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Film Studies Resources

This guide aims to connect researchers studying film to relevant resources available at the E. J. Pratt Library and beyond.

World Cinema

To find books about fims of a particular country, perform a Subject search in the Catalogue: eg. "motion pictures Germany" or "motion pictures Israel", etc.

The following is a small selection of the books and digital collections available at the E. J. Pratt Library:

PN 1993.5 .A1 O96 1995 Ref
Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. The Oxford History of World Cinema.
The Silent Era, 1895-1930", "The Coming of Sound, 1930-1960" and "The Modern Cinema, 1960-1995". 150 people who influenced cinema. Essays on animation, technical innovations, censorship, film-music and on the documentary.

PN1993.5 .S7 B462 2008 Stacks
Bentley, Bernard P. E.  A Companion to Spanish Cinema.

PN1993.5 .F7 A95 2008 Stacks
Austin, Guy. Contemporary French Cinema: An Introduction.

PN1993.5 .F7 F7 2004 Stacks
The French Cinema Book
. Michael Temple and Michael Witt, Eds.

PN1993.5 .F7 O83 2007 Ref
Historical Dictionary of French Cinema.

PN1993.5 .G3 C65 2009 Ref
Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema
. General editor, Hans-Michael Bock; associate editor, Tim Bergfelder .

PN1993.5 .I88 B969313 2009 Stacks
Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from its Origins to the Twenty-first Century.

PN1993.5 .I88 C45 2007 Stacks
Celli, Carlo. A New Guide to Italian Cinema.

PN1993.5 .I88 M53 2010 Ref
Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema
. Terri Ginsberg and Chris Lippard, Eds.

PN1993.5 .I88 M56 2008 Ref
Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema.

PN1993.5 .S7 F339 2013 Stacks
Faulkner, Sally. A History of Spanish Film: Cinema and Society 1910-2010.

PN1993.5 .S7 M553 2010
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Mira, Alberto. Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema.

East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage: from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan to Japan and South Korea .

New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts, 1990-Present