Hollywood is part of Los Angeles, California, in USA. However, more than anything Hollywood is of course famous for its movie industry.

Indeed, Hollywood has become more or less synonymous with the movie industry, for better and worse, because Hollywood reeks of stardust and success as well as mass commercialisation with sometimes very little artistic integrity.

What is the role of Hollywood in film history, in relation to the American movie industry specifically and in relation to the rest of the world? Why is it that Hollywood has become the stuff of dreams?

Keynote speakers on Hollywood take a closer look at these matters and questions.