Новото арт кино на Балканите: транстериториалност и интертекстуалност
New art cinema in the Balkans: trans-territoriality and intertextuality

Summary/Abstract: This paper argues for intertextual character of the art-films, made in the Balkans in the last decade. I first critically examine the different concepts of intertextuality as a storytelling device in cinema. Recognizing intertextuality as a characteristic of postmodern media, I argue that cinema requires references to be marked in special ways in order to allow them to achieve significance. I contextualize the discussion about cinematic intertextuality in the frameworks of the comparative analysis of two case-studies: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) and Dogs (2016), both created as a skillful mix of crime and western genres. Both films are based on common archetypes, situations and conflicts of the western genre, no matter their stories play in the Balkans. Reworkings of genre films have always been important strategies in art-cinema, in spite of the fact that its narratives and textual qualities oppose to conventional cinema.

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