Ib Bondebjerg is professor of film and media studies, Department of
Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen, and
was the founder and director of the Centre for Modern European
Studies (2008-20011). From 2000 to 2009 he was the editor of
Northern Lights: Film and Media Studies Yearbook and he is part of
the advisory board of Studies in Documentary Film and Journal of
Scandinavian Cinema. His main research area is European film and
media culture and documentary genres. He was co-director of the ESF
Research project Changing Media - Changing Europe (2000-2005) and
is co-director of the HERA project, Mediating Cultural Encounters
Through European Screens (MeCETES, 2013-216). His most recent
publications are Media, Democracy and European Culture (2008,
co-editor and contributor), Narratives of Reality: The History of
the Danish Television Documentary (2008, in Danish), Images of
Reality: The Modern Danish Film Documentary (2012, in Danish),
Engaging with Reality: Documentary and Globalization (2014) and
Danish Directors 3: Dialogues on the New Danish Documentary Cinema
(co-editor, 2014).
Mette Hjort is chair professor of humanities and dean of arts at
Hong Kong Baptist University, affiliate professor of Scandinavian
studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, and visiting
professor of creative industries at the University of South Wales.
Her current research interests include film and public value,
moving images in the context of health and well-being and talent
development on a North/South basis. Her research on the last theme
is described in her contribution to African Cinema and Human Rights
(Indiana University Press, 2019), which she co-edited with Eva
Jørholt.
"Anyone interested in contemporary Danish cinema will need to own a copy of this book, which is the single most important source of up-to-date information on the subject, in any language. These dialogues make lively reading, deal with the most pertinent issues, and are immensely informative. (Professor Richard Raskin, University of Arhus) Instruktoorens blik is a veritable goldmine for international readers who are interested in understanding why Danish film once again has achieved international recognition. (Fyens Stiftstidende, Mogens Damgaard) An outstanding, thorough, and carefully researched book that ought to fuel discussions in and about the Danish film milieu. (Palle Schantz Lauridsen, Kristeligt Dagblad)
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