Surrealist cinema was born out of the ideology and visual experiments of the Surrealist Movement, which began in 1924 when a group of writers and artists issued a “Surrealist Manifesto” in Paris. The movement rejected logic and reason (as defined by modern society) in favor…

Soviet Parallel Cinema is a term used to describe the nonconformist and experimental movies that were made in the former Soviet Union, outside of the state-controlled studio system. The term was coined by Russian film critic Yuri Tsivian, who has written extensively on the subject….

For those who love world cinema, there is no better feeling than discovering a new film movement. Just as the French New Wave and Italian Neorealism gave birth to some of the most influential directors in history, Romanian New Wave Cinema has given the world…

The Remodernist film movement began in the year 2000 by a group of filmmakers and writers. The movement seeks to “remodernize” cinema, to get away from the stale, predictable films that have dominated Hollywood for decades. Remodernist filmmakers tend to use long takes, and tend…

The 1960s and 1970s was a turbulent period in Yugoslavia. As the country sought to break free from Soviet influence, a group of filmmakers joined together to create socially conscious films that challenged the politics and culture of the time. Known as the Yugoslav Black…

Though often recognized for its male directors, women have long played a vital role in Italian neorealist cinema. The first wave of Italian neorealism (roughly 1943 and 1953) was a cinematic movement that sought to depict the struggles of everyday people in post-World War II…

Nigerian cinema is a thriving business in the 21st century. The industry has grown more than tenfold in the two decades since Nigeria’s independence. In 2012, the country produced almost 1,200 films and had a total box office revenue of $167 million. It’s an exciting…

The Iranian New Wave refers to a movement in Iranian cinema. It started in the late 1960s and flourished in the 1970s. It was followed by a related but distinguishable movement called Iranian New Wave due to its resemblance to European new waves. The Iranian…

If you’re not sure what Pan-Indian film movement means, you might have already seen it. The term is used to describe a group of Indian filmmakers who’ve made films about India’s various communities, cultures, and languages. The movement was started by ad filmmaker Mohan Kumar…

Parallel cinema is a film movement in Indian cinema that originated in the state of West Bengal in the 1950s as an alternative to the mainstream commercial Indian cinema, represented especially by popular Hindi cinema, known today as Bollywood. The movement was initially led by…