European Cinema in Motion

BIRGIT BEUMERS Reader in Russian at the University of Bristol, UK DENIZ GOKTURK Professor of German at the University of California, Berkeley, USA ENCARNACION GUTIERREZ RODRIGUEZ Lecturer in Transcultural Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at Manchester University, UK DINA IORDANOVA Director of the Centre for Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK ANNE JACKEL Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Languages and European Studies, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK GARETH JONES Film Consultant and owner of the production company Scenario Films Ltd SARITA MALIK Lecturer in Media and Communications at Brunel University, UK ISABEL SANTAOLOLLA Professor in Spanish and Film Studies at Roehampton University, London, UK CARRIE TARR Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, UK JAMES S. WILLIAMS Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

• Acknowledgements Introduction Locating Migrant and Diasporic Cinema in Contemporary Europe; D.Berghahn & C.Sternberg Migration and Cinematic Process in Post-Cold War Europe; D.Iordanova State and Other Funding for Migrant, Diasporic and World Cinemas in Europe; A.Jackel Nostalgic Journeys in Post-Soviet Cinema: Towards a Lost Home?; B.Beumers Transculturation in German and Spanish Migrant and Diasporic Cinema: On Constrained Spaces and Minor Intimacies in Princesses and A Little Bit of Freedom; E.G.Rodriguez The Dark Side of Hybridity: Contemporary Black and Asian British Cinema; S.Malik Body Matters: Immigrants in Recent Spanish, Italian and Greek Cinemas; I.Santaolalla Gendering Diaspora: The Work of Diasporic Women Filmmakers in Western Europe; C.Tarr Queering the Diaspora; J.S.Williams Sound Bridges: Transnational Mobility as Ironic Melodrama; D.Gokturk Coming of Age in 'the Hood': The Diasporic Youth Film and Questions of Genre; D.Berghahn Migration, Diaspora and Metacinematic Reflection; C.Sternberg Future Imperfect: Some Onward Perspectives on Migrant and Diasporic Film Practice; G.Jones Filmography Index

"An important contribution filled with original work and insightful analyses." - Randall Halle, Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German Film and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA "A welcome addition to European cinema studies and a timely contribution to the growing fields of diasporic, migrant and transnational cinemas. This thought-provoking collection, which manages to be both diverse and coherent, will be consulted for years to come." - Elizabeth Ezra, Professor of Cinema and Culture, University of Stirling, UK 'The editors' avowed awareness of the conceptual problems inherent in their terms and definitions, together with their thorough review of current debates and the contributors' own engaging analyses, provide this book with the potential to open up alluring research avenues across disciplinary and textual boundaries.' - Journal of Contemporary European Studies 'This volume offers a unique contribution to migration debates ... the editors provide an excellent overview of well- and lesser-known European films dealing with migration and multiculturalism.' - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies