The Story of Film: A New Generation Exclusive Screening at Festival de Cannes 2021

It is with great pleasure and excitement to announce the exclusive screening of The Story of Film: A New Generation at Festival de Cannes 2021.

Examining the most powerful movie images of the last decade, filmmaker Mark Cousins updates his classic The Story of Film with A New Generation. Spanning from 2010 to 2021, including the recent pandemic, Cousins spins an epic and hopeful tale of cinematic innovation from around the globe as he helps to uncover new ways of seeing and being in our eclectic and voluminous digital age.

The film will be showcased to the press and festival attendees in the afternoon of Tuesday, July 6th in the Debussy Theatre of the Palais des Festivals.

Festival de Cannes Article:

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/the-story-of-film-a-new-generation-by-mark-cousins-an-exclusive-screening

Alasdair Gray: Life in Progress

To commemorate the life and passing of one of Scotland’s most influential artists, our documentary Alasdair Gray: Life in Progress was screened last Saturday at the Glasgow Film Theatre with friends and fans in attendance

Director, and close friend of Gray, Kevin Cameron introduced the film at the screening paying tribute to a giant of Scottish arts:

 “It still seems strange that Alasdair has died – he’d survived so many illnesses over the latter part of his life I don’t think anyone was expecting it. Since his death it’s been a revelation to see work that I didn’t know about – such as the prints at the print studio and also last week getting a tantalizing glimpse of his notebooks spanning his whole life when I was taking some video of his flat before it’s sold. It’s all reminded me that the film you are about to see is a partial account albeit one that his friends and family have told me captures the Alasdair they knew, who could be by turn exasperating as well as fascinating and charming.”

The film is now available on Vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/alasdairgray?

Full notes from Kevin’s introduction:

https://kevincameron.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/a-brief-description-of-how-i-came-to-work-with-alasdair-gray-and-how-it-was-brought-to-some-kind-of-conclusion/

Eminent Monsters: A Modern Manual For Torture... Guardian Review and Cinema Tour

We are thrilled that our documentary feature film Eminent Monsters: A Modern Manual for Torture kickstarts a cinematic tour across the UK starting in Inverness this Sunday! A recent Guardian review hailed the film as an “effective documentary (which) examines why no one is held to account over torture and how close the UK is to adopting techniques used in Guantánamo.”

Eminent Monsters spotlights the horrors of torture being done in our name and traces it back to Scottish psychiatrist Ewan Cameron… the Eminent Monster

Guardian Article:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/13/eminent-monsters-a-manual-for-modern-torture-review-moazzam-begg

More information on dates and screenings:

https://reprieve.org.uk/update/eminent-monsters/

Harry Birrell Guardian Review and UK Cinema Tour

We were delighted to read the praise heaped onto Harry Birrell: Presents Films of Love and War by the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw:

“There’s warmth, intimacy and real archive fascination to this true-life tale from the second world war: a rare example of a regular soldier being allowed to tell his own story.”

This review coincided with the film’s imminent tour in cinemas around the UK! Check out the listing on our website to find a cinema near you:

https://www.harrybirrellpresents.com/

Never Actually Lost QnA

Never Actually Lost will be screened at the Bolton Film Festival today at 5pm today in the Light Cinema! This is followed by a QnA with its director Rowan Ings and Doc Society’s Hannah Bailey - be sure to check out this moving and emotive short film!

Special Mention in the Hollywood Reporter's round up at TIFF!

"Finally, Toronto and Telluride both offered a welcome taste of Mark Cousins' epic, 14-plus-hours documentary Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema... every moment of it was revelatory... calling attention to some extraordinary-looking film."

- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joker-a-beautiful-day-neighborhood-highs-lows-fall-festivals-1239513

Women Make Film - The Filmography

Women Make Film draws on over 300 films to sketch its new road map through cinema. For the cinephiles out there, click below for an attachment of every film referenced. A perfect resource to find new cinematic treasures!

Watch the Trailer for Women Make Film!

As it approaches its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, it’s with great pleasure that we can share Women Make Film’s first trailer inviting you into this 14 hour cinematic journey

Watch here:

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/women-make-film-epic-documentary-mark-cousins-trailer-toronto-1203316520/

Enjoy!

Women Make Film at TIFF!

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we can announce TIFF will be screening all 14 hours of Women Make Film: A Road Movie Through Cinema.

The 14 hour epic draws an alternative history of cinema through films directed exclusively by women, challenging the widely accepted and male dominated canon of cinema’s development as an art form. This new cinematic odyssey is forged using over 300 films and narrated by Tilda Swinton, Jane Fonda, Adjoa Andoh, Sharmila Tagore, Thandie Newton, Kerry Fox and Debrah Winger.

Speaking to Indewire, TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers spoke of the film’s potential to alter common perceptions: “I think that the film is going to rewrite film history and how we understand the role of women directors.”

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/tiff-documentaries-2019-women-make-film-1202164317/

Never Actually Lost Underwire Festival Screening and Award Nomination

Following its screening at the Edinburgh International Festival, Never Actually Lost has been selected by the Underwire Festival to be screened as part of its “Other Worldy Tales” collection on 21st of September 2019 - celebrating films which play with reality.

It is also with great pleasure that we can announce that Underwire has nominated Never Actually Lost in its editing category!

Never Actually Lost Screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

It’s with pleasure that we can say that Never Actually Lost will be screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. A beautiful short exploring memory and rediscovery - check it out!

Eminent Monsters Invited to the Traverse City Film Festival

Its with immense honour that we can announce that our feature documentary Eminent Monsters has just been invited to Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival.