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Film Studies

This guide is an introduction to the resources for Film Studies at Dartmouth. If you are interested in Television, see the separate research guide for Television.
  • Introduction
  • Basic information on film
  • Finding a specific film title
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  • Starting your research ...
  • Researching early films
  • Film history through the decades
    • 1960's film history
    • 1970's film history
  • Books about film
  • Film reviews
  • Journals & magazines about film
  • Film theory
    • Feminist film theory
    • Auteur theory
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  • Box office information
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    • African American diaspora
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    • Examples on film
  • LGBTQIA+
    • Examples on film
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    • Examples on film
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  • Film & society
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    • Shakespeare on film
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    • A short list of film festivals
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Defining film festival

An event during which a number of films are screened on successive days at a single location, often with prizes awarded in various categories. The Cannes Film Festival, founded in 1946, is the world’s best-known event of this kind, with a range of international films submitted for competition and screening. Film festivals are a major marketplace for producers and distributors from around the world and, partly as a result of the attendance of big-name Hollywood stars, attract significant press coverage. The longest-running film festival is the Venice Film Festival, founded in 1932, which, along with Cannes and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany (founded 1951), form Europe’s ‘big three’.  ...

Kuhn, A., & Westwell, G. (2020). film festival. In A Dictionary of Film Studies. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 Jul. 2021

Finding library resources for film festivals

You can use the subject heading link below to find books about film festivals.

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Selected book titles for film festivals

  • Cover artBrave films, wild nights: 25 years of festival fever by Brian D. Johnson
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.4 .J63 2000
    ISBN: 9780679310358
    A retrospective look at one of the world's premier film festivals. The Toronto International Film Festival was created 25 years ago by a bunch of high-rolling Canadian impresarios. Since then it has grown from a rude upstart to one of the world's largest and most influential film festivals -- second in importance only to Cannes. ...
  • Cover artComing soon to a festival near you: programming film festivals by Jeffrey Ruoff
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.4 .C66 2012
    ISBN: 9781908437037
    This is an outstanding anthology of work on film-festival programming. Combining theoretical and historical overviews with detailed studies of individual festivals and personal testimonies from experts long associated with film festivals, the book makes a thorough, wide-ranging and insightful effort at covering a field that has been significantly neglected in scholarship. As the first book to make film-festival programming its main focus, the book should be considered an essential contribution to the growing body of published work on film festivals. ...
  • Cover artThe film festival reader by Dina Iordanova, ed.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.4 .F466 2013
    ISBN: 9781908437099
    What is the importance of film festivals in the context of film culture at large? What logic reigns within the film festival galaxy? Are film festivals tools of power and prestige that make or break the fate of a film? Or do they effectively seal diverse and unique cinema from the wider public whilst simultaneously professing to celebrate it? What are the key features and who are the key stakeholders of the film festival? What, if anything, is wrong with the concept of 'festival films'? What makes a good film festival good or a bad one bad? It is these and other questions that are raised and treated in the classic texts included in this collection. ...
  • Cover artFilm festivals: culture, people, and power on the global screen by Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong
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    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9780813551210
    Film Festivals offers the first comprehensive overview of the history, people, films, and multiple functions of the festival world. From Sundance to Hong Kong, from the glitter of Cannes to edgier festivals that challenge boundaries or foster LGBTQ cultural production, film festivals celebrate art, promote business, bring cinema to diverse audiences, and raise key issues about how we see our world.
  • Cover artFilm festivals: history, theory, method, practice by Marijke de Valck; Brendan Kredell; Skadi Loist, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.4 .F477 2016
    ISBN: 9780415712477
    The last decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in film festivals, with the field growing to a position of prominence within the space of a few short years. Film Festivals: History, Theory, Method, Practice represents a major addition to the literature on this topic, offering an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the area.
  • Film festivals: history and theory of a European phenomenon that became a global network by Marijke de Valck
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.4 .V35 2006
  • International television & video almanac by Quigley Publishing
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry HE 8698 .I55
    Each volume has a "Year in Review" and documents the events in the Television industry for the year. Its earlier title, International Television Almanac, began in 1956.

