ENC Analysis – Film Festivals and Cities: A View for south-eastern Europe

The European Neighborhood Council (ENC) released its new analysis on “Film Festivals and Cities: A View for south-eastern Europe.”

The article is written by Dr. Eleni Sideri, ENC Academic Council Member and Assistant Professor at the Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia.

The paper examines the growth of the creative economy in the urban context and analyses how film festivals in the European periphery, in southeastern Europe, played a role in the transformation of three cities, Thessaloniki, Sarajevo, and Tbilisi, into regional film centers.

The full paper is available here.