Cinema and the Festivalization of Capitalism: The Experience-Makers

Film festivals around the world are in the business of making experiences for audiences, elites, industry, professionals, and even future cultural workers. This book tells you why these non-profit organizations work as they do and attract people working for free, while appealing to businesses and policy-makers as cheap means to illuminate the creative city and draw attention to film art. Vogel provides firm evidence for the ‘festival effect’ that shows the festival as an intermediary in cinema value chains and unprecedented systematic sociological analysis of how event culture impacts on cultural workers’ lives. Read this book to find out what resources and institutional pillars ensure that festivalization of capitalism is here to stay, and why she urges us to think critically about publicly displayed benevolence.