Teaching Latin American Cinemas and Global Markets Stephanie Dennison University of Leeds

Viva! Latin american film industries and the marketing of ‘latin-americanness’ The module aims to provide students with an informed understanding of the variety of films that are made in Latin America in the 21st century, how they are made, the challenges that face filmmakers on the continent, and the relationship of Latin American films to international film culture. Over the course of two semesters students will gain an understanding of the film industry: issues relating to the production, exhibition and distribution of films within and outside Latin America. They will have the opportunity to analyse films, discuss production contexts, and examine stereotypes and clichés relating to the reception of Latin American films abroad

On completion of this module students should have attained the following: a familiarity with the socio-political context in which films are produced in Latin America; a recognition of the importance of funding sources, and of the impact on filmmaking of national and transnational financial imperatives; an appreciation of the importance of film festivals in contemporary film reception and distribution; an introduction to reception theory/issues relating to spectatorship of contemporary films.  

Transnational Cinemas Vol 4 no. 2 Module bibles Contemporary Hispanic Cinema: Interrogating the Transnational in Spanish and Latin American Film   Transnational Cinemas Vol 4 no. 2

Introductory Set reading:   Gareth Jones, “Latin American Geographies” Ana Lopez, “Are all Latins from Manhattan?” John King, “Cinema in Latin America” Solanas e Getino, “Towards a Third Cinema” Espinosa, “Imperfect cinema” Rocha, “An aesthetics of hunger”   

Bacardi Breezer Ad campaign

Deborah Shaw ‘Babel and the Global Hollywood Gaze’ Dolores Tierney, ‘Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu: Director without Borders’ Deborah Shaw ‘Babel and the Global Hollywood Gaze’

Isabel Santaolalla, Iciar Bollain (chapter on flm) Tambien la lluvia Isabel Santaolalla, Iciar Bollain (chapter on flm) Duncan Wheeler, ‘Tambien la lluvia: Realism, Transnationalism and Social Realism’

Cobrador: In God We Trust (Paul Leduc) Sleep Dealer (Alex Rivera)

El bano del papa Soledad Montanez and David Martin-Jones, ‘Bicycle Thieves or Thieves on Bicycles? El Baño del Papa (2007)’

Film Festivals (from Film Festival Yearbook 2) Miriam Ross, “Film festivals and the Ibero-American Sphere”   Dina Iordanova, “Mediating Diaspora: Film Festivals and Imagined Communities” Mark Cousins, “Widescreen on Film Festivals”

The Latin American scripted film (apud Lucia Nagib): Formulas The Latin American scripted film (apud Lucia Nagib): Local Colour; Realism; The Private Hero; The Improbable But Convincing Event