Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Illustrations 9
4. Acknowledgements 11
5. Introduction 13
6. 1. Film Festivals and Ideology Critique 37
7. Section I Artistic Universality
8. 2. Enjoy Your Auteurism! The Son’s Room at Cannes 65
9. 3. Gendering Art: The Great Beauty at Cannes and Tallinn 99
10. Section II Political Universality
11. 4. There Is No Sexual Relationship: Facing Window at Karlovy Vary 141
12. 5. Brutal Humanism: Fire at Sea at the Berlinale 175
13. Section III Capital
14. 6. Capitalism and Orientalism: Gomorrah at Cannes 215
15. Conclusion: Da capo senza fine 255
16. Appendices 269
17. Bibliography 275
18. Filmography 295
19. Index of Films 299
20. Index of Names 301
21. Index of Subjects 305