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Granted exclusive access to hundreds of private drawings and paintings by Orson Welles, filmmaker Mark Cousins delves into his visual world, revealing an unprecedented portrait of the artist—seen through his own eyes, sketched with his own hand, painted with his own brush. The documentary brings the passions of this twentieth-century showman to life and explores how Welles’s genius still resonates today, over 30 years after his death. 


Direction: Cousins; Mark
Script: Cousins; Mark
Production: Bell; Mary, Dawtrey; Adam
Photography: Cousins; Mark
Sound: Murray; Ali
Music: Regan; Matt
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a painter, visionary, and singular thinker. In 1949, Barns-Graham, then 36 years old, climbed the Grindelwald Glacier, where she had an aesthetic and spiritual epiphany that rewired her brain and transformed her art. She spent the rest of her life painting it. Diving deep into her art and life, the film explores themes of gender, neurodiversity, climate change, and the nature of creativity from youth to old age.

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Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles

Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles

Lynda Myles, an influential connoisseur of cinema, reflects on her adventures in the film culture she helped establish. From 1973 to 1980, as the first female director of any festival, Myles transformed the Edinburgh Film Festival into a vibrant, iconoclastic mecca of discovery, championing the work of overlooked auteurs such as Hitchcock, Sirk, and Sam Fuller.

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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Mark Cousins embarks on a 1000-km road trip from London to Cannes to film and interview the Oscar®-winning British producer and filmmaker Jeremy Thomas, who has made an annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival for the past 45 years. This offbeat grand tour includes landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life.

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