Central Eurasian Cinema (Central Eurasian Studies)

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FILMS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON:
The Media Services Department (Wells Library) has a small collection of Central Eurasian films in vernacular languages (most subtitled in English). Search IUCAT for videorecordings (after log-in, choose "DVD/Video search" in right-hand menu; you may choose a language in search box near bottom of screen).

Two epochs of national self-determination in Central Asian cinema: the '60s and '90s (Media Services/Wells Library: a DVD collection--with a printed guide--of 10 narrative films from Central Asia produced during the Soviet and post-independence eras; English subtitles)

Documentary films of Central Asia (Media Services/Wells Library: a 10-disc DVD collection of 70 documentary films from Central Asia produced during the Soviet and post-independence eras; English subtitles)

Hungarian-language films (Media Services/Wells Library; click on the link for "Hungarian Feature Films")

Films in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies (Goodbody Hall 157; primarily Hungarian-language films)

Films in the Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (Goodbody Hall 324)

Films in the Russian and East European Institute (REEI) (available for loan to instructors; Ballantine Hall 565)

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ELECTRONIC JOURNALS FOR CENTRAL EURASIAN CINEMA:

KinoKultura: new Russian cinema (KiKu) (quarterly in English)

Slavic and East European performance: drama, theatre, film (2005-present online; requires IU log-in; also available in print in Wells Library)

Studies in Russian and Soviet cinema (2007-present; requires IU log-in)

Территория кино (in Russian; the only e-journal devoted to Central Asian cinema, edited by Gulnara Abikeyeva and produced by Kazakhfilm)

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ONLINE READING AND OTHER SOURCES FOR CENTRAL EURASIAN CINEMA (arranged by country):

General Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan):

Central Asia: redefining its cultural roots (Gönül Dönmez-Colin, 2002)

Central Asian Cinemas (new website for Central Asian cinematography)

Central Asian films (Jared Rapfogel, 2003)

Central Asia (2004 special issue of KinoKultura)

Russian and Soviet cinema: a bibliography (a selected bibliography of approximately 70 monographs and articles about Central Asian film compiled by Vladimir Padunov, University of Pittsburgh, 2005)

Wind from the steppes: a brief history of Central Asian cinema during the Soviet era (Olaf Möller, 2003)

Lone wolves at the door of history (Kent Jones, 2003)

New "New" Wave filmmakers welcome their audiences' discomfort: Kazakh and Kyrgyz youth films (Jane Knox-Voina, 2009)

Azerbaijan:

Films made by the national film studio (Азербайджанфильм / Azərbaycanfilm / Azerbaijanfilm)

Cinema: can it be revived? (an issue of the online journal Azerbaijan International devoted to Azerbaijani cinema)

Estonia:

Estonia (news, links, and other useful information for Estonian cinema from FilmNewEurope.com)

Estonian Film Foundation = Eesti Filmi Sihtasutus (includes an annotated database (in English) of nearly 500 films produced since 2000: in left-hand menu, go to Films > Released)

Hungary:

Hungary (news, links, and other useful information for Hungarian cinema from FilmNewEurope.com)

FilmHu (portal in Hungarian; associated English-language website FilminHungary)

History of the Hungariam film from the beginning until 1945 (Gyöngyi Balogh, 2000)

Film Institute / National Film Archive of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Filmarchívum) (e-journal, Filmkultúra)

Magyar Filmunió

Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítvány)

Kazakhstan:

The gifts of history: young Kazakh cinema and the past (Stephen M. Norris, 2010)

Казахфильм (Қазақфильм / Kazakhfilm) (national film studio)

Films made by the national film studio

Kazakhstan (Gulnara Abikeyeva, 2011)

Kino.kz (commercial website for contemporary Kazakh cinema; in Russian)

Kinostan (Киностан) (in Kazakh)

The New Wave in Kazakh cinema (Ludmilla Zebrina Pruner, 1992)

Stars above Almaty: Kazakh cinema between 1998 and 2003 (Vladimir Padunov, 2004)

Three generations of Kazakh cinematographers: action--reaction--change of reality (Inna Smailova, 2008)

Waves, old and new, in Kazakh cinema (Birgit Beumers, 2010)

Kyrgyzstan:

KyrgyzCinema (information about Kyrgyz cinema from the local Cinema Development Fund)

Киргизфильм (Кыргызфильм / Kyrgyzfilm) (national film studio; in Russian)

Films made by the national film studio

New cinema in Kyrgyzstan (Aliya Moldalieva, 2008)

Mongolia:

Mongolian cinema (incomplete list of 1936-1990 films produced by Mongol Kino, the Soviet-era national film studio; website last updated 2009)

Movies in and on Mongolia (includes links to articles by Diane Gabrysiak, Oliver Corff, and John W. Williams, ca. 1990s)

Mongol Kino (general website in Mongolian)

Tajikistan:

Tajik cinema: a view from outside (Gulnara Abikeyeva, 2003)

