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Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. City Research Online: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/ [email protected] International Film Festivals as Field-Configuring Events ShivasharanS. Nadavulakere Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirementsfor PhD in Management City University, London Faculty of Management Cass Business School October 2008 I'\ To Anushri, my love Chapter Contents Page Dedication ii ....................................................................................... List Tables & Figures of ..................................................... vi Acknowledgments ............................................................ vii Declaration Consultation Copying on and ................................. viii Abstract ix ........................................................................ I Introduction I ................................................................... 1.1 Objectives 1 ...................................................................... 1.2 Context 2 ......................................................................... 1.3 Thesis Outline 4 ................................................................ 1.3.1 Chapter 2 5 ...................................................................... 1.3.2 Chapter 3 5 ...................................................................... 1.3.3 Chapter 4 6 ...................................................................... 1.3.4 Chapter 5 6 .................................................. .................... 1.3.5 Chapter 6 7 ...................................................................... 1.3.6 Chapter 7 7 ...................................................................... 2 Theoretical Background 8 ..................................................... 2.1 Introduction * 8 ............ ....................................................... 2.2 Institutional Theory 9 .......................................................... 2.3 Field-configuring Events 13 .................................................... 2.4 International Film Festivals Field-configuring Events 15 as ............... 2.5 Previous Research International Film Festivals 16 on ...................... 2.6 International Film Festivals their Characteristics 20 and ................... 3 Intemational Film Festival Field 27 ........................................... 3.1 Introduction 27 ................................................................... 3.2 European International Film Festivals 28 .................................... Latin American, Mediterranean, Asian International Film 3.3 and 31 Festivals ....................................................................... 3.4 International Film Festivals in the USA 34 .................................. 3.5 The International Federation Film Critics (FIPRESCI) 37 of ............. 3.6 International Federation. Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) 38 of ... 3.7 Strategic Groups International Film Festivals 40 of ........................ 3.7.1 Group I "A" List Film Festivals (Competitive Feature Film 41 Festivals) ...................................................................... 3.7.2 Group 4 (Non-FIAPF Accredited Premier Film Festivals) 43 ............. c iii Impact ReputationalResoutces Event Performancein The of on 44 4 International Film Festivals .................................................. Introduction 44 4.1 ................................................................... Institutional Analysis Cultural Fields 46 4.2 of .................................... Dierickx & Cool's (1989) Intangible Asset Stock Accumulation 4.3 Model 48 ........................................................................... Stocks Flows International Film Festival Reputation 51 4.4 and of ............ 4.5 Data Method 55 and ............................................................. 4.5.1 Dependent Variable 57 .......................................................... 4.5.2 Independent Variables 58 ....................................................... 4.5.3 Control Variable 60 ............................................................... 4.6 Analysis Results 61 and ......................................................... 4.7 Discussion 63 ..................................................................... International Film Festivals RetrospectiveCultural 5 and 67 Consecration British Films of ............................................... 5.1 Introduction 67 ................................................................... 5.2 Professional Recognition 70 .................................................... 5.3 Popular Recognition 71 ......................................................... 5.4 International Film Festival Recognition 73 .................................. 5.5 Retrospective Cultural Consecration Films 75 of ........................... 5.6 Selection Systems and Retrospective Cultural Consecration of Films 77 5.7 Data Method 79 and .............................................................. 5.8 Results 83 .......................................................................... 5.9 Discussion 86 ..................................................................... The Impact Expert, Peer, Public Evaluations 6 of and on 90 RetrospectiveConsecration British Films of .............................. 6.1 Introduction 90 ................................................................... 6.2 Cultural Hierarchies in Cultural Fields 92 .................................... 6.3 Retrospective Consecration British Films by BFI 94 of .................... 6.4 Expert Judgments 96 ............................................................ 6.5 Peer Judgments 98 ............................................................... 6.6 Public Judgments 99 ............................................................ 6.7 Data Method 100 and .............................................................. 6.7.1 100 -Sample......................................................................... 6.7.2 Measures 100 ....................................................................... 6.8 Analysis Results 103 and ......................................................... 6.9 Discussion 105 ..................................................................... iv Conclusion 108 7 .................................................................... Summary Findings 108 7.1 of ........................................................ Field-configuring Events 112 7.2 .................................................... Resource Based View and Dicrickx & Cool's (1989) Intangible 7.3 Asset Stock Accumulation Model 114 .......................................... Institutional Analysis Cultural Fields 115 7.4 of ................................... Generalization 117 7.5 ................................................................. 7.6 Managerial Implications 119 ..................................................... 7.7 Limitations Future Directions 120 and .......................................... Appendices 122 .................................................................... A List Awards 122 of ................................................................ B Collinearity Statistics 124 ....................................................... References 125 ..................................................................... V No. List of Tables Page The World's Twelve Largest International Film Festivals 41 Table 3.1 .............................. Table 3.2 Group 2 "B" List Film Festivals (Competitive Specialized Feature Film Festivals) 42 3.3 Group 3 (Non-Competitive Feature Film Festivals) 43 Table ..................................... 4.1 Descriptive Statistics 61 Table ......................................................................... 4.2 Correlations 61 Table .................................................................................... 4.3 Regression Results Beta Coefficients 62 Table - .................................................... 5.1 Samplefor Expert RetrospectiveConsecration (BFI 309) 81 Table .............................. 5.2 Samplefor ProfessionalRetrospective Consecration (BFI 100) 82 Table ........................ 5.3 Results for Expert RetrospectiveConsecration (BFI 309) 84 Table .............................. 5.4 Results for ProfessionalRetrospective Consecration (BFI 100) 84 Table ........................ 6.1 Descriptive Statistics 103 Table .......................................................................... 6.2 Correlations Table ...................................................................................