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Writings on International Film Art
by Bert Cardullo (2004)

A collection of selected Cardullo’s essays previously published in quarterlies, In Search of Cinema is divided into three parts: 1) Focus on Iranian Cinema, 2) Europe, the Americas and Beyond (concentrating on recent, “less well-known” cinemas from the continents) and 3) Form, Genre, Oeuvre and Other Arts.

by Mark Cousins (2004)

Taking his cue from H.R. Gombrich’s The Story of Art, Mark Cousins paints a broad sweep of film history, chronologically arranged from its conception in late 19th century, “silent” to “sound” and then “digital” in 21st century, focusing on those whose originality — “schema with variations” instead of Gombrich’s “schema with corrections” — he considered has altered the landmarks of film-making.

A Political History
by Hamid Reza Sadr (2006)

From the infamous introduction of cinema to Iran through the Iranian monarchy in the early twentieth century to the worldwide acclaimed post-revolutionary era, Sadr presents us with a highly readable history of Iranian cinema with its embedded and reflected social, political, cultural and economic contexts, lucidly written in a comprehensive book.

Film Festivals and the World They Made
by Kenneth Turan (2002)

In this book Kenneth Turan presents us with “insider’s view” of twelve film festivals. Divided into four sections, part one studies “festivals with business agendas”: Cannes, Sundance and ShoWest; part two “festivals with geopolitical agendas”: FESPACO, Havana, Sarajevo, Midnight Sun; part three “festivals with aesthetic agendas”: Pordenone, Lone Pine and Telluride. The concluding part four, “the politics of festivals”, is dedicated to the past Florida French film festival.