Other library resource(s)

  • Resource logoFestivals from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Marijke de Valck, Skadi Loist
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    ISBN: 9780199791286
    Film festivals are a ubiquitous phenomenon. Estimates vary between five hundred and three thousand film festivals taking place yearly. Yet what defines a film festival is not self-evident. Film festivals have been described as alternative exhibition sites—alternative to regular cinemas and permanent art houses—and are typically conceived of as medium-length events taking place over the course of a couple of days. ...
  • Cover artHorror film festivals and awards by Thomas M. Sipos
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1995.9 .H6 S535 2012
    ISBN: 9780786465729
    The rise of independent horror filmmaking has spurred a growth of indie horror film festivals, promising promotional and distribution opportunities for selected motion pictures.
  • Issue cover artNew review of film and television studies by Taylor & Francis
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Special journal issue
    This links directly to a special issue on film festivals that Jeffrey Ruoff co-edited.

Local film festivals

  • Brattleboro Film Festival
    • Link
    The Brattleboro Film Festival presents films from the USA and around the world that inform, challenge, entertain, and inspire, emphasizing viewpoints and characters often unseen in mainstream media.
  • Green Mountain Film Festival
    • Link
    This film festival's mission is to engage the community by presenting films with a
    diversity of voices and cultural perspectives.
  • MountainTop Film Festival
    • Link
  • New Hampshire Film Festival
    • Link
    The New Hampshire Film Festival takes place each fall the weekend after Columbus Day in Portsmouth, NH. Their mission is to inspire audiences with thought-provoking cinematic stories from visionary talents in independent filmmaking, and to provide a platform for emerging artists to advance their craft, engage with the community and promote to industry leaders.
  • White River Indie Film Festival
    • Link
    Founded in 2004, White River Indie Films was created by a small group of film lovers who wanted to bring works from outside the mainstream to an appreciative, film-loving audience.

Gay Film Festivals

This list is an example of "themed" film festivals. This is just a short list of LGBT film festivals. To find other themed film festivals, you can search the internet using "film festivals."

  • Wikipedia logo
    The Big Queer Film Festival List
    • Link
    A continuing list of Queer film festivals around the world.
  • New Fest logo
    NewFest
    • Link
    NewFest is dedicated to bringing together filmmakers and audiences in the building of a community that passionately supports giving greater visibility and voice to a wide range of expressions and representations of the LGBT experience.
  • Outfest
    • Link
    Outfest protects our past, showcases our present and nurtures our future by fostering artistic expression of gender, sexuality and LGBTQ culture and its transformative social impact on the world.
  • OUTshine Film Festival logo
    OUTshine Film Festival
    • Link
    The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival started in 1998; the Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2008. Both were brought together under one brand: OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival - underscoring their broad appeal and dynamic multi-cultural location. ...
  • Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
    • Link
    This is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBTQ+ films and videos each and every year.
  • San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
    • Link
    Run by Frameline a vendor of LGBTQ+ media, this is the oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world.

Internet resource(s)

  • Box Office Mojo
    • Link
    Box Office Mojo is an online movie publication and box office reporting service. Their purpose is to illuminate the movies through the integration of art and business. Based in Burbank, California, they produce analysis, reviews, interviews and the most comprehensive box office tracking available online.
  • Film Festival Research Network
    • Link
    The Film Festival Research Network (FFRN) is a loose connection of scholars working on issues related to film festivals, founded by Marijke de Valck and Skadi Loist in 2008. The FFRN aims to make festival research more available, to connect its diverse aspects and to foster interdisciplinary exchange between researchers as well as festival professionals.
  • Nielsen logo
    Nielsen Top Tens
    • Link
    Nielsen is global leader in measurement, information and research solutions for the motion picture industry. Their tools provide up-to-the minute box office information around the globe, in real time, on an hourly basis.
  • The Numbers logo
    The Numbers - Movie Box Office Data ...
    • Link
    The Numbers was officially launched on October 17th, 1997 as a free resource for industry professionals, the investment community, and movie fans to track business information on movies.
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