Новото европейско кино - идентичност и транснационалност
The New European Cinema - Identity and Transnationalism

Summary/Abstract: This article provides an overview of some key themes pertinent to the study of contemporary European cinema. It focuses on the cinematic reaction to the political and economic integration of Europe and to the recent trends in globalization. Combining artistic analysis with considerable attention to political and social context, the essay interprets the recent developments in European cinema, highlighting its transnational and cross-cultural structures, influences and themes. The text demonstrates that in an era no longer marked by the sharp divisions between nation states in Europe, European cinema must be factored into the increasingly hybrid notion of transnational cinema. Thus, the issue of European identity and its representations in cinema is related to the debates over cultural plurality and diversity, and to the hybridizations of the national formation. The paper provides an over- view of recent European films that fashion their narrative to more then one national or cultural community and reflects on the impact of new media technologies in an increasingly interconnected world. I demonstrate that the crossing of borders generates significant shifts in both the aesthetics and the ethics of European cinema as a representational art, and that this crossing enhances the understanding of how transnational European films help shape a new sense of multiculturalism.

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