EU Cinema

A/Prof Ben McCann (French Studies)

EU Cinema: Snapshot

EU Cinema: Snapshot

European Cinema: Snapshot

European Cinema: Snapshot

French Cinema: Snapshot

• Birthplace of cinema• Robust, protectionist film industry• Third-biggest market in the world

(2011: 216 million tickets sold) • More films produced than anywhere

in Europe (2011: 272 films made)

Mood Indigo / L’Écume des jours(2013)

Directed by Michel Gondry

Camille Claudel 1915(2013)

Directed by Bruno Dumont

Leaving / Partir (2009)

Directed by Catherine Corsini

Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia /Astérix & Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté (2012)

Directed by Laurent Tirard

Wim Wenders (2010)

1. “Europe today is perceived by its citizens mainly as a political-technical-bureaucratic structure, a more or less indistinct economic-conglomerate”

2. “like no other medium film generates identification and establishes emotional and cognitive connection”

3. “it reflects the very picture of our society, with its values, habits, hopes and fears”

L’Auberge espagnole / The Spanish Apartment

(2002, dir. Cédric Klapisch)