Edited by Radmila Mladenova, Tobias von Borcke, Pavel Brunssen, Markus End, Anja Reuss 

Antiziganism is a common phenomenon on the big screen. To examine this issue from various perspectives, acclaimed scholars and junior researchers, filmmakers and human rights activists, both Roma and non-Roma, gathered in Berlin in 2018 and presented their research output, shared personal testimonies and discussed films at the international conference “Antigypsyism and Film”. The present bilingual volume is a documentation of the conference proceedings. It contains academic articles and essays as well as interviews with filmmakers grouped in four thematic sections: antigypsyism in film, the question of ethics, strategies of subversion and antigypsyism in comparison to other forms of racism.; Antigypsyism is normal on the big screen. In order to examine this problem from different perspectives, scientists and young researchers, filmmakers and human rights activists - Roma and non-Roma alike - gathered in Berlin in 2018 for an international conference: “Antigypsyism and Film”. They presented their research results, shared personal testimonies and discussed films. This bilingual volume documents this conference, which is unique in its form. The conference proceedings include academic articles and essays as well as interviews with filmmakers, divided into four thematic sections: antigypsyism in film, questions of ethics, strategies of subversion and antigypsyism in relation to other resentments.

Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP), 2020. 304p.