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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
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Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema Open ebook -

by John Sundholm; Isak Thorsen; Lars Gustaf Andersson


Details

  • Title Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
  • Author John Sundholm; Isak Thorsen; Lars Gustaf Andersson
  • Binding Open Ebook
  • Pages 482
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780810878990 / 0810878992
  • Ages 18 to 22 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 17
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - Scandinavia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012018328
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

About the author

John Sundholm, who organized the production of this volume, is professor in film studies at Karlstad University in Sweden. He has written extensively on experimental cinema and is the co-author of several books including A History of Swedish Experimental Film Culture.

Isak Thorsen teaches film studies at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark. He has contributed to leading international journals such as Journal of Scandinavian Cinema and Film History. Lars Gustaf Andersson, also from Sweden, is professor in film studies at Lund University. His main research interests are experimental cinema and alternative production and distribution of film. He is the other author of the book above. Olof Hedling, also from Sweden, is associate professor in film studies at Lund University. For some time, he has been working on the phenomena of European film policy, regional film funds, and regional film and television production. He is the co-editor of the collection Regional Aesthetics: Locating Swedish Media. Gunnar Iversen is professor in film studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He has published essays on film history, early cinema, and technology and several books including co-authorship of Nordic National Cinema. Birgir Thor Moller is an independent scholar and translator of Icelandic literature as well as film curator at the North Atlantic House in Copenhagen. He has written extensively on Icelandic cinema and is also a contributor to Transnational Cinema in a Global North: Nordic Cinema in Transition.