British Film Institute

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News

David Curtis’ A History of Artists’ Film and Video in Britain was awarded the 2008 Kraszna-Krausz Award for the Best Moving Image Book. This award aims to recognise and reward the very best books published in the field of the moving image, and to raise the profile of this sector within the publishing industry and amongst the public as a whole.

Judges described Curtis’ book as ‘A groundbreaking work which puts the recent achievements of famous artists like Douglas Gordon and Gillian Wearing into their long-term historical context.’

BFI titles dominated the shortlist for this prize, with Michael Chanan’s The Politics of Documentary and James Naremore’s On Kubrick also making it through to the final six.

Congratulations to all the authors.

For more information about the prize, see here

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The Cinema Book
Edited by: Pam Cook

First published in 1985, "The Cinema Book "was hailed as a landmark film studies text, presenting in accessible form two decades of intellectual activity on the subject. The second edition (1999) consolidated "The Cinema Book"'s international reputation as the leading guide to film studies. This new edition has been extensively revised, expanded, and updated to include brand new chapters together with original essays and case studies written by leading scholars from around the globe. It provides comprehensive coverage of seven major areas: Hollywood Cinema and Beyond; Stars; Technologies; World Cinemas; Genre; Authorship; and Developments in Theory. New topics include Global Hollywood; Contemporary Women Directors; Queer Theory; and Postmodernism. All sections are supported by in-depth analyses of films from the earliest days to the present.

Please click here for more information.

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Featured Series:

BFI Film Classics

BFI Film Classics is a series of finely written, illustrated books which honour landmark films of world cinema. The series includes a wide range of approaches and critical styles, reflecting the diverse ways we appreciate, analyse and enjoy great films.

The latest titles in this series include Lawrence of Arabia, City Lights, Night Mail and The Big Lebowski.

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About the List

Palgrave Macmillan and the British Film Institute are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership. From January 2008 Palgrave Macmillan will publish, sell and distribute all BFI books.

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