction. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2014, v, 240. ISBN 9780786479375. info
  • NASTA, Dominique. Contemporary Romanian cinema : the history of an unexpected miracle. London: Wallflower Press, 2013, xii, 267. ISBN 9780231167451. info
  • DUDKOVÁ, Jana. Balkán alebo metafora : balkanizmus a srbský film 90. rokov. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenský filmový ústav, 2008, 274 s. ISBN 9788022410106. info
  • GOULDING, Daniel J. Liberated cinema : the Yugoslav experience, 1945-2001. 2nd, rev. and expanded ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002, xiv, 285. ISBN 025321582X. info
  • Five filmmakers : Tarkovsky, Forman, Polanski, Szabó, Makavejev. Edited by Daniel J. Goulding. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994, xi, 289 s. ISBN 0-253-32609-5. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Emir Kusturica. 1st pub. London: BFI Publishing, 2002, 198 s. ISBN 0851708986. info
  • GOCIĆ, Goran. Notes from the underground : the cinema of Emir Kusturica. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2001, 196 s. ISBN 1903364167. info
  • PASKALJEVIĆ, Goran. The cinema of Goran Paskaljević. Edited by Predrag J. Marković - Dušan Šević. Belgrade: Stubovi kulture, 2010, 138 s. ISBN 9788679793164. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Stav věcí (Profil rumunské kinematografie). Film a doba. Praha: Sdružení přátel odborného filmového tisk, 1998, vol. 44, No 3, p. 124-130. ISSN 0015-1068. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Mrazivé komedie o slabosti a síle (Chilling Comedies about the Strenght and Weakness). Film a doba. Praha: Sdružení přátel odb. filmového tisku, 2007, vol. 53, No 4, p. 198-200. ISSN 0015-1068. info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Odvážní se nevzdávají : Rumunské kino od starověku do konce druhého tisíciletí (The Immortals : Romanian Cinema from Antiquity to the End of the Second Millennium). In Cinepur. Praha: Sdružení přátel Cinepuru, 2019, p. 48-53. ISSN 1213-516X. URL info
  • BLAŽEJOVSKÝ, Jaromír. Všichni v naší rodině : Poznámky k vlně i nevlně (Everybody in Our Family : Notes about the Wave and No-Wave). In Cinepur. Praha: Sdružení přátel Cinepuru, 2019, p. 67-72. ISSN 1213-516X. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, discussions, film screenings.
Assessment methods
Exam: personal anotated filmography of 27 watched films for discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
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