Call for proposals to Film International Hollywood and the Norden Nordic cinema is receiving increased prestige in academic studies as well as in the global marketplace. Several recent publications have suggestively situated Nordic cinemas in a global framework (Mette Hjort's Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema, 2007) or explored transnational dimensions of these cinemas (Andrew Nestingen and Trevor Elkington's Transnational Cinema in a Global North, 2005). However, one area remains largely unexplored: the relationship between Hollywood and Nordic cinemas. As elsewhere, Hollywood maintains a substantial market share of the domestic box office and clearly influences the development of formative and narrative styles of both popular and art cinemas in these nations. Even when Nordic directors and film stars have ventured into Hollywood, this alleged 'colonialisation effect' has been claimed to suppress any cultural origins of 'Nordicness', simply squeezing their work into the monolithic Hollywood entity that restricts any authorial vision and enforces conditions of cultural and economic imperialism. Certain Nordic directors have met with relative success (Renny Harlin, Lasse Hallström), while others have encountered problems with the system (Ole Bornedal, Bille August). We have also seen several adaptations of key Nordic films, occasionally by the directors of the original product (Bornedal's Night Watch, 1997), but predominantly by a Hollywood studio that arguably dilutes much of the original content (Pathfinder, 2007). Some popular Nordic films (Let the Right One In, 2008) have been commercial hits on the American art house circuit, but are nevertheless remade to suit a mainstream audience (Let Me in, 2010). These complex patterns of cross-cultural and transnational interaction shed light on many key debates in film studies, and we encourage approaches that seek to interrogate any notion of 'Nordicness' in Hollywood, but also how Hollywood responds to and incorporates the Nordic element. Film International (published by Intellect UK) is dedicating a special journal issue to 'Hollywood and the Norden' and cordially invites proposals on this theme. Studies of contemporary cultural interactions between Hollywood and the Norden in a broad sense are welcome. Possible areas include, but are not limited to: - Contemporary Nordic directors in Hollywood - Hollywood adaptations of specific Nordic film texts - Nordic film stars in Hollywood - reception studies of Nordic film in the US and their remakes - images of the Norden in Hollywood cinema - audience studies - cultural policy - the Nordic welfare state and Hollywood - ideological transmutations Email proposals or summaries (no more than 300 words), together with a bibliography of 3-4 titles, to the editors of the special issue, [log in to unmask] (Lund University) and [log in to unmask] (University of Nottingham Ningbo), no later than March 1, 2010. Completed articles should not be more than 5,000 words, including references, and sent to the editors by September 1, 2010. Accepted and revised contributions will be due by December 1, 2010, with the issue scheduled to appear in the spring of 2011. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org