Polish Postcommunist Cinema

The Author: Ewa Mazierska studied philosophy at Warsaw University and did her Ph.D. in Łódz University and is Reader in Contemporary Cinema, Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include Women in Polish Cinema (2006), Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni Moretti (2004) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (2003) (the last two co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating Britishness (2004).

«(...) ‘Polish Postcommunist Cinema’ is a great contribution to the field of film studies (...).» (Kamila Kuc, Studies in East European Cinema)«Both for readers interested in contemporary Polish culture and for scholars and students of international cinema, Ewa Mazierska’s study is extremely valuable. [...] Mazierksa does an outstanding job of capturing both the works of the more exceptional individual directors and the emergence of important popular genres.» (Herbert J. Eagle, Slavonic and East European Review)«Ewa Mazierska ist [der] Spagat zwischen nationaler Filmgeschichte und globalem Markt, zwischen filmästhetischer Analyse und diskursiver Einordnung der Filme meisterhaft gelungen.» (Schamma Schahadat, Osteuropa 62, 2012/5)

• Contents: Polish film industry after 1989 – Police/gangster film – Heritage cinema – Comedy – Biographical film and discourse on art on screen – New Cinema of Moral Concern – Women’s cinema – Marek Koterski – Jan Jakub Kolski – Jerzy Stuhr.