Patterns of Miscommunication in Contemporary East-Central European Cinema (2024)

• April 9, 2026
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The volume, edited by Denisa-Adriana Oprea & Liri-Alienor Chapelan, brings together papers presented during the Patterns of Miscommunication in Contemporary East-Central European Cinema International Conference, co-organized in September 2023 by the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) and the National University of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale (UNATC). We started from the premise that all films, regardless of their context of production and their varying level of anchoring in a certain identifiable reality, can be interpreted as symbolic constructions referring to a cluster of meanings conveyed by a specific society at a moment of its existence. Thus, by analyzing from multiple standpoints contemporary audiovisual productions made in ECE countries, we can see a mosaic of the region’s most pressing issues. The texts gathered in this publication prove that miscommunication is an undeniably fertile notion, through which one may better understand the obstacles to genuine interpersonal or collective communication. They also showcase that, when treated in its entirety, as an autonomous medium rather than as an arbitrary space for the unfolding of linguistic exchanges, cinema greatly benefits from conceptual hybridization with communication studies notions and perspectives.

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