Rachel Johnson lectures in the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures at the University of Leeds. She researches film festivals, cinephilia and displacement. Her work has been published in edited collections and journals such as Contours of Film Festival Research, Cinergie and the Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies. Alongside research and teaching, she co-directs the film club Leeds Cineforum.

• Introduction 1: Film Festivals and Ideology Critique SECTION I: ARTISTIC UNIVERSALITY 2: Enjoy Your Auteurism! The Son’s Room at Cannes 3: Gendering Art: The Great Beauty at Cannes and Tallinn SECTION II: POLITICAL UNIVERSALITY 4: There is No Sexual Relationship: Facing Window at Karlovy Vary 5: Brutal Humanism: Fire at Sea at the Berlinale SECTION III: CAPITAL 6: Capitalism and Orientalism: Gomorrah at Cannes Conclusion: Da capo senza fine Appendix 1: A-List Film Festivals Appendix 2: Italian Best Picture Winners, 1946-2020 Appendix 3: Synopses of Secondary Case Studies Bibliography Filmography Index