What “continental” means in film philosophy
In film philosophy, “continental” is not a map label. It is an abstract term for nineteenth- and twentieth-century European traditions, including German idealism, phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, structuralism, post-structuralism, French feminism and the Frankfurt School. The article also includes related film philosophy that emerged in Anglophone countries since the 1980s, so the label describes a tradition, not every contribution to film theory.
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The category tracks a family of methods and questions, not the nationality of a filmmaker.
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The list is broad, so “continental” should not be treated as one unified doctrine.