Looking for laurels? It ain't your fault. The far-reaching theories about cultural producers - by Pierre Bourdieu - have been applied to Hollywood. For me this has a lot to say about the function and purpose of film festivals!

Cattani, G., Ferriani, S. and Allison, P.D. (2014) ‘Insiders, outsiders, and the struggle for consecration in cultural fields’, American Sociological Review, 79(2), pp. 258–281. doi:10.1177/0003122414520960

Cattani, G. and Ferriani, S. (2008) ‘A core/periphery perspective on individual creative performance: Social Networks and cinematic achievements in the Hollywood film industry’, Organization Science, 19(6), pp. 824–844. doi:10.1287/orsc.1070.0350.

Bourdieu, P. (1993) The field of cultural production: Essays on art and literature. Cambridge: Columbia University Press.