1st Edition
Reframing Faith in Balkan Documentary Film History and Religion in Yugoslav Space
By Milja Radovic
Copyright 2026
160 Pages
49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Reframing Faith in Balkan Documentary Film presents the first systematic study of the cinematic representations of religion in the early documentary film on the Balkan Peninsula from 1896 to 1939.
By looking at faith through the concept of frame, this book sheds new light on the historical realities of the period as seen by the filmmakers and facilitates rediscovering the world of lost... Read more
Preface
1. Introduction: Film as History
2. Situating Cinema: Early Film and Artistic Developments
3. The Films: Analysis 1896–1939
4. The Early Documentary Film of the Yugoslav Space
5. Conclusion
Filmography
Index
Biography
Milja Radovic is an International Scholar and Principal Investigator (FWF) at the Department of Systematic Theology and Ethics, University of Vienna. She is an active member of Interfilm and serves as a Juror at International Film Festivals including Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno and Karlovy Vary.
