*CFP* "REFOCUS: THE FILMS OF THE DARDENNE BROTHERS", BOOK CHAPTER

The Dardenne brothers (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) have been  recognised as important filmmakers in European cinema, claiming the Palme d’or at Cannes on more than one occasion. The filmmakers’ names have become shorthand for film production in Belgium (alongside Chantal Akerman and Jaco Van Dormael). They are also perceived as key European auteurs, creating and producing films that comment on relevant issues and debate in contemporary (Western) Europe and its socio-political context(s).

Some themes that would benefit from further scholarly attention include:

• Religion/ Christianity in the Dardenne brothers’ films.
• The ethics of the Dardenne brothers’ films
• The Dardenne brothers as European auteurs
• Collaborative authorship and the Dardenne’s filmmaking team (e.g. Marie-Hélène Dozo)
• The Dardenne brothers’ films and the modes of production, distribution and exhibition
• The representation of childhood in Walloon social realism
• Social Engagements/ Social Justice on screen
• Genre and the Dardenne brothers’ films
• Luc Dardenne and his writings on cinema (/Au dos de nos images I and II/) and applied to their films.

If you are interested, please attach an author biography and abstract and email by 30th July 2021 to the editor at j.steele@bathspa.ac.uk

 

Edited by Jamie Steele

Currently looking for abstracts (approx. 150 - 200 words) for book chapters to be included in an edited collection on the Dardenne brothers films, to be published in 2023.