Ο κινηματογράφος ως πολιτισμική κατασκευή και ως κοινωνική πρακτική

Abstract

The interaction between history and cinema constitutes an interdisciplinary field that includes both the representations of society as projected in films and the symbolic values of filmmakers works. As a collective cultural product, cinema is shaped and influenced by the main political, economic and ideological forces of each era. Exogenous factors in the wider socio-political environment as well as the transformations that occur within the cultural field largely determine the type and form of the product produced. This paper attempts to contribute to the theoretical dialogue about the convergence of cinema and history by looking into the topic of how institutional and transnational actors such as collaboration networks and film festivals can influence the stylistic and narrative techniques of creators as well as their positioning on the map of world historiography. In support of the above, examples are given from the context and conditions of the emergence of a new wave in contemporary Greek cinema.