Таджикфильм (Тоҷикфилм / Tojikfilm) (national film studio)

Films made by the national film studio

Tibet:

Cinema and Tibet: a brief historical overview (Jamyang Norbu, 2004)

The Happy Light Bioscope Theatre and other stories: a brief historical overview of cinema in Tibet, Part 1 and Part 2 (Jamyang Norbu, 2010)

Videos and films on Tibet: Part 1 and Part 2 (list of 200+ English-language films with synopses; from TibetSites.com)

Tibet on film: a list of feature films and television programmes featuring Tibet, Part 1 (1921-1984) and Part 2 (1985-2005) (Michael Organ, 2005) (annotated list of Western films)

Turkey:

Turkish cinema (Directorate General of Press & Information, Turkish Cultural Foundation)

History and chronology of Turkish cinema (Department of Copyright and Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; in Turkish)

Türk Sineması Arşivi (searchable archive of historical documents about Turkish cinema; interface in Turkish)

Türkiye Sinema Eseri Sahipleri Meslek Birliği (SESAM) (Turkish film producers union)

Turkmenistan:

I cannot be fully happy...: interview with Khodzhakuli Narliyev (Gulnara Abikeyeva, 2001)

Films made by the national film studio

Uzbekistan:

Uzbek cinema (from Kultura.uz, a current website for art and culture in Uzbekistan; in Russian)

Uzbek rhapsody: the films of Ali Khamraev

Узбекфильм (Ўзбекфильм / Uzbekfilm) (national film studio)

UzbekKino (national agency founded in 2004)

Films made by the national film studio

UzCinema (portal)

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GENERAL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR EURASIAN CINEMA:

Энциклопедия Отечественного Кино, СССР/СНГ (Encyclopedia of National Cinema, USSR/CIS; an excellent historical encyclopedia for Soviet and post-independence national cinema; in Russian)

Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC)

Internet Movie Database (IMDb) (see the Country Index)

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FILM LIBRARIES:

Ellen-Fairbanks D. Bodman Collection of Middle Eastern and Islamic World Films (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) ("the largest compilation of films on the Muslim world in North America, and perhaps in the English-speaking world")

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FILM FESTIVALS:

Almaty International Film Festival (Almatinskii Mezhdunarodnyi Kinofestival') (annual festival held since 2003)

Didor International Film Festival (Кинофестивали Байналхалқии Дидор) (see links to festival documents)

Eurasia International Film Festival (held annually in Kazakhstan)

Forum of National Cinematography (Форум Национальных Кинематографий) (an important, annual event that showcases films produced in the CIS and Baltic states; no dedicated website)

Kinoshok (Киношок) (annual film festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia)

2010 East Meets West Film Forum & Festival (EMWFF) (held in Mongolia)

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PRINT RESOURCES IN IU-BLOOMINGTON LIBRARY:

Being and becoming: the cinemas of Asia (edited by Aruna Vasudev, Latika Padgaonkar, and Rashmi Doraiswamy, 2002) [RSCH: PN 1993.5 .A75 B45 2002] (contains historical summaries by country)

Le Cinéma d'Asie centrale sovietique (edited by Jean Radvanyi, 1991) [ALF: PN 1993.5 .R92 S62 1991]

Cinemas of the other: a personal journey with film-makers from the Middle East and Central Asia (Gönül Dönmez-Colin, 2006) [RSCH: PN 1998.2 .D664 2006]

Cinemaya: the Asian film magazine (published 1988-2004) [RSCH: PN 1993 .C585 no.1-64] (contains interviews and articles related to Central Asian cinema)

Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film (Oliver Leaman, ed., 2001) [REF: PN 1993.5 .A65 C66 2001]

Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema (Peter Rollberg, 2009) [REF: PN 1998.2 .R578 2009]

Istoriia sovetskogo kino, 1917-1967 (Khandzhara Abul-Kasymova, ed., 1969-1978) [ALF: PN 1993.5 .R9 I87 v.1-4] (the most comprehensive source for the history of Soviet cinema)

Two epochs of national self-determination in Central Asian cinema: the 60-s and 90-s = Dve epokhi natsional'nogo samoopredeleniia v kino TSentral'noi Azii: 60-e i 90-e gody (Gulnara Abikeyva, 2006; this booklet accompanies the set of 10 films in the "Kino TSentral'noi Azii" series) [Wells Media Services: PN 1997 .K56547 2006 Text]

Cinema in Turkey: a new critical history (Savas Arslan, 2011) [PN 1993.5 .T8 A77 2011]

Türk filmleri sözlügü (Agâh Özgüç, 1990-2003) [ALF: PN 1993.5 .T8 O27 1990 v.1-3] See also: online extracts

Hungarian cinema: from coffee house to multiplex (John Cunningham, 2004) [RSCH: PN 1993.5 .H8 C8 2004]

World cinema: Hungary (Bryan Burns, 1996) [RSCH: PN 1993.5 .H8 B87 1996]