Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens (MeCETES) is a collaborative research project exploring contemporary European film and television drama.
Our blog features articles by the MeCETES team outlining our initial research findings, as well as contributions by other researchers working in the field of European film and television drama. Recent highlights include:
Danes Down Under: The Rise of Scandinavian Cinema in Australia, July 4, 2014 – Cath Moore (Deakin University)
Rethinking Italian Cinema and History, July 3, 2014 – Alan O’Leary (University of Leeds)
Explaining the Success of Bron/Broen (The Bridge), June 26, 2014 – Ingrid Stigsdotter (Linnaeus University)
Researching the Role of Gatekeepers in the Film Business, June 6, 2014 – Roderik Smits (University of York)
Coming of Age in Realist Cinema: The Case of Barry Hines, June 2, 2014 – David Forest (University of Sheffield)
How Dutch Distributors Select Films within a Global Market, May 23, 2014 – Roderik Smits (University of York)
European Film Schools: Lessons from the Past, May 7, 2014 – Duncan Petrie (University of York
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MeCETES has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 291827 The project Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens (MeCETES) is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme (www.heranet.info) which is co-funded by AHRC, AKA, BMBF via PT-DLR, DASTI, ETAG, FCT, FNR, FNRS, FWF, FWO, HAZU, IRC, LMT, MHEST, NWO, NCN, RANNÍS, RCN, VR and The European Community FP7 2007-2013, under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities programme.