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Abstract
Established in 1955, the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival became a central arena for staging the cultural politics of the German Democratic Republic, both domestically and in relation to West Germany and the rest of the world. Screened Encounters represents the definitive history of this key event, recounting the political and artistic exchanges it enabled from its founding until German unification, and tracing the outsize influence it exerted on international cultural relations during the Cold War.
Caroline Moine is Assistant Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Her research on the cultural history of the Cold War has been widely published in French, German, and English.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screened Encounters | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Illustrations and Figures | vii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Acknowledgments | xix | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Part I. A Cold War Festival | 15 | ||
| Chapter 1. The Genesis of the Leipzig Film Festival | 17 | ||
| Chapter 2. Opening to the World | 43 | ||
| Chapter 3. Between Propaganda and Cinéma Vérité | 71 | ||
| Part II. Between Provincialism and International Dialogue (1964–1973) | 99 | ||
| Chapter 4. When the Tide Turns . . . | 101 | ||
| Chapter 5. Toward Documentaries with a Human Face | 130 | ||
| Chapter 6. Documentaries in the Service of International Solidarity | 157 | ||
| Part III. A Trompe L’Oeil Mise-en-Scène? (1973–1983) | 187 | ||
| Chapter 7. Wide Angle on Socialist Society | 189 | ||
| Chapter 8. Don’t Wait for Better Times | 219 | ||
| Part IV. Toward New Horizons (1984–1990) | 245 | ||
| Chapter 9. An Opening in the East? | 247 | ||
| Chapter 10. Revolution on the Screen, on the Street | 279 | ||
| Conclusion | 307 | ||
| Appendix I. Archival Sources | 318 | ||
| Appendix II. List of Interviews | 320 | ||
| Appendix III. Leipzig Festival Retrospectives | 322 | ||
| Appendix IV. Leipzig Festival Statistics | 325 | ||
| Glossary of Acronyms and Organizations | 327 | ||
| Bibliography | 330 | ||
| Index | 358 | ||
| Film Index | 368 |