Description du projet
Bataille cinématographique pour la frontière nord de l’Adriatique
La crise de Trieste (1945-1954) a été un conflit diplomatique intense sur la frontière italo-yougoslave. La production de films par ces deux pays a coïncidé avec la création de festivals de films comme des événements géopolitiques majeurs. Le projet CBA TRIESTE, financé par l’UE, étudiera comment la représentation cinématographique de la lutte pour cette région frontalière a été utilisée pour produire des souvenirs culturels désirables en accord avec les préoccupations nationales et idéologiques du conflit. Le projet comparera la crise de Trieste et la période qui a suivi la création de Giorno del Ricordo en 2004 en Italie en explorant la production cinématographique, la circulation dans les festivals de films et la réception des films à travers des prix et des mentions dans la presse. Il se traduira par une archive numérique présentant une sélection de films et de documents pertinents.
Objectif
The project will analyse cinematic practices related to the Trieste Crisis (1945-54), a diplomatic struggle over the Italo-Yugoslav border at the outset of the Cold War, which remains the region’s most controversial issue due to the violence it invoked. Central to the conflict’s soft power dimension, both countries produced a collection of films about these events, which coincided with the establishment of film festivals as important geo-political events. Taking festivals as lieux de mémoire, the project will explore how the conflict’s cinematic representation (specifically the foibe massacres, the Italian exodus, the fascist crimes and the anti-fascist struggle) has been employed to construct desirable cultural memories related to its national and ideological concerns. It will compare Italian and Yugoslav (Slovenian, Croatian) perspectives, by investigating three levels of cinematic action: 1) film production, 2) film festival circulation, and 3) film reception through awards and press reviews. It will compare two periods, both marked by higher interest in this topic: the Trieste Crisis itself and the period following the establishment of Giorno del Ricordo in Italy in 2004. By including historical and contemporary viewpoints, the study will examine how the narrativization of these events has evolved from the early Cold War to the present day. The project will result in a digital archive presenting: 1) film database with contacts of institutions housing the films, 2) film analysis in the given political and social context 3) selection of films and archival documents. The project will offer the first analysis of this film corpus and make widely accessible a collection of related cinematic cultural heritage. In engaging with an interdisciplinary approach, it will provide a contribution to the study of cinema, film festivals and cultural memory, and a practical toolkit for researchers and cultural programmers, which can act as a model for other, comparable studies.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
30123 Venezia
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