Film Festivals

Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong chairs the Department of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She is the coauthor of Global Hong Kong and coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. History, Structure, and Practice in the Festival World2. The Films of the Festivals3. Auteurs, Critics, and Canons: Extratextual Elements and the Construction of Festival Films4. Film Festivals and Film Industries5. Festivals as Public Spheres6. The Hong Kong International Film Festival as Cultural EventConclusionNotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

"Wong's sharp, clever, and highly knowledgeable account provides a dazzling and dynamic look at the world film festival scene. This long overdue insider approach mixes the practical and the personal in a winning, original fashion." - Wheeler Winston Dixon (James Ryan Professor of Film Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) "Wong's sharp, clever, and highly knowledgeable account provides a dazzling and dynamic look at the world film festival scene. This long overdue insider approach mixes the practical and the personal in a winning, original fashion." - Wheeler Winston Dixon (James Ryan Professor of Film Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) "This is an insightful, engaging, and meticulously researched investigation covering the most recent trends in international film festivals from Venice and Cannes to Hong Kong and Pusan. Wong's book contributes enormously to our understanding of film festivals as a vital aspect of global motion picture culture."- Gina Marchetti (University of Hong Kong) "This is an insightful, engaging, and meticulously researched investigation covering the most recent trends in international film festivals from Venice and Cannes to Hong Kong and Pusan. Wong's book contributes enormously to our understanding of film festivals as a vital aspect of global motion picture culture."- Gina Marchetti (University of Hong Kong) "This book is both an excellent introduction to and in-depth analysis of the world of film festivals. Wong’s book offers both a big picture view of the role of festivals within the global film industry and a close-up scrutiny of specific events, films and people to give a sense of the culture-making activity that happens in these spaces. An essential read for those who are interested both in the global dimensions of the industry, as well as in parsing out the cultural political nuances of particular sites."(Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media) "This book is both an excellent introduction to and in-depth analysis of the world of film festivals. Wong’s book offers both a big picture view of the role of festivals within the global film industry and a close-up scrutiny of specific events, films and people to give a sense of the culture-making activity that happens in these spaces. An essential read for those who are interested both in the global dimensions of the industry, as well as in parsing out the cultural political nuances of particular sites."(Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media)