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.

“[The author] consistently deploys a variety of distinct, yet complementary, source materials (archival resources and oral interviews, as well as the documentary films themselves) to make an argument for the festival’s significance to Cold War, East German, and documentary film history. This lucid, deeply contextualized account of the Leipzig Festival’s history will be valuable to scholars interested in Cold War history, film studies, and German studies. - Highly recommended” • Choice“A highly readable, supremely well-researched and fascinating account of the Leipzig Film Festival… a knowledgeable and engaging analysis of an event that comprised a multitude of voices – those of reformers, apparatchiks, iconoclasts and conformists – and where key international developments and crises were echoed in films screened (or not) and discussions staged (or silenced)…More than that, the book offers a valuable guide to East German history, situating as it does the film festival in the context of the GDR’s foreign, domestic and cultural policy all of which had implications for filmmakers and curators.” • Studies in Eastern European Cinema

• List of Illustrations and FiguresPreface: The Cold War's Documentary Crossroads: Leipzig in the Galaxy of FestivalsDina IordanovaIntroduction: A Festival at the Heart of the Cold WarPART I: A COLD WAR FESTIVAL (1949-1964)Chapter 1. The Genesis of the Leipzig Film FestivalChapter 2. Opening to the WorldChapter 3. Between Propaganda and Cinéma VéritéPART II: BETWEEN PROVINCIALISM AND INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE (1964-1973)Chapter 4. When the Tide Turns…Chapter 5. Toward Documentaries with a Human FaceChapter 6. Documentaries in the Service of International SolidarityPART III: A TROMPE L'OEIL MISE-EN-SCÈNE? (1973-1983)Chapter 7. Wide Angle on Socialist SocietyChapter 8. Don’t Wait for Better TimesPART IV: TOWARD NEW HORIZONS (1984-1990)Chapter 9. An Opening to the East?Chapter 10. Revolution on the Screen, on the StreetConclusion: Beyond the Cold War: A Memory in the MakingAppendicesGlossaryBibliographyIndexFilm